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sears-feed
Chicago, IL
“Defective engineering design.”
Craftsman Professional 10 in. Jobsite Saw —
Even though this is a "Professional" Job Site table saw, I've only used it around the house, to do the kind of jobs a handy homeowner my do, like refurbish the guest bathroom or build add-ons to the kitchen cabinets. So it hasn't got a lot of use, especially, not the type of use one would expect for a saw touted for Professional Job Site use. This evening while using it to build a new drawer for our kitchen cabinet, the blade elevation handwheel suddenly started turning freely, without and resistance from the weight of the saw motor. The saw blade would neither go up or down. Close examination of the lift mechanism found the problem. The lift screw for the saw blade passed through a threaded flange on the saw motor, the threads were completely stripped. And the reason was obvious, the lift screw was made of steel but the flange was made of aluminum. Even a first year engineering student would know better then use a soft metal for the purpose of lifting a heavy electric motor and saw blade. I must say, this was not something I expected from a Craftsman product. By the way, I preceived no unusual binding or resistance when adjusting the height of the saw blade at any time. Even now, I have no problem manually pushing up on the saw motor, it is completely free of any restriction. Obviously, the material failure occurred during "normal" use. I notice the table saw is now on clearance, don't buy it, it won't last even under normal use.Craftsman Professional 10 in. Jobsite Saw
is not recommended
by DI500
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