Right Tilt vs Left Tilt

Steve · 2004-02-14T22:00:02+00:00

Rockler is running a sale on a Jet Cabinet Saw right now. Good price, butit is a Right Tilt Saw. What are the pros and cons of having either. I'mrunning a Royobi BT-3000 right now and want to upgrade to a better saw. The$700 is right in my price range, but I want to get the most for my money. Iuse the saw mainly for furniture and home improvement projects. Any inputand suggestions will be greatly appreciated.Steve

Feb 14, 2004 23 Replies

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patriarch 22 years ago

"Leon" wrote in news:qLMXb.22077$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com:

I happen to have the Jet catalog here, and was curious....

This saw ISN'T the Supersaw, nor the JTAS-style saw. It appears to be the

708436K, but with a different fence. Something that the Jet folks put together for the Rockler event, maybe? Like Leaon said, it is a 110V saw, capable of dual voltage, if I got the model right. The pictures match the Rockler flyer, at least. I didn't find it on the Rockler website in my exhaustive, 2 minute search, however. ;-)

to the OP: Good hunting!

Patriarch

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Leon 22 years ago

Actually that Jet saw has probably been around 10+ years.. IIRC Delta has one also. The Rockler sales add that comes in the mail had the sale on the saw.

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Sbtypesetter 22 years ago

One production cabinet shop I worked in (about 25+ years ago) had a right tilt, and a left tilt side by side for lead work. Both types have their place but the preference seemed to be for the left tilt saw. My own personal preference? Left tilt. Personal saw?...uhhh...right tilt....

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Tim Carver 22 years ago

The reason the price is so low is that the saw you're talking about is NOT a Jet cabinet saw. Jet should be shot for calling that thing a cabinet saw. It is a toy compared to their real cabinet saws. The only similarity it has with a true cabinet saw is that it has an enclosed base. It is a 2HP saw, rather than the 3HP or more that is typical for a modern cab saw. It has the typical contractor saw construction, with the trunnion suspended from the top of the saw, rather than from the top of the enclosure as is the practice with true cabinet saws. It has nowhere near the weight and stability of their regular cabinet saw. The fence is much less beefy than those typically found on cabinet saws.

The real Jet cabinet saw (JTAS-10) is an excellent saw, but you aren't going to find it new for $700.

Tim Carver snipped-for-privacy@twocarvers.com

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