Value for money and only on first impression it’s great. Personally I don’t used the portable stand. I've put it straight into my workbench (see @rustic_jules on Instagram as a reference) as a space saving solution whilst optimising its usage for longer cuts. I work mostly on my own so this setup is perfect and so far the saw has performed well. The instructions aren’t that well articulated for easy understanding but I got there in the end. Enjoy!
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I purchased the saw understanding that it had some potential flaws but the price, the extending table features and the ability to fold it away convinced me to buy it. As other reviewers I watched the YouTube video on how to construct and it took just under 2 hours. Once assembled there was a little faff to get things sliding smoothly, the riving knife aligned and tighten some screws that were missed during manufacture. Please be aware though that there are some design flaws such as the plastic plate where the blade comes through. It's way too flexible and the gaps allows thin off-cuts to fall inside the blade housing. After spending time fishing bits of wood out of the blade housing, I used gaffer tape to remove the gaps on each side and this has worked really well. The other aspect to watch out for is to make sure the fence is always parallel and worth measuring the fence distance to the front and rear of the blade before making cuts. If it's off slightly it can be manually jiggled parallel before clamping tight. Also be aware that the blade on this machine has a 1 inch bore rather than the more usual 30mm. Overall though, the good features far outweigh the niggles and its well worth the money (in the UK at least). I'd say that the quality was acceptable for the price. Not great but also not bad. I've used it extensively to build a large bed and I'm really pleased that I purchased it. I'd also recommend watching the review on Casualdiy by Tomasz as he has done a really good review and has also reviewed different blades.Read full review
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The machine itself is well designed, and a pleasure to use. Evolution have made several well thought out improvements. However, assembling the thing I found a nightmare, small, fuzzy black and white photos and a text that I found difficult to follow. I assembled it wrongly twice. In the end I saw a guy assemble it on You tube. He of course, made it look easy. As I followed his technique, I made a series of sequential screen shots which I then took into my workshop and used them to finally assemble the product.
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A really good quality product, it cuts very accurate on any type of wood. Its just a shame it didn't come with the stop switch flap cover as advertised as when you want to stop the machine you have to look for the switch and it was one of the reasons why I purchased this product. Apart from that it's all very good.
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No longer comes with emergency stop cover. Disappointed with answer to query, “legislation says no longer a requirement”, it is a safety feature and a selling point embedded into almost every single review on the Internet. Why take a step backwards just to satisfy a lower standard, Revolution would not be breaking any laws by leaving it in place. There is not a single authority in the world that would insist on a primary safety feature being removed at design level, a daft decision. That said the saw is excellent and in spite of the missing cover I would buy it again, no hesitation recommending this item.
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