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I posted a video this morning introducing the Sawsmith 2000 to my Youtube channel viewers, and talked a bit about the history of sliding saw blade (AKA Push-pull table saw), and sharing some insights from my experience selling them for Shopsmith, using them in the Dayton Academy, and owning one myself in the 1990's. I'd love to hear your experience with this tool. Scott Catch the video here: https://youtu.be/PW7-VxK3aGU

Great video. Thanks for introducing us to this saw! Sounds like it was a "brilliantly flawed" product. I can't help but wonder how it would be perceived now if the the flaws had been rectified. To quote Maxwell Smart, they "missed it by that much." ;-)

Scott,

Thanks for the information and history about the Sawsmith Table Saw. It's not one we hear much about. I do wonder if you know about how many were actually sold. I knew it has some problems but you pointed out things I didn't know. Just curious if you have both the 1-1/4" (555572) and the 5/8" (555608) Saw Blade Arbors (shown below) originally made for the Sawsmith Table Saw for yours.

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Sorry to be a bit nitpicky but the Model 10E not the 10ER was introduced by Magna Engineering in 1947. Just trying to keep the Shopsmith history straight.

chapmanruss wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:22 pm Sorry to be a bit nitpicky but the Model 10E not the 10ER was introduced by Magna Engineering in 1947. Just trying to keep the Shopsmith history straight.

You are so right about the 10E, and though I know better I always say it wrong unless I’m really thinking about it. I can’t even explain why! Not sure about which arbors I have for it yet. Still have some items to unpack.

Scott, is that much blade wobble typical of Sawsmith 2000 machines? If it is, I wouldn’t touch one with a ten-foot pole. On a good radial arm saw, freeplay can be eliminated by properly adjusting the roller bearings on the motor carriage.

BuckeyeDennis wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:32 am Scott, is that much blade wobble typical of Sawsmith 2000 machines?

The wandering of the blades only happens when the blade height travel reaches the two extremes. The blade tracks accurately in use. I probably need to address that in the follow-up video. Scott

thedovetailjoint wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:30 am
The wandering of the blades only happens when the blade height travel reaches the two extremes. The blade tracks accurately in use. I probably need to address that in the follow-up video. Scott

Right. It's an alignment issue affecting the top and bottom of blade height travel. I suspect the problem is a lack of support for enough of the lift screw at it's ends. Unfortunately that may limit the useful blade height travel. The limited blade height is certainly a deficiency in this saw at 2-1/2" vertical max on a 10" blade, which means only 1/2 the blade diameter is in use. But if you have a Shopsmith Mark 5 also then you still have another table saw to use to get around that limitation.

Hello!
What can you say about the Dewalt 32 - 1/2 (82.5cm) this table saw? Is it worth buying it or is it better to buy another?