Was I Misled or Wrong About the SawStop Compact Table Saw?

Was I really wrong about the new SawStop Compact Jobsite Table Saw? Yes and no. Let me explain...

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0:00 SawStop Compact Jobsite Table Saw Review
0:40 Problems with SawStop Saw
1:48 SawStop Fence Adjustment
4:55 What I Like about The SawStop CTS
6:00 Making Miter Cuts on SawStop CTS
6:23 Zero Clearance for SawStop CTS
6:38 Stability of a Jobsite Table Saw
6:57 OnBoard Tool Storage
8:02 Dado on SawStop Jobsite Saw?
8:53 How Accurate is the SawStop CTS?
10:06 SawStop CTS Dust Collection
10:25 Who Will Buy the SawStop CTS?
11:25 How Durable is the SawStop Jobsite Saw?
11:57 What Should be Improved?
12:45 SawStop vs DeWalt Jobsite Saw

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[nore]

The fact that you can save a hand/ fingers is priceless. I also have a jobsite dewalt but it scared me a few times last year. So my wife saw a video on YouTube and I think it was you talking about what the government was doing about the many injuries of the table saw. I’m a diy guy and retired and would like to keep all of my fingers. Thanks for the video much appreciated ❤❤❤❤

[nmurphy]

Would love to see a comparison or just review on the Dewalt saw to see your opinion on it. I just sold my Kobalt saw and bought it, absolutely love it so far. I was going out of my way to avoid the Kobalt saw because the fence was so hard to keep square. The Dewalt saw was square out of the box and just feels so much better.

[fudpukker]

You can do the comparison, but I can almost predict the outcome, both saws will deliver an excellent end result. It all comes down to what you are prepared to pay for the additional safety...

[RJSDZNS]

Please, please, please do a comparison. I'm a big DeWalt owner and would love to see the pros and cons of both. Thanks Matt, love your content

[hectatusbreakfastus]

Thanks for reviewing this. For how accurate it is in such a small footprint plus has the sawstop safety feature it seems really worth the price. My hands have always been my livelihood, I've made hundreds of thousands of dollars over my lifetime with my hands. The very first thing I did when I bought my bandsaw was look up bandsaw injuries. Looks like I'll be picking this up once I get back to work after my surgery.

[timothyvanderschultzen]

For $900 would it have killed them to have incorporated some bearings in a linear rail type fence system?

[haltz]

I am a little surprised that anyone would expect this to be a precision saw and it makes me like Sawstop even more that they'd come right out and say it. Well built and accurate, sure, and maybe this is semantics but it's a lunchbox jobsite saw with a rack and pinion fence (which I agree is great). Any professional using this on a jobsite likely has a cabinet saw, track saw and is paying for the safety feature. I can't imagine a scenario where I'm using this machine to make wide panel cuts that need to be incredibly accurate. Something like this is for scribing fillers, long rips on 1x material, maybe flooring rips, long miters etc. The Festool compact saw available overseas maxes out at like an 11 in rip capacity and doesn't even pretend like anything wider is part of someone's workflow. Personally I'd loosen those cams immediately if the rack and pinion is tight because I'm never extending the fence out that far. That would be the far greater annoyance to me.

If I did do that kind of work on site I'd probably set it up in a Rousseau Portamax, a $400 accessory with a built in fence which would be a good option if you're a hobbyist and space is a consideration but you like the safety feature. You could also build it into a workbench and the table top would take away from the deflection or you could use an aftermarket fence. At that point however in terms of footprint and cost you might as well get the Jobsite Pro. That one folds up and rolls into a corner. I used to own that one years ago thinking it would replace my old Ridgid hybrid that I had some ambivalence towards (now I have a PCS in the garage and we have a couple of the DeWalt saws for site work) and it's a phenomenal saw. If I only had one table saw or pulled a trailer with a ramp I'd still own it, it's just too heavy to get in and out of a truck bed regularly.

Both reviews have been very informative and I'm considering buying this but I'd be paying for the safety feature and that's it which seems to be the takeaway here anyway. I can see where a hobbyist would want this to be their only saw and that's definitely possible but I don't think that's who this saw is for. Unfortunately, it's not a Sawstop for someone who wants to save money, it's a Sawstop for someone who wants to spend even more money.

If someone found some way to make a compact saw that wasn't an absolute screamer I'd buy that in a heartbeat - some jobsites are remodels. And on that note, one thing I would expect from a $1, 000 saw is a dust port on the blade guard or at least an option as an accessory would be nice but maybe I missed that.

[jtidd_]

Since purchasing the Ridgid 15-amp 10 in. pro jobsite table saw with stand. I haven't had any problems with it. I have cut down full sheets of 3/4" plywood and used it to cut 2x4 lumber for both my basic (hard duty) workbenches.

[ltsky]

Been awhile since I've watched, So glad to see your channel grow from a few thousand to nearly half a million. keep producing good stuff!!!

[coreybizzaro]

Sorry Matt. I have a dewalt dwe7491 that I paid $550 for and the only issue I had out of the box was the blade tilt was out by 1 degree. That took about 10 seconds to fix and is part of my initial setup checks. I would still expect more from a higher end saw from a company like sawstop. Pre shipping quality control is very important.

[johnseavey]

Basically a few dollars more for a finger saving saw, so cheap, ask someone like me who has chopped off part of their thumb if thats too much money. The hospital bill was over $23000 dollars, which is cheaper. I worked on table saws for 40 years without a scratch until the day I had a big scratch.

[kimlmiles]

Thank you for doing this review. This is the only table saw my hubby will let me purchase. So as hobbyist and furniture flipper I don’t need a huge saw but the safety features of SawStop make it worth the pain of the price.

[dougsk]

I'm personally using the Skil table saw and it's been fantastic. It's a third of the price of this saw and has the rack and pinion fence which makes perfect cuts every time. I like the safety feature of the Saw Stop but it doesn't justify the 3x price. I'd like to see a comparison video of all 3 if possible.

[paulallen]

Thanks for the review. I would suggest you might use the Dewalt 7491RS if you want to compare to the Saw Stop CTS.

[andrewunderwater]

Thanks for this, Matt. I just picked up one of these CTS and I had just as much slip, if not maybe a little more, in the rails as you did. It’s a little heartbreaking to have to adjust a $900 table saw as much as I did… but it’s dead-on now. For as annoying as adjusting it was, I’m grateful that the adjustments were not incredibly difficult to perform.
Really appreciate your content… hope you’re doing well.

[NortonServices]

Yes, please do make a comparison on the two table saws. I'm looking at a Dewalt table saw but I do like the safety feature on Saw Stop.

[norm]

Thank you for sharing your update on the fence issue. SawStop could have been more responsive in their reply. Stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

[webtrucker]

A 3-way comparison between the SawStop, Dewalt, and Skil table saw would be great. I have the Skil table saw partly because of your review of it. Would be great to see if the money saved is worth the difference in quality.

[Mykelthompson]

Yes please do another video of the comparison between the two saws. Be nice to see the difference if you don't need to the expensive safety features. Thx again Matt