Comments on: A Sliding Table Saw Sized For Your Shop

By: Benjamen Johnson

Benjamen Johnson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:41:32 +0000

What Grizzly has to say on their website is just one bullet point:
- Adjustable riving knife

I would assume this means that you can adjust the height of the riving knife, otherwise what use would it be?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:53:51 +0000

Don’t think it’s an optical illusion — if you look at the picture further up you’ll see it’s not just a riving knife but also a point of attachment for the guard.

By: fred

fred — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:56:04 +0000

@ Rick

As you note a riving knife that stands proud of the height of the blade limits its use to through cuts – much as a splitter is limited in this way. While a sliding table saw is most often used on sheet goods – where through-cutting is the norm (as I noted we use our Shop Fox to gang cut sheets) – having the knife sit at or just below the blade height would give the operator additional cutting flexibility. I don’t know about this Grizzly saw – maybe the picture is just an optical illusion.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:22:18 +0000

I totally dig the saw. But, doesn’t the riving knife look too high? Shouldn’t it be equal or just less than the height of the saw blade?

By: Jasony

Jasony — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:13:23 +0000

Want.

I have the Grizzly 1023S and love it. It’s well built, inexpensive (For a full-on cabinet saw), reliable, and accurate. I bought the Grizzly jointer just on the strength of their table saw. They make great stuff.

Like the commenter above, I’d definitely grab one of these if I had the shop space.

By: jeffrey immer

jeffrey immer — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:23:30 +0000

straight t00l p0rn if i could have a dedicated area large enough i’d definitely spend the cash on it

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:19:06 +0000

You have to hand it to Grizzly, they keep improving their offerings. This is a saw that you can build your shop around. It has all the greatest add ons that you could ever want. Plus having over blade dust collection just made this saw go over the top in my opinion.

By: fred

fred — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:59:44 +0000

This looks like a nice saw that is aimed at a small shop commercial market.
We have been using a larger Shop Fox model for several years as a dedicated gang panel cutter. The Shop Fox is a bit pricier - but has the advantage of a 14 inch main blade, 440V operation and a separate motor for the scoring blade.
If you handle a lot of sheet goods - this is a good type of saw to consider - as a supplement to your regular table saw. We do enough - that we also have a panel saw (Safety Speed Cut) that we use on single sheets - and an in-line rip saw for cutting face-frame components etc.