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eoch of these hybrid toble sows.
Guttlng Pcrlormcnce
After a full day of assembling and
tuning the saws, I was anxious to ger
dornm to the realbusines oftable saws:
cutting wood. So I sarted sftaight in
ripping 2"-thick walnut boards.
I was primarily interested in the
power these saws turned out, but
also wanted to get a sense of cut
qualiry.To ensure I was comparing
saws and not blades, I equipped each
saw with an identical 60-tooth blade.
On the power score, only one
saw disappointed. The Jet SuperSaw
was unable to complete a rip cut
without tripping its overload fuse.
The rest of the saws in the test powered
through these rip cuts without
any trouble whatsoever.
In all fairness to theJet, ripping
a long, thick board with a 60-tooth
blade is asking a lot. And when I
slvitched to a 24-tooth rip blade,
the saw performed admirably. So
while power may be an issue for the
Jet, it's not a crippling weakness.
As far as cut quality goes, I didnt
find any clear winner, as all the saws
produced adequately smooth cuts.
]enceg & tlter Gcugeo
In addition to power ripping, I performed
a variery of other cutting
operations that were intended to
gauge the accuracy of the fences,
miter gauges, guards, and splitters.
The fence question was really no
contest, as there just isn't any better
Jet 3301
The Jet SuperSow is q sbut bble
sow (only the Croftsmon weighs
morclwith some rcolstrrong poinls,
like superior dust collecfion ond
excellent fit ond ftnish.
Unfortunobly, the sqw proved o
bit underpowereduring our
testing, ond I hove to odmit to
being skepicol obouthe durcbiliry
of the belt"driven blqde lih (lnset
Phoiol.In shorl, this sow isn'l my
first choice in this colegory.
AThe Jet blode guord hos independently
moving sides thot offer excellent
visibility ond increosed sofety.