Holy...! Wow. That is an unbelievable price. IMO, the folding stand is worth well over $100 alone. Whatever price you paid, you all got a good deal. I have had the 21829 for over two years now and I love it. I have very limited shop space and the fold & stow feature is a lifesaver.
One of the cool features is the easily movable rails. Don't be afraid to slide em back and forth as needed. This makes the 21829 a very large saw (capability wise). One of my first projects on the saw involved cross-cutting 7' sections of bamboo flooring. It was easy thanks to the movable rails.
Regarding router use, I suggest throwing away or burning the two pieces of wood they provide as a fence. Instead, attach a strip of plywood or MDF to the two fence brackets and you have an instant sacrificial fence. Just slowly push it through whatever router bit you are using and you have a perfect zero clearance fence. Once you change bits, it won't be perfect anymore, but it will be quite good through several bits and it just takes a couple minutes to replace.
Be careful with the SMT. Mine came perfectly square from the factory but it is a bit of a bugger to get back into square once knocked out. Not hard, just slow and fiddly. It is better to avoid having to mess with it until you are accustomed to the saw and know what you are doing.
I did buy a Shark Guard and like it very much, but the stock guard is perfectly usable. Always have it in place when making any through cut. Always. Don't buy into the lie that "nobody uses the guard". Several surveys have show that most of us use it whenever it is physically possible to do so. You should too.
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One of the cool features is the easily movable rails. Don't be afraid to slide em back and forth as needed. This makes the 21829 a very large saw (capability wise). One of my first projects on the saw involved cross-cutting 7' sections of bamboo flooring. It was easy thanks to the movable rails.
Regarding router use, I suggest throwing away or burning the two pieces of wood they provide as a fence. Instead, attach a strip of plywood or MDF to the two fence brackets and you have an instant sacrificial fence. Just slowly push it through whatever router bit you are using and you have a perfect zero clearance fence. Once you change bits, it won't be perfect anymore, but it will be quite good through several bits and it just takes a couple minutes to replace.
Be careful with the SMT. Mine came perfectly square from the factory but it is a bit of a bugger to get back into square once knocked out. Not hard, just slow and fiddly. It is better to avoid having to mess with it until you are accustomed to the saw and know what you are doing.
I did buy a Shark Guard and like it very much, but the stock guard is perfectly usable. Always have it in place when making any through cut. Always. Don't buy into the lie that "nobody uses the guard". Several surveys have show that most of us use it whenever it is physically possible to do so. You should too.
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