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    I suspect I may have got the last one, which was a Christmas present to myself.

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    I have the Woodfast version of this saw, it's a bloody beauty and I've used a few in my 45 years doing it. Best $2500 I've ever spent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by riverbuilder View Post
    I have the Woodfast version of this saw, it's a bloody beauty and I've used a few in my 45 years doing it. Best $2500 I've ever spent.
    Where did you get it for 2500?

    Sent from my ONEPLUS A5010 using Tapatalk

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    Sorry only just checked the thread trail( still learning how to best use this forum). I got it from Hare and Forbes in Sydney it was a shop floor demo. Stole it practically.

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    Hi Chris
    Which saw is this. Link doesn't work and no mention of name or model in post.

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    The saw in question was sold/branded by "IWoodLike". It's basically a WoodFast TS315B with a 1500mm slider (not 1200) and a slightly different overhead guard. Given that the TS315B lists for $5,495, paying in the mid-$3k's for mine as a runout special was a screaming deal. The saw is basically a Chinese/Taiwanese (the former I reckon but I'm not sure) generic which sellers can assemble from a list of options to make it their "own". It's built like a tank except the slider needs fairly frequent maintenance to not build up sawdust on its rollers; other than that it's not bad at all.

    IWoodLike only sell Minimax saws these days, which are a major step up in both quality and price from the TS315B. To tell you the truth I'll probably upgrade to a Felder or Hammer one day, but for now it does okay.

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    If, like me, for you woodworking is a hobby and inconvenience is not a huge problem; SCM is a viable supplier. Alternatively, if you are really big and are making large frequent purchases, SCM may also be okay.

    However, if you are a small professional operator; I would shop elsewhere. Felder Group makes nice machines...

    My CU 300 was wired incorrectly* (See below) before it was delivered and it has just recently blown the no volt release component and the power switch is pretty suspect as well. I've had it for four years. It has not had a hard life.

    SCM are insisting that this is out of warranty so tough biscuit, Australian Consumer Law doesn't apply to them. Or so they think. They have not heard the last of that...

    SCM quoted $500 for parts. Oh, and we don't carry parts and there are none in the country. So would you mind twiddling thumbs for five weeks while we get them in, and paying in advance?

    I know things are tough everywhere, but I am -- nonetheless -- more than slightly vexed!

    I have tried to contact management in SCM here but, to date, they have not returned my calls. I'm not holding my breath.

    If anyone from SCM reads this and wants to make it right, I am happy to take the call; but the ball is in your court, and you know how to contact me...

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    * There is a transformer in the panel that is used to manage power variances that can occur in different locations. This is especially a problem in commercial areas where there are lots of high power users that can cause under-voltage situations. I've seen this myself in computer rooms. My machine was wired (IIRC) for 180V and we have 235V at the switch. That was according to the SCM tech. Not me. I'm not an electrician and I don't play one on TV.

    Tech said that I should have had an electrician inspect it after it was delivered. Such a pity nobody from SCM bothered to tell me that four years ago...

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    Posts like the one above really wind me up. So many people buying machines in good faith, only to have issues and they get dropped like a hot potato, and then told ridiculous things like”you should have had an electrical check “, no, but no. I hear stories like this regularly, almost always about Asian built machines with wiring issues. A multi storey building I worked on had to rewire all the lift cars because they were wired with cable that was undersized, and all the same colour, and everything was labelled in Chinese. And of course the lift supplier ran a mile, and wouldn’t rectify, until they were legally told to do it.
    4 years is nothing to a basic, fairly simple sawbench, which if it’s used for hobby work would be hardly run in, it’s ridiculous what you have been through.

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    Written complaint to Consumer Affairs, Mark. If you can substantiate that it was wired for 180 volts then that is a manufacturing fault; their suggestion that your electrician should have checked it is confirmation. The recalcitrants will blow several thousand dollars worth of executive time and inconvenience very quickly!

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    I am an electrical contractor. If it’s in Qld call the Electrical Safety Officer. ESO.( Justice Departmnet in QLD ) They will check the machine on site wherever it is, and then defect and write it up.( if it’s a problem, will list all safety items. A 180v item is) They will also follow up the importer right back to a Director if required.
    NSW and VIC have the equivalent .

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    It would be interesting to see what came out of it even after all this time.
    CHRIS

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