To be honest I have not moved the saw since I got it in place when I initially installed the base. It was easy enough to move in position the first time I moved it. I knew one day soon I will have to move the saw and its easier on this base than without it. If you have to move the saw a lot this might not be the best saw to use. Every time you move it you have to adjust the two legs on the slider that aren't attached to the mobile base.

@@carolinaworkshop7091 Gotcha! Thanks for the quick reply..

You can rip 8 foot sheets when you use the saw like a cabinet saw. The sliding table doesn't move a full 8 feet so you can't rip it there.

@@carolinaworkshop7091 interesting. I rang grizzly and asked them that and they said it can rip a full 8’ sheet and I specifically asked if it was using the slider or just using it as a cabinet saw. Glad I watched this video. What would you say the biggest rip you can do is? Because in reality how often are you ripping full sheets bigger that 24”. Not saying you don’t, just how often

The slider moves 63 inches so that's the limit there. I occasionally rip things longer than that, like rough boards, and use a track saw.

Of course! Why not? I use this it for hardwood all the time. I name some of the disadvantages though.

@@carolinaworkshop7091 thank you brother, its helpful to me I appreciate it

You can.

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To get one straight edge that works fine but to get a straight edge parallel to that you have to use the rip fence. Suppose you have a 3 inch wide by 2 foot long piece. How do you clamp a 3 inch wide board to the crosscut fence? There are ways to rip on the sliding table but they are much less convenient and probably less accurate than a rip fence.

You can adjust the blade left and right as well as up and down. I have never noticed a problem with alignment, but you must use a full kerf blade.

@@carolinaworkshop7091thank you for the answer 👍Is the scoring blade Runs separately or is it always running as the main blade spinning?

@user-wk7xt9dn8v it's belt driven with the main blade so it's always running. You can lower it or take it off very easily. There's 3 holes on the top near the blade for adjusting

@@carolinaworkshop7091 ok. thank you for answering my question 👍🙏

And why are they not suited for ripping hardwood?

Safety

Explain? @@kennethholmes9315

@@kennethholmes9315 you can not be serious it is no difference then a regular TS as long you use the same precautions. Riving knife installed, blade guard, and a ripping or combination blade.