Ridgid bummer... (long)

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Larry in NW Ohio

>Denis The only way is to call them. I don`t reall think the table would warp in your shop. Go to the store and talk to them and then call Ridgid. Best of luck. Larry in NW Ohio

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Lee Ohmart

>Where did you buy the saw? Many retailers have a limited warranty on the items they sell and most are very reluctant to let a customer be unhappy. You can also check into your state laws. Here in Maine, all durable goods have a state mandated 4-year warranty regardless of any other warranties.

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Eddie Pacheco, San Jose, Ca.

>If you can't return it or if it's not covered by the warranty, try to shim the table at the outside left points where it is fastened to the frame. Of course this most likely will entail realigning the miter slot to the blade if you have to loosen all of the screws and the table gets bumped a bit.

Let us know how this plays out.

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Al Stokka - Cambridge, Iowa

>Denis,

Did you use a credit card for the purchase of the saw? If so, do you have the staement on which the saw appeared? Might serve as proof of the date of purchase. If not, perhaps the credit card company can supply a receipt.

Also, some credit cards offer a warranty over and above that of the manufacturer's.

Hope it works out for you,

Al

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Howard Acheson

>In the US, that saw is covered under the Ridgid "Lifetime Service Agreement" if you regeristed it at the time of purchase. The Warranty is one year only I believe.

Ridgid is HD's House Brand

Howard In Toronto

>HD should be able to tell from the serial number or any other production-run coding on the saw's body when it was PRODUCED.

This info doesn't tell when the saw was PURCHASED.

HD should have pretty accurate stats on how often they turn over one of those saws. They should be able to calculate production, shipping, cartage, stocking and finally, sale time frames for you.

I'd like to think HD/Ridgid will go an extra mile or two for the sake of creating long-term loyalty.....

HTH

Howard

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George@Colonel's Workshop-Havertown PA

>Good Afternoon Denis,

We, who have two similar saws in the family, have not confronted that specific problem. It is a bummer. I suggest you go back to the store you purchased it from and ask them to exchange it. I'm sure they will do so with or without your original receipt. Let us know. I am contacting my #1 and #3 sons and have them check for a crowned table on their saws.

George

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Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>Thanks Colonel, I can't do the same with my own #1 and #3 sons, as they're not old enough to be around tablesaws yet (7 years, and 14 months old, respectively) :-)

DC

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Dan Clermont

>Hi Denis

If you bought the saw with a credit card HD may have a record of the purchase.

Sorry to hear about the crowned table top. I have no suggestions on how to remedy that problem

Dan Clermont

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Mark Nowicki

>Hi Dennis:

Sell it. In all fairness to Ridgid, jobsite saws are manufactured to different standards and intended use that contractor or cabinet saws.

Regards

Mark Nowicki

true

Joe Piotrowski - Chicago Burb's

>be prepared you may get the an answer that it is with tolerances.

considering the outraged cost of those saw, they should be as good as the CS saws.

BTW, for my education, what is so space saving about it? do you not put it on a stand?

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J. Robison

>I'll second that. You might find a framing contractor who would find no problems using that saw.

As my commercial electrician brother-in-law told me once.....there's no 1/8" measurements on the site, only fat quarter inches.

Understood Denis, But

George@Colonel's Workshop-Havertown PA

>is your saw old enough to wear----a crown?

George

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Mike Boren

>From my experience Home Depot is very liberal with their return policy. You should be able to take it back and easily exchange it for another saw.

Without the reciept you won't get a refund but they will do an exchange or offer store credit.

I worked for HD a few years ago and was amazed at some of the things that were returned.

Re: Understood Denis, But

Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>That was baaad, Colonel! :-)

DC

space saving

Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>The saw sits on a folding stand on wheels, when folded it takes about two square feet of floor space. Compare that with my CS that took 24. Makes a major difference in my small shop...

DC

Re: space saving

Joe Piotrowski - Chicago Burb's

>if you find that job site saws are to inaccurate there are other alternatives.

I have not purchased nay of these but I look into them a lot. I am not fond of my CS. I could upgrade but when really thinking about it, I don't do production work. and there is ot an operation that can;t be done else where.

a TS can do a lot of things good enough. that makes it a useful tool but there are usually ways to get better results. they make take longer. givien my experiences I would rather have a kick butt workbench and good Bandsaw than a TS.

if someone knows of an operation that can't be done on a TS I would like to know what it is.

the festool saw system seams nice and may solve your issues if Job site saws are a bust.

let us or at least me know the outcome. I just never know what I will impulse buy :)

Re: Ridgid Forum

Norman (Ottawa, Ont.)

>Denis,

There is a Ridgid Forum you can ask about this, or check.

I found this out a couple of years back in researching a tool.

They have different sub-Forums including Power Tools at the link below.

http://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/index.php

Norman

Don't understand the geometry here...

Mark Goodall - ATL - tooljunkie

>"... two square feet of floor space. Compare that with my CS that took 24....

When you say two square feet I'm assuming you mean 2 foot by 2 foot, or 24" x 24", which is actually 4 square feet, right? You couldn't mean 2 square feet. That would be be about 16" x 16" inches.... is that right? That's tiny, even for a job saw isn't it? Or maybe that's right.

And 24 for your old contractor's saw? You'd need to have a tablesaw with a 12 foot extension table, no?

I've had a long day... perhaps I'm not thinking right. How are you comparing a 2 squarefoot footprint saw with a 24 sq.ft footprint saw?

Happy Woodworking!

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Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>No, two square feet means two square feet, i.e. two feet by one. The saw flips up on its stand and stays vertical.

As for the 24 square feet for my old CS, with the fence (with a router insert between the rails) and a folding extension table that had to extend beyond the outboard motor for the second part of the extension to fold down, that made the saw six feet wide by four feet deep app.

Of course the jobsite saw takes more space when unfolded and in use, but I can fold it out of the way when I need space, something I couldn't do with the old CS.

DC

Thanks

Mark Goodall - ATL - tooljunkie

>I undertand now, I didnt' realize you were laying the jobsite saw on it's side. Makes sense now.

I'm usre you already thought of this, but at shows I often see people using stripped down contractors saws. They remove the wings nd have as small as a saw as you can get. You get the qauilty of the saw (cast iron,etc) but in barely portable size.

I've often though that if I removed the left extension on my Unisaw, and made folding right extension, and somehow make it soe the fence rail could fold upwards, then I could have a Unisaw with a 2x2 foot footprint.

I'm not sure how the Home Depots (or Reno Depots) in Canada are, but here they let you return just about anything in almost any shape with a good enough reason.

Happy Woodworking!

Happy Woodworking!