Bauer 22 inch

I've had the saw for a while now and for me it's a rock solid performer. Out of the box, after a good look over I put in a blade and to my surprise is was vibration free. I did the ever famous nickle test and it past throughout the entire speed range. 

When checking the blade for being square to the table I found it off by a bit. A quick adjustment to the gauge under the table squared everything up. There are little stops built into the gauge for finding 90 degrees along with a couple of other angles. 

One interesting note, there is a lock for the upper arm, when lifting it, it will "lock" into the up position. There's a little pin at the back with a small ring to pull when you want to lower the saw. But here's the issue, that pin is 32 3/4 inches form the front of the table, quite a stretch for most people. I rigged up a dowel so I can disengage the pin from the front of the saw. I've seen others come up with some pretty interesting ways to do the same. 

The other issue, when first starting the saw, either by foot pedal or switch theres quite a "clunk" when power is applied. To date it really isn't an issue once you're aware of it. How it plays out going down the road months, years an so  on time will tell.

For me I put a few coats of wax on the table (I like my projects to slid around easily) and did test cuts on a wide range of woods, thick, thin and throughout the speed range. I used a Flying Dutchman #5 Polar and a Pegas #5 MGT and the saw did a wonderful job on everything with both blades.

I've pretty much settled on a medium/low speed as that is where I'm most comfortable cutting. And like I said, vibration free!

So, overall if you're getting into scrolling for the first time, looking for a backup saw or just upgrading from pinned/single speed saws, I would highly recommend this saw. For the price and what you get, to me is a winner. I've had mine close to a year now and other than the "clunk" at power on there have been no issues. 

The clicking in the video is he foot pedal I'm currently using on the saw.

Chris