I give a general overview of the SCM 315es. The intent here is not to review the product but just to give people a closer look into how it's made and calibrated.
David, I have the same saw as yours . I wanted to let you know a change I made on mine concerning the locking mechanism on the slider. There is a 10 inch locking device that when locking pin is engaged the slider only locks in 1 location. I changed that to a 7 ft locking device so now I can lock the sliding table any where I choose going forward or backward, it allows more versatility . If you would like more information or a photo of it I can send it to you. Just answer with a reply and I will get in touch. I did share this information with Minimax to improve their saws, but I don't know if they did. I bought mine in 2016 after we flooded in Louisiana, all my machinery got ruined. It has been a great saw, I love mine. Also, I installed a on/off switch on the end of the slider , works great.
I have that same saw on order. You have addressed two features that I felt were desirable and missing, multiple carriage stops and start buttons on the end of the table. Any insight into these improvements would be appreciated. Thank you, Fred
@@FredChuckovich Hello, I would like to ask you a few questions since I see that I bought this sliding saw, how are you doing with the new saw? Are you happy with that saw? If you could, would you buy another brand? Thank you very much in advance, I am looking for a sliding saw and I have not yet decided on which one. Thank you.
Hello David,how well does the over head blade guard dust collection work? Did you have to order it with the over head guard or did WSI have it in stock that way? Thanks
The overhead guard is great! My old saw had one mounted on the riving knife and always seemed to deflect it to one side. I ordered it with the saw so I'm not sure if it's in stock here in the states.
Hi David, thanks for showing all the details of your machine, I think I've watched your videos about 10 times. I would like to ask you a question, how does your machine work after 1 year? If you could you would choose another brand, or you are happy with SCM, I have watched many videos to choose the purchase of a sliding table saw. Thank you very much in advance. Your workshops are very nice.
Hi, Yuset, the saw is still working great. It has stayed perfectly calibrated as far as I can tell. The only real design annoyance I've had is with the 3/4" gap in between the wagon and blade. The gap is there in order to allow a dado stack to be installed, standard on this USA-targeted saw. I seem to wind up needing to rip lots of narrow pieces so I made a Fritz & Franz jig. The issue is that often only about 1/2 of the stock is supported by the wagon. If I had to do it over again I would get a model with no dado support. I do all my grooving on the router table. The table lock hardware was installed incorrectly, making it only lock in the middle position. It's supposed to lock in the middle and far back. I simply needed to move the locking gates forward a bit. I worked with SCM's US support on the problem and they were 100% useless.
Hello David, I was watching the video again to see the 3/4 separation between the carriage and the blade. I currently work for a company, they have an Altendorf F45 that has a 1/2 separation between the carriage and the blade. I have looked at the Felder K 700 S but I have heard that its single-phase motors are not very good and that aligning the sliding carriage is an arduous task. Thanks for the help, greetings from Florida. Yuset
Hello David, I was analyzing the Altendorf sliding saw that I work with, from the factory it has a filling before the blade, then the blade, the plate and lastly the nut are assembled, all of this to bring the saw blade closer to the sliding carriage, if you like I can take a video or photos, maybe I can help you. Greetings
