As opposed to crawling inside the cabinet for adjustments, the blade bevel can be fine-tuned from the cabinet’s front using two large Allen screws. The meter is accurate to within 1/2 degree. The exact blade bevel can be dialed in via a “speedometer-looking” meter that is centered between the cranks. Both cranks turn very easily and you can lock the controls from moving during cut passes. There is no longer any knuckle-busting with setting extreme angles or having to use a side crank underneath the table. There are dual front cranks to control the redesigned cast iron system inside the saw cabinet. The front controls include a completely new design for the arbor and one-piece cast iron trunnion setup. It even has a serrated surface so it can be more easily removed without having it fall to the bottom of the cabinet during blade changes. A redesigned one-piece arbor nut (washer + nut in one) increases the stability of the blade and potentially improves the quality of the cut. The drawer literally has places for blades to slide into place and be easily removed when needed. The saw comes with integration storage for your riving knives, tape measure, blade guard, throat plate, push stick, 3 blades, a dado head, and more – via a drawer built right into the table. Why remove it? Because the saw comes with normal, thin and thick kerf knives so you can be sure that no matter what kinf of blade you use your riving knife is appropriate for the job.
You can even remove the riving knife as needed, simply by pulling it out. A lever on the front of the saw can be pulled to instantly (and toollessly) drop the riving knife down for non-through (blind) cuts. One of the unique features of this new saw is the riving knife, a key component of table saw safety.