BigDaddy
10-22-2003, 09:14 AM
Got the box unloaded from the truck last night, not too bad to load into the garage with my dolly.
I tell ya, I've never owned a Rigid tool before, even the old line, but the new manual, packing, and instructions are top notch, better than any Delta, Ryobi, or Craftsman product I own, although those are very well done as well. I'm about half way done with assembly after only an hr and a half, including unpacking. Base is complete, saw is mounted, wings attached ... Havn't done the lift mechanism yet, the motor, or the fence .. but appears to be easy enough.
Instructions are very smooth, diagramed, and they almost over instruct how to put things together. I had already done one step and the next step that I was to get to was finishing up that step .. LOL.
I tell ya, the packing was incredible. Every piece of machinery or anything I've ever had to put together, never had the nuts, bolts, or anythign else labeled. They would be separated in little baggies, but never labeled. Rigid shrink wrapped a package together for all of their nuts and bolts and small parts, labeled each shrink wrapped section, and had a little perforated tab out of the back to open only the part that you needed and keep everything else nice and neat. I thought that was amazing. Great job Rigid!
Only problem I've found so far is setting up the extension wings .. The bolt holes on the extention wings for the fence don't match the pictures, but I noticed that doesn't matter because the fence is attached via T-slots ..
Now I can't wait to hear the thing hummm .. Hoping I get final assembly done tonight ..
I tell ya, I've never owned a Rigid tool before, even the old line, but the new manual, packing, and instructions are top notch, better than any Delta, Ryobi, or Craftsman product I own, although those are very well done as well. I'm about half way done with assembly after only an hr and a half, including unpacking. Base is complete, saw is mounted, wings attached ... Havn't done the lift mechanism yet, the motor, or the fence .. but appears to be easy enough.
Instructions are very smooth, diagramed, and they almost over instruct how to put things together. I had already done one step and the next step that I was to get to was finishing up that step .. LOL.
I tell ya, the packing was incredible. Every piece of machinery or anything I've ever had to put together, never had the nuts, bolts, or anythign else labeled. They would be separated in little baggies, but never labeled. Rigid shrink wrapped a package together for all of their nuts and bolts and small parts, labeled each shrink wrapped section, and had a little perforated tab out of the back to open only the part that you needed and keep everything else nice and neat. I thought that was amazing. Great job Rigid!
Only problem I've found so far is setting up the extension wings .. The bolt holes on the extention wings for the fence don't match the pictures, but I noticed that doesn't matter because the fence is attached via T-slots ..
Now I can't wait to hear the thing hummm .. Hoping I get final assembly done tonight ..