Barry5180 Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 I received the Bauer for Christmas. Now the first thing I will say is that this thing is heavy at 75 pounds. It is packaged extremely well and should survive even the most careless UPS driver. Setup consists of taking it out of the box and plugging it in, that's it. I've got about 10 hours of use on it and it's a great saw. I did have to adjust the set screws in the blade clamp slightly to get a better blade alignment but that was a two minute fix. I did not bolt it down yet but have virtually no vibration thanks to the weight of the saw. If I had to have any complaint at all it would be the distance to the arm release pin. I am 6'2" tall and have long arms but the arm release pin is about 3 feet away when sitting in front of the saw. That's a stretch even for me. Someone did a youtube video on making a pin release arm to attach to the saw to make it easier. Sorry, but I can't remember where I saw it. I had a DW788 for years and I consider the Bauer an upgrade. Bigger table, tilting head, heavier, and yes, I feel less vibration. Only time will tell what the durability is like, but the Bauer line is a big improvement over the Central Machinery and Hercules tool lines. This is the same saw as the Rikon. If you're looking for a new saw but don't want to spend a ton of money, I don't think you can go wrong with this. Phdesigns, tomsteve, OCtoolguy and 3 others 5 1 Quote
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 Did Hercules ever make a scrollsaw?. I know Central Machinery did. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Dan Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 Both Bauer and Rikon are made in China, probably from the same manufacturer. Both seem to be made well. But as you said, time will tell. OCtoolguy and tomsteve 2 Quote
Phdesigns Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 Recently got one as well. Seems to be a great saw. I made a release mechanism for my pin. In my post on it (Bauer arm pin in the bragging rights) I believe it was Steve Good that answered with a video of a lever he did for it. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Barry5180 Posted February 4 Author Report Posted February 4 On 2/1/2025 at 7:21 PM, Phdesigns said: Recently got one as well. Seems to be a great saw. I made a release mechanism for my pin. In my post on it (Bauer arm pin in the bragging rights) I believe it was Steve Good that answered with a video of a lever he did for it. I'll have to find that since I really want to make one as well OCtoolguy 1 Quote
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