Has anybody ever tried to assemble a SIP 01541 Table Saw successfully using the instructions supplied?
Talk about losing the will to live. I eventually completed building mine after about a week (on and off). I was so close to skipping the damn thing.
The new saw is complete now and I tried it out briefly. It's a lovely piece of kit. I contacted SIP for assistance during assy. and they don't want to know. It turns out they are imports, so I assume that the instructions are simply foreign instructions badly adapted to English with drawings carried by some kid in a primary school. Why oh why in this age of IT and electronic photography are SIP using crappy drawings which are so small you cant even see them properly.
It was lucky I happened to store various fixings because the majority of fixings supplied in the packs where of no use whatsoever. I have some parts left over, 2 little metal roller/ bushes (M8 hole) about 10mm thick and 4 little L brackets with M6 hole one end and M8 hole the other. I have almost a complete pack of M8 nuts/ bolt/ washers left over.
I used pictures from the internet to work out what the completed object should look like.
I also found the black plastic blade slot cracked although it wont have any effect on the use. Its just annoying because it is new.
The switch mounting is nothing like what the instructions say, SIP just said it screws on to the side leg. So rather than being flush inside the table leg out of the way it now sticks out on the outside of the leg. A very poor design.
Companies like SIP don't give a monkeys to be honest. As long as they move them off the shelf at a profit thats all that matters.
SIP, if you want me to do a proper assembly manual don't hesitate to shout. I'll charge you of course. It'll pay for my time wasted reading your crappy assembly instructions and a toupee where i pulled most of my hair out trying to build the thing.
Other than minus 500 out of 10 for manual/ parts instructions I'll give you 9 out of 10 for the completed item. Assuming it will give me many years of safe and reliable use.
Talk about losing the will to live. I eventually completed building mine after about a week (on and off). I was so close to skipping the damn thing.
The new saw is complete now and I tried it out briefly. It's a lovely piece of kit. I contacted SIP for assistance during assy. and they don't want to know. It turns out they are imports, so I assume that the instructions are simply foreign instructions badly adapted to English with drawings carried by some kid in a primary school. Why oh why in this age of IT and electronic photography are SIP using crappy drawings which are so small you cant even see them properly.
It was lucky I happened to store various fixings because the majority of fixings supplied in the packs where of no use whatsoever. I have some parts left over, 2 little metal roller/ bushes (M8 hole) about 10mm thick and 4 little L brackets with M6 hole one end and M8 hole the other. I have almost a complete pack of M8 nuts/ bolt/ washers left over.
I used pictures from the internet to work out what the completed object should look like.
I also found the black plastic blade slot cracked although it wont have any effect on the use. Its just annoying because it is new.
The switch mounting is nothing like what the instructions say, SIP just said it screws on to the side leg. So rather than being flush inside the table leg out of the way it now sticks out on the outside of the leg. A very poor design.
Companies like SIP don't give a monkeys to be honest. As long as they move them off the shelf at a profit thats all that matters.
SIP, if you want me to do a proper assembly manual don't hesitate to shout. I'll charge you of course. It'll pay for my time wasted reading your crappy assembly instructions and a toupee where i pulled most of my hair out trying to build the thing.
Other than minus 500 out of 10 for manual/ parts instructions I'll give you 9 out of 10 for the completed item. Assuming it will give me many years of safe and reliable use.
