Score on TS purchase!

[Alex Gauthier]

I posted a question about a Grizzly 1023 saw a while back and I just wanted to thank you all for steering me through the process of buying it. I ended up paying the asking price because he also had a pretty nice out feed table, two really nice dado stacks and three nice blades as well as a aftermarket crosscut sled and some other odds and ends. $850

Pros
Really good condition
Light use (just a home basement shop with occasional projects)
5 HP, 1PH 240
Included fence seems pretty nice
52"

Cons
Right tilt (if that's a con- I think that's the only kind i've used)
It's proving difficult to move :-(00C0C_9tOO8oVHsuP_1200x900.jpg

[Rich Riddle]

Congratulations on your purchase. You can place that entire saw and right extension on a mobile base to move it if you plan on moving it in the shop like many of us. It will look like this.

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[Alex Gauthier]

I was just researching that actually.

Any suggestions on a riving knife?

Congratulations on your purchase. You can place that entire saw and right extension on a mobile base to move it if you plan on moving it in the shop like many of us. It will look like this.

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[julian abram]

You did well, nothing wrong with that purchase.

[glenn bradley]

Any suggestions on a riving knife?

If this is the redesigned 1023 that has a riving knife capability I would just buy it from Grizzly. If you're talking about a splitter the old design was a guard/splitter combo. If you don't want to go that way I would be temped to go with an MJ splitter or a shop made version.

[Matt Day]

That looks like a pre-riving knife model so you can't add one. Best alternative IMO is a Shark Guard.

[Marc Burt]

Good deal! I just bought a new 1023, assembling it today. FWIW I wouldn't say the right tilt is a con. I know the left tilt is the main stream now but I actually thought long and hard before pulling the trigger because I didn't want to give up my right tilting saw.

[John Lankers]

Congratulations, looks like you hit the Jackpot.

[scott spencer]

That's a very solid saw for $850. Congrats!

[Curt Harms]

I was just researching that actually.

Any suggestions on a riving knife?

I've had this in the back of my mind for a while:

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There's a version with overhead dust collection. I'm not sure what the collective wisdom is regarding this device but it's the only aftermarket riving knife (raises and lowers with the blade)I'm aware of.

[Alex Gauthier]

I was looking at the various options. I planned to get a Grr Ripper anyhow so maybe I'll give theirs a try first since their cheap. I don't see how the MJ option could rotate with the blade tilt though so maybe the Shark is the way to go after all.

That looks like a pre-riving knife model so you can't add one. Best alternative IMO is a Shark Guard.

[Alex Gauthier]

Well got it all moved in and am getting ready to tune it a little and get it settled in my space. I ran into a question though:

Where I need it to sit on my concrete floor it's just a tad out of level right to left. I think I could fix it with about a 3/8" shim under the base. Is that the way to go? Does it matter?

[John Lankers]

If it was mine I wouldn't be happy unless it was level within 1/16". Some machines need to be dead level to work properly but a cabinet saw is probably a little more forgiving.