Evolution Power Tools R255TBL+ Table Saw (Next Gen Rage 5-S) Portable Multi-Material Cutting Blade Included Cuts Wood Metal Plastic, 45˚ Bevel, +/- 60˚ Mitre Angle, 85mm Cut Depth, 1800w Motor, 240v

This is a sensational tool! I am very pleased with it. I had a somewhat basic table saw for a few years which did its best (but not well) and for some time I have lusted after the fact that this table saw is supplied with a folding trolley base (I know many are but this one is price competitive). That was an important feature because my workshop is not large and my old cheap table saw had seen better days while taking up a lot of room.Well, this table saw lives up to my expectations and beyond. It is a superb piece of kit. I got it at a good price from Amazon although without realising it the model has been upgraded by Evolution to a new version though more expensive. (I might have saved harder to get the new model but I am not disappointed).So, some pointers. It is heavy. A huge box arrived that my wife and I could barely lift! The first job is to assemble the folding base - that took some doing and though in the end it is straightforward, take your time. The saw itself itself fitted to the trolley straightforwardly and after that it was good to go. I that the the supplied instruction manual is pretty poor - it looks like a low quality photocopy. Given the high safety requirements and the need to assemble the tool properly a good manual is essential. I found the PDF file on the Evolution site and printed that - it is much clearer to read and the images are sharper.It is a great machine and more than exceeds my expectations. I already have a couple of Evolution tools and I find the build quality good. This table saw is no different, and As I have noted the folding trolley is essential in my workshop. When not is use it takes up relatively little space. It is still somewhat heavy to handle but that's a good point of course because it is stable and steady when operated. I am very pleased with it. Nicely built, attachments too, and has at least one extra feature I did not expect (the sliding table panel in conjunction that be used with the mitre gauge). The table can be extended for larger work, and though I have only used that a little so far this is an excellent feature and is well engineered. The dust extraction pipe fits well (especially compared with my old saw) and with my modest dust vac copes well. Very little sawdust scattered about after use.If you are on a budget and, like me, you don't have the bench space for big tools to sit idle, I don't think you can do better than this table saw.

The item is very well packed with the table facing down, on very substantial cardboard, reducing frame damage. The stand was packed on top of the frame, again on card with dedicated slots for the tubes.Fairly easy to set up, but I did need to adjust the Riving knife as not set to the blade, the removable saw blade plate was bent and and too low, fairly easy to correct and get flat.Could not set the tilt at both stops to the degree setting 45, when you have zero set 90 and set the indicator, plus the blade also needed adjustment both ends, again, fairly easy.Everything else was spot on.Shame there is no feet on the bar that rests on the floor, but I used a 40mm length pumping pipe, to clip over it.A shame it does not come with the dust out for a bin, piped setup is a bit cumbersome going to the blade extraction.End support is a bit flimsy compared to the rest of the quality.

I watched all the You Tube videos, some of which proved very optimistic and I bought it. Assembly was much easier than predicted and it is VERY easy to move around. Excellent cutting capacity but ONLY reasonable dust collection. Really does cut Alloy and Mild Steel. Fence very good in use and, provided you've set up the blade and fence for parallel to the mitre slots, gives excellent, repeatable results. Blade angle won't adjust to exactly 90 degrees but very, very close. Extending table (in both directions) VERY useful. I had to, (and you'll have to) : 1) Adjust the Mitre Guide shoe to fit the Mitre slots. To do this, use a hammer and Square face punch to (very gently) spread the lower track following faces 2) Make a Zero Clearance Insert as the standard insert is laughably wide cut so everything falls into the blade cavity 3) Resin fill the Ego-tripping "Evolution" recess in the infeed side of the table as otherwise some timber pieces WILL catch in it. This is the silliest design note I've ever encountered and 4) Cut away the bottom fill in on the Riving Knife/Safety Guard Support to make it easier to remove/install. Also check that your box contains the smaller part of the Rip Fence, mine didn't but I didn't care as I would have binned it anyway. Lastly, blade supplied is very thin and wobble noticeably in use. All in all, not perfect but very good value for money, especially for anyone who, as I have, has a space problem. If you buy it you'll enjoy it, just don't expect absolute accuracy out of the box.