SAWSTOP 10-Inch Industrial Cabinet Saw, 5-HP, 36-Inch Industrial T-Glide Assembly (ICS53230-TGI236)

This is a beautiful saw. As spec'd, it requires 3 phase power. Go find the right model number if you don't have 3 phase power and are buying new. If you end up with a 3 phase saw and need to make it run on single phase power, swapping out the motor to a single phase 5hp motor will cost you a bit over $500 in parts, but only takes 1-2 hours. Less if you have a helper, but can be done solo no problem. Sawstop support will help you with this. It's not a big deal.

I spent months researching the best and safest table saw. The consensus was that for quality and safety, SawStop was the way to go. I am a physician, and a colleague persuaded me that the safety features were well worth the possible catastrophic effect on my career should I have a table saw injury. He also strongly advised that I purchase a 5 hp model. Thus, I intended to purchase SawStop's top of the line industrial single phase saw that does not require three phase power. After building my saw on the SawStop website, I moved laterally on the Internet to their online vendors. I selected a 5 hp saw from CPO with a competitive price, and I purchased it. I assumed (wrongly) that I was being directed to a menu of saws that were 5 hp and single phase. This was incorrect. I received a three phase saw, only discovering this when informed by my electrician that the saw was three phase. When I called CPO to discuss this, their phone tree directed me back to the manufacturer, SawStop. This seemed reasonable. Indeed, the saw was shipped directly from SawStop in Oregon. SawStop refused to work with me. Over the course of two calls, they could only offer to send me a new motor and appropriate compatible electrical hookups and pulley. Their was no provision to swap it out for a single phase saw. I would have gladly absorbed the shipping and any difference in cost between components. I received a particularly unsatisfactory response that "electronics" cannot be returned (even when new and unused) and re-used. This is nonsense given the broad spectrum of equipment that manufacturers and retailers commonly accept as returns. My very experienced electrician was appalled that: 1. There was no confirmatory step in the ordering process to confirm that I did not want a three phase saw, and 2. There was no flexibility in correcting this misunderstanding. This has cost me over $1,000 including shipping and labor switching out the motor. SawStop recommended that I try to sell the new and unused three phase motor on EBay.