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There was a 358 and a 2358 available. The 2358 seemed to have less slop, but it didn’t have the depth stops (not a big deal), and I don’t understand how the 2358 releases the saw from the lifted position. On the 358, you either hit the guide with the finger that clamps to the saw, or you flick it with your own finger. On the 2358 it seemed you needed to reach back and release a catch on the rear guide, then release a catch on the front guide. This seemed inconvenient, or there are missing parts. So, I skipped the 2358 and bought the 358.
The 358 has nearly everything. The finger that mounts on the saw and the stock guides that clamp the stock to the fence are missing, but the thumb screw and clip that secures the stock guide were both there. It would be easy to make a new stock guide, but I can probably use any old clamp. The cutoff (length) stop, pointed feet, depth stop, and rigidity bar were all present.
There’s a clamping lever under the swivel that is supposed to lock the movement, but either I don’t understand it, or it doesn’t work. It just looks like a piece of metal that swivels on a screw without connecting to anything.
I could still go back and get the 2358. Can someone tell me how the saw release is supposed to work on that (the release to drop the saw down onto the work).
By the way, the sloppiness in the 358 may simply be that the saw plate is thin for the setting of the uprights and they just need a slight twist. The sloppiness is small…I can wiggle things a bit, but it doesn’t really seem to matter (affect the angle). I just noticed there was zero of this wiggle in the 2358.
It looks like the 358 did a fair bit of work and the 2358 was only used a little. Or, maybe he recently changed the wooden deck, but it just had a little bit of a cut at 90 and a scratch at left-45.