Rikon 10-308 Meat Saw With Grinder, 10-Inch

Brand new condition. Works very well. I have now put this saw through the gauntlet and can say that it holds up to anything I put it through. As a butcher, I am looking for the best quality machinery at the best affordable price. This saw gives me both. It also arrived right on time and it in great condition. I suggest this affordable meat saw to anyone looking for the best meat band saw and a descent price.

Pretty terrible product that was foolishly designed. Way too many moving parts. Need to take it apart to clean it? Good luck! Even a simple adjustment of the blade guides generally takes around 20 minutes or longer because the adjustment screws were put in hard to reach places. At first glance, the sliding table seems like a good idea; however, it is not. Only a centimeter or two off and it will put stress on the blade and cause problems. None of the parts are built to last. The screws, bolts and washers are already waring down after weekly use for about a year. Because of constant problems I am being forced to sell this and buy a better meat saw, most likely an Omcan.

Sturdy and easy to assemble. Worked great. Well made.

I Literally cut up 2 pigs in just over 1 hour (not including grinding/packaging) with no problems. Clean up is somewhat of a pain having to remove the sliding top and other components. I added a solid base to the legs and attached locking casters to each corner making it easy to maneuver. Not sure how the limited space of the throat and sliding table will work on large beef (1k lbs. & heavier) but will find out this Fall. I'm sure if Rikon re-designed the throat and table to accommodate larger pieces of meat, increased the motor rating to 1 hp, added a solid base and casters and required less dismantling for clean up, Hobart/Biro/Butcher Boy wouldn't be a consideration for purchase by do-it-yourself users like me.

Saw works great, very hard to clean up properly though!

The Saw is great, I was expecting that i would have to do alot to put it together, but the instructions were fairly simple and easy to put together. it would be nice if i could make the saw a little taller without having to rig something up but other than that it worked like a charm.we slaughtered 8 sheep, and was able to cut 5 on one day, as we left 3 others in the freezer to harden up for better cuts, the blade that came with the saw finally broke on the end of the 7th animal to be cut up.the only thing that i would say sucks is the clean up and replacing of the blade, you have to basically take the entire thing apart. but other than that i definitely recommend this item, and i suggest you get some extra blades incase you are planning to cut meat like i did.

Dont buy. The saw blade has no fat scrapers and as soon as the fat gets on the blade it falls off. The wheels are not inset and the blade falls off easily. I tried to cut up a cow and gave up after an hour. IT IS WORTHLESS!

I didn't want to write a review until I used it. It was very easy to assemble with clear instructions. The saw is amazing! Cut through cow bones like they were butter. Just the saw alone is worth the money. The grinder on the other hand broke 30 minutes into grinding beef. It may have been a defect in the casting of it. I also wished it had a cuber on it.

The saw performed very well for us. It met our expectations. We used it in cutting up sheep meat, and it was very adequate. We have done six sheep on it so far and the blade is still good.

For the money spent, there's nothing else that comes close. A slightly better machine costs over $2000....

The saw works ok I wouldn't recommend it though and it got quite a bit of damage during shipping so I will probably look at selling this one and try another brand