This Bosch UK or EU product is not available in the USA.
We recently discovered the Bosch (UK) GTS 10 XC Professional table saw, which caught our attention with its built-in crosscut sled. Some other interesting Bosch UK international products include their plunge track saw and GTM 12 Pro table-miter saw combo.
A crosscut sled, or at least a mechanism that resembles one, is built right into the table. Bosch calls this an integrated slide carriage. It can accommodate a maximum board width of 350mm, or about 13-3/4″.
Other features include:
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- 2100 watt motor with electric brake, soft-start control, overload protection, constant speed delivery
- table widener and extension
- cast aluminum tabletop
- tool-free riving knife lowering
- self-adjusting parallel rip fence
- auxiliary rip fence
- cut capacity of 79mm (3.11″)
- rip cut capacity of 635mm (25″) at right of blade, 250mm (10″) at left of blade
- on-board storage of additional saw blade, push stick, stops, dist extraction adapter
- dust extraction port build-into protective blade guard and at rear of tool
- pre-cut locator
- carrying handles
- 24-tooth 10″ TC saw blade
- 47° tilt left, 1° right
- 35kg (77lbs) weight
- compatible with Bosch’s wheeled gravity stand
MSRP is GBP 669, or about $1073, and retail pricing should be a bit lower. The GTS 10 XC Professional is only available in the UK and EU.
More Info via Bosch UK
Adam Neer
if its anything like the now discontinued version of the Ryobi BT21, the sliding table will cause more problems than its worth. The built in sliding table on the Ryobi sits 1/16″ or so proud of the table surface, which may help prevent the workpiece from dragging, but causes major headaches when trying to get square rip cuts, as the lumber rides up on that slight angle as you pass it over the table. Not to mention the obvious, who wants to use a super loud direct drive saw to perform any mitering task? No American jobsite that this saw would be used at wouldn’t already have a miter saw set up anyway. If you can’t tell, I never use my portable table saw’s miter guage, nor did i use the sliding table on the Ryobi. Now, if I had a nice cabinet saw, or even just a belt driven contractor saw, it would be a qhole different story. I try to use my portable table saw as little as possible, as the noise it produces makes me feel like I’m disturbing the neighbors 2 miles away.
Geo
I wonder, WHY aren’t certain tools available in the USA?
This article blithely states that sad fact with “—it’s a shame that some of their most innovative tools will never make it to the USA.”
Yet it never explains WHY this is so!
Can someone solve this mystery? Please reply.
Signed,
Frustrated Tool Buyer.
Stuart
Different companies may have different reasons, but it usually boils down to market potential.
In some cases, it’s because European pros have different needs and purchase habits than USA pros.
I can spend all day coming up with theories, but in the end everything revolves around $$. Brands don’t bring certain tools and accessories to the USA because it won’t be profitable enough for them.
Adam
My name is Adam spiller, I live in England, I lived in America, and theirs lots of Bosch , makita tools I could get their that I can’t get in England, and the list goes on, and much cheaper.
Adam
America is much better than England for tools, England is third World.