Craftex CT146 - A preliminary review

There is not a lot of information on the CRAFTEX brand of tools. This is so because it is exclusively sold at Busy Bee, which is Canadian. In the US, the same would be sold under Grizzly (I think). Most of my stationary tools are Craftex tools. The main reasons is that it is nearly impossible to get any other brand in Halifax, NS, Canada. Nonetheless, everything Craftex that I own is working great for what I need them for. 

Is that sawdust on the tabletop?

Setup
I followed the assembly instructions in the manual. I had to take the saw from the upstairs garage where it was delivered to the downstairs shop. At 284lbs, this was a head scratcher. However, the heaviest piece in the box must have been no more than 100lbs. Two people could easily get this down a flight of stairs. Getting the table from an upside-down position on to its feet required 3 people, and could have used a 4th one.

Plan 3-4 hours to get the table ready to go, but the process was simple. I really like how each screw/nuts'washers were organized in a large punchable package with labels for each item. Surprisingly, the amount of machine grease was small and I didn't ended up smelling like petroleum products for days like I did when I assembled a bandsaw, a jointer and a drill press in one go.

Operation
The biggest shock for me is the fence: it seems to reliably set itself to the square of the blade AND the distance scale is very precise. The fence got my mark with something like 1/64" from manual setup, and a 3" thick board of hard maple got cut with less drift than a sharp pencil line. What's more, the cut was very clean and hardly blade marks were left to smooth after this demanding cut. Feeding too fast made the blade stop without noises or vibrations. This is night and day with the performance that I got from my jobsite RIDGID tablesaw. The tabletop is very flat and wide enough to allow 36" ripcuts. The engine jerks a bit when turned on, but I think that I'll convert it to 220V soon to smooth out the initial peak.

I provided the disclaimer that this is a preliminary review. I have it running now for only one day. I'll follow up later when I have clocked a lot more time on the machine.