Re: Anyone familiar with Craftsman Table Saws
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Plastic bags are difficult. Let's just go with the pedestal?
I've always found that when I list something on eBay or Craigslist, I can get up to $1,000 more than comparable items by using good photos and having very complete information.
Thanks for the Kudos. Even if you're saying my work looks like a bag of sh*t.
(no emoticon for Bob. He swears he doesn't need them)
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Re: Anyone familiar with Craftsman Table Saws
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Rob, I've always heard good things about Delta saws.
As for the rest of you... Artists.
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Rob, I've always heard good things about Delta saws.
As for the rest of you... Artists. Pronounced "Arteests"
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Re: Anyone familiar with Craftsman Table Saws
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I think most any brand has their good saws and their budget line. I'm not sure that any well-known brand will have a stellar reputation, nor one that has people calling them "junk". After all that, I've never heard anything bad about Delta saws. Their new Unisaw, though well out of your price range, has gained many fans. If I had more room, I'd be looking at this SawStop cabinet saw. Even beyond the finger-saving technology, the saws have a very good reputation for build quality, ergonomics and dust collection.
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Damn it! I was all ready to go buy a new saw but Mark's sight has a countdown clock saying "Next table saw injury in 8 hours 36 minutes."
I figure that is what it would take to get to the store, buy it and get it assembled. Now I'm all afraid......
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My Father-in-law has a Sawstop and it is a very good saw, but the brake occasionaly activates by mistake(I beleive wet or slightly damp wood was the cause) which becomes costly.
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Thanks for the Kudos. Even if you're saying my work looks like a bag of sh*t.
(no emoticon for Bob. He swears he doesn't need them)
I was saying I could SELL sh*t in a bag if it were deftly captured by you. And I would never say to anyone (even if I thought it) that their work looks like sh*t. I would say, rather, that their work IS sh*t. Similes blunt the point.
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Re: Delta anything.
Last week, I was at my local Delta, DeWalt, Porter Cable parts store.
They had the usual array of the second two, but zero from the first. I axed if they were no longer doing Delta.
They are, but Delta is so screwed up right now, that no one, anywhere, is getting any parts.
They have new mgmt., (again!) and all of the dealers are extremely unhappy with them.
My Delta is 11 years old and it has performed as I had hoped at every turn. I check it's calibratation for each new job, but it has never needed to be adjusted.
I'm not so sure I'd buy Delta right now. I've read both thumbs up and thumbs down reviews.
Jet (and Powermatic) have had their parts/customer service issues in the last few years as well.
If I were buying new right now, I'd get a left-tilt for sure, maybe a Powermatic. If you can find a good Powermatic #66, any age, I'd consider it strongly.
Brand new contractor's or cabinet saw?
I might consider a Steel City, Grizzly, or General. They all get better and better press each year and they cost less than the others. At least I'd check 'em out.
The "stops on a hot dog" feature of the SawStop isn't a big enough deal to justify the price. Afterall, everything else in your shop can still hurt you.
Almost every carpenter/woodworker I've ever met with a missing digit or two, did it in a jointer/planer.
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I was extremely impressed with the deWalt table saw I used after using a (probably much) less expensive Delta. To be clear, this was on the only woodworking project I've ever done. Now that I have a shed, though... oh wait, I'm broke.
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Almost every carpenter/woodworker I've ever met with a missing digit or two, did it in a jointer/planer.
You never met my high school shop teacher, Lefty McFarlane.
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