Very Moderate Gloat

I have one of those and it still works great. No plans to replace. I
did put an upgraded fence on it, just because. The old one worked ok
if you were careful about pushing it tight to the table before locking.

Sounds like the saw I use. I like it a lot (it could have more power).
I also replaced the fence with one of the new Craftsman Align-a-Rip
(or some such name). I also like this a lot, and for the $ (less than
$200) it's a hell of a good fence.

Dan

I will give you a gloat for that. At times here we sometimes get hung up on
unisaws (I own two), etc. but when it comes down to it a table saw is a very
simple tool, and there is no reason that yours can't work very nice.

Merry Christmas

Do you really know what you have here? Years ago Craftsman tablesaws were
made King-Seeley. Heavy as hell and a great saw. From what I understand
they were very outstanding and draw good price now-a-days. I would check it
out.....
George in Georgia

"makesawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> My neighbor recently moved and I helped him. He had an old (maybe 40
> years) Craftsman heavy-as-hell-cast-iron-beast-of-a-table saw that he
> wouldn't have room for at his new place. He gave it to me for helping
> him. It works fine, the fence is no Bieseymer but it locks securely
> and is relatively parallel to the blade - all I had to do was replace a
> missing knob; I'll probably replace its belt and tune it up as well.
> The blade on it was actually pretty decent (40 tooth carbide).
>
> We're building a new house right now. When it is time to do the finish
> work I'll take it to the job site and chain it in the garage - no real
> loss if someone steals or vandalizes it. And if they don't, I guess I
> can live with having two table saws (maybe SWMBO will let me put my
> woodshop in the 2 car bay of the garage instead of the single bay -
> that would be a Super Gloat, but I won't hold my breath!). I guess
> that since I'm going to have a dedicated woodshop (14 ft. by 23 ft) in
> our new house's garage this posting should probably count two gloats!
>
> Have a Merry Christmas everyone!
>
>
> --
> makesawdust

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Sounds like the saw I use. I like it a lot (it could have more power).
> I also replaced the fence with one of the new Craftsman Align-a-Rip
> (or some such name). I also like this a lot, and for the $ (less than
> $200) it's a hell of a good fence.
>
> Dan
>

Count me in as another Align-A-Rip fan. Great fence, better price than the
alternatives. Has consistently gotten good reviews.
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-Mike-
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