<<Sumone a few days ago was asking about the General 220, their hybrid saw.
The February 2005 issue of "Workbench" reviewed the General, the Sears
ZipCode, the Jet Supersaw and the venerable DeWalt 746.
They loved the Sears and liked the General.>>
The March issue of Woodcraft also had a feature on hybrids. That areticle
didn't have the General but featured the Delta 36-716 instead. It also had
the Jet Supersaw, The Craftsman 22124, and the DeWalt DW746. That article
compared features andoperation among the various models but did not choose
winners or losers.
Lee
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<< purchased the Sears hybrid about 3months ago. I bought the $650 model
because I already owned an Incra TSII fence and didn't need the Beisemier
fence that comes with the more expensive saw.
I really like this saw. It's not a unisaw, but it's more than enough for the
average home woodworker. It's solid, well built, and accurate. To my suprise
it was darn near perfectly aligned right out of the box. I tried it out on
some 2" white oak using a thin kerf Forrest Woodworker II and had no problem
making smooth easy cuts.>>
I have the same saw and my experience parallels yours. It was pretty much
ready to use right out of the crate (with a minimal amount of fiddling). I
even built a small work table with the steel cage the saw was encased in. I
made some zero clearance inserts out of scrap pieces of Corian, slapped on a
WW2 (full kerf in my case), and very satisfied with it.
Lee
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Thanks. Oddly through my shopping for these saws I have come to realize
something... Most of them are not available to Canada.
Maybe I'm off, but I only know of one store in my area (Calgary) that sells
Jet tools. Sears does not seen to carry the particular table saw. Grizzly
does not shipp to Canada... This leaves few options. There are many cheap
Canadian brands that I can find, but would not buy. Of course General is
available. Delta...
I did see the General 220 in the showroom last night. It has a nice look
and feel to it. The version they had was marked 2hp on the motor.
Tomorrow is the big day. I'll be going to make my final decision.
"Patrick Conroy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Sumone a few days ago was asking about the General 220, their hybrid saw.
>
> The February 2005 issue of "Workbench" reviewed the General, the Sears
> ZipCode, the Jet Supersaw and the venerable DeWalt 746.
>
> They loved the Sears and liked the General.
I purchased the Sears hybrid about 3months ago. I bought the $650 model
because I already owned an Incra TSII fence and didn't need the Beisemier
fence that comes with the more expensive saw.
I really like this saw. It's not a unisaw, but it's more than enough for the
average home woodworker. It's solid, well built, and accurate. To my suprise
it was darn near perfectly aligned right out of the box. I tried it out on
some 2" white oak using a thin kerf Forrest Woodworker II and had no problem
making smooth easy cuts.
The best part is the price. Sears had the saw on sale for $600. I also got a
10% discount for bieng a craftsman club member. On top of that they took off
another 10% because of a one day sales promotion for 10% off anything in the
store. Sears also included with the saw a mail in coupon for a free 60 tooth
blade, a stacked dado, and a dado throat plate!!
Bottom line is I only paid $517 including tax. For that price I think
you'll have a hard time beating this saw.