They're only showing one contractor's saw -- and it's the $645 one! By
the
time I convinced myself that there was no real price-equivalent
competition
for their bottom-of-the-line model (1022S, I think it was), they drop
it, and now they've dropped the next one up, too. Am I missing
something, or have they let go of a niche that they held pretty well?
And is there anything out there worth considering in the US$300-400
price range other than the oft-maligned HF/Central Machinery saw?
Lewis
P.S. My apologies if this message posted twice; I don't think my ISP
put it through, so I posted it with Google.
Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Don't want to spoil your dreams but most will tell you the single
> biggest change w/largest difference they made to their saw was the
> fence. Look at them also. Some here can tell you which ones are good;
> I like Bies and Unifence.
>
Hi,
Thanks for the input, but I'm not sure I understand.... Are you
talking about Ryobi, Grizzly, JET, or Harbor Freight? And did they
improve or degrade the fence? From what model to what model?
In any event, I've got a Shop Fox "original" fence that I'll be using.
I like it, and probably won't even unbox the JETfence.
Lewis
Don't want to spoil your dreams but most will tell you the single
biggest change w/largest difference they made to their saw was the
fence. Look at them also. Some here can tell you which ones are good;
I like Bies and Unifence.
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 02:49:53 GMT, "Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Thanks, Steve. Obviously many people like that saw a lot. I'm a big fan of
>cast iron, though. And I'm not a big fan of Harbor Freight. I think I'm
>going to have to up my price point and go for the JET contractor saw at
>Amazon for ~US$550.
>
>
>"Steve Dunbar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Lewis wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> > And is there anything out there worth considering in the US$300-400
>> > price range other than the oft-maligned HF/Central Machinery saw?
>> ...
>>
>> Look at the $299 Ryobi BT3100 sold at Home Despot. There's a website
>devoted
>> to this saw at <http://www.bt3central.com/>.
>>
>> --
>> Steve
>