"MN Guy" wrote in message
> > General 650 would be my choice. US made Baldar motor, massive
> > trunnions - much larger than Delta, and made in Canada. I've now been
> > told mine will be in 'the middle of next week' for three weeks.
> > Beginning to lose my patience, but if you ever put your eyes and hands
> > on one I think you would agree it's worth the wait. Also - a silly
> > thing but I love the fact that they put a real door on the side
> > instead of a cheesy plastic kind.
You've chosen well, IMO. In the current market place, and were I in the
market again, I would do the same.
That said, my Unisaw does what it is supposed to do and does it well despite
the plastic free choice dog chow bowl dust/motor cover. I mean, after all,
it has a place to hold not one, but two, count'em - TWO, miter gages built
right into that sucker ... surely that makes up a bit for the "value
engineering", doesn't it?
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On 11 Apr 2004 10:36:28 -0700, [email protected] (Phillip
Hallam-Baker) wrote:
|I just thought I would mention that I had a unisaw delivered a couple
|of weeks ago and none of the trunions were broken, so it does happen.
Mine came about 4 weeks ago. Don't see anything broken yet even
though the tilt indicator was red before we unloaded it from the back
of Woodcraft's PU truck and there was a hole in the carton on the
motor cover side. Two Woodcraft guys and my neighbor and I managed to
skid it to the floor on a pair of 4x4s. (No lift gate) They all left
and I managed to get it into the mobile base singlehandedly. Whew.
|
|I have not yet got the thing assembled (was away for a week)[snip]
Me neither. But I was away three weeks. A week ago I started
assembly and mounted the left extension table and determined that it
was unacceptably warped. With the extension flush at each end of the
table there is a 6 to 7 thousandths misalignment near the center and
the nearside left end of the extension droops about 0.020". My old
Craftsman was much better than this.
A quick call to my local Woodcraft and I'm supposed to be getting a
replacement shipped direct from Delta. Tomorrow will be one week. I
haven't even unboxed the rest of the stuff, except the laminate table
(it looks okay) since I need the extension to proceed.
This is the pits. I sold my Craftsman to my neighbor so I'm without a
saw.
I have a Leigh D4 still in the box too. I can't butcher any wood to
use to try it out. bummer
|
|The Powermatic definitely has a better finish on the table, it is
|mirror polished. Quite what advantage there is to mirror polishing is
|beyond me. But it does look really cool. Ditto the blade guard looks
|really impressive, but the transparent Delta guard is probably more
|functional.
|
|If I had realised that the short fence (30") powermatic was curently
|available for about the same price as the unisaw I would probably have
|gone for that instead. The unisaw comes with a free mobile base, the
|powermatic is $100 more with a free tenoning jig. The powermatic is
|smaller though and so I would not need the movable base.
But the short (30") fence Delta that I bought is even less money.
|
|Like how often do you use the extra 20" of rip fence capacity rather
|than use a sled or the like? And if the fence turns out to be a
|limitation you can always get a longer rail.
I figured that I wasn't going to be landing any F/A18s and I can't
imagine handling anything wider than a couple of feet and keeping it
tight to the fence anyway. The most I foresee doing is some cabinets
that are never more than 24" deep so I'm covered. And I still have
some room for my automobiles.
Wes
I just thought I would mention that I had a unisaw delivered a couple
of weeks ago and none of the trunions were broken, so it does happen.
I have not yet got the thing assembled (was away for a week) but fit
and finish appear to be perfectly OK for woodworking.
The Powermatic definitely has a better finish on the table, it is
mirror polished. Quite what advantage there is to mirror polishing is
beyond me. But it does look really cool. Ditto the blade guard looks
really impressive, but the transparent Delta guard is probably more
functional.
If I had realised that the short fence (30") powermatic was curently
available for about the same price as the unisaw I would probably have
gone for that instead. The unisaw comes with a free mobile base, the
powermatic is $100 more with a free tenoning jig. The powermatic is
smaller though and so I would not need the movable base.
Like how often do you use the extra 20" of rip fence capacity rather
than use a sled or the like? And if the fence turns out to be a
limitation you can always get a longer rail.
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:32:47 -0500, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Can't say I use the extra rip capacity too often though when
>it's needed it's nice to have it.
>
>What I do like is being able to slide the fence far enough
>aside to use a sled and not have to remove the fence and
>having to find some place to park it.
>
>UA100
One can also leave cut lists, jigs, clamps, tapes, stop blocks, miter
gauges, off cuts, safety gear, etc... on the other side of the fence.
<G>
Barry
Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>Like how often do you use the extra 20" of rip fence capacity rather
>than use a sled or the like? And if the fence turns out to be a
>limitation you can always get a longer rail.
Can't say I use the extra rip capacity too often though when
it's needed it's nice to have it.
What I do like is being able to slide the fence far enough
aside to use a sled and not have to remove the fence and
having to find some place to park it.
UA100
B a r r y wrote:
>One can also leave cut lists, jigs, clamps, tapes, stop blocks, miter
>gauges, off cuts, safety gear, etc... on the other side of the fence.
><G>
Well hell, as long as we're mentioning...
There's all the other crap that accumulates like scraps from
past projects, last weekend's paper, wooddorking magazines
and... A'yup, I don't quite know what I'd do without the
extra real estate.
UA100