To elaborate on "A better stand wouldn’t cost a lot."

I got my saw about 10 years ago from my dad, who got it maybe 20 years before that at a big box store, on sale for $99.

When I got it, the stand was twisted and collapsed.? I pulled it back straight and welded a rectangle of angle-iron around the bottom of the stand.?

Since the angle-iron made a lip around the inside of the stand, I cut a scrap of plywood to lay in it.? Then I screwed a rectangular bucket to the plywood, that tilts outward at an angle.? That bucket catches almost all the swarf.? Small pieces of cut off stock usually land in the bucket too.?

Now the stand is very solid, and swarf bucket works well.? Including that from the factory or as an upgrade option would be cheap.

-Joe

On 5/23/2020 3:16 PM, Bill Armstrong wrote:

It’s just a matter of not getting carried away.

What we really want, is something like a Wellsaw. Their smallest one, a 6-1/2” x 11”, has about everything you want, or anybody wants in a saw. A sliding weight, hydraulic down-feed, a fence, a coolant pump, it has a table, and will cut vertically, a ?” blade, and it will cut twice as fast as any 4” x 6”. And the wheels, are worthy of a garden tractor.

It also weighs about 600 pounds, and costs about $5000 last I bought one. (several years ago)

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Some easy and not so costly improvements, sure.

QA improvements are a yes. Some of the stories I have heard about Horror Freight saws are pretty bad. ?

A better stand wouldn’t cost a lot.

All 4 bearing shafts could be eccentric adjusters, instead of just 2….not a big deal, and a lot less costly than the swinging head for adjusting squareness.

Quick release vice wouldn’t be too expensive either.

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Other things, like hydraulic down-feed, or coolant system with drain tray….optional, maybe just sold as a customer installed kit(s), or, dealer installed.

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Other Bill

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