So many of you have bought these saws used! Not much new business with you all.

On 24 May 2020 00:11:21 BST, Joe Blount <joe.blount@...> wrote:

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

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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.?

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

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-Joe

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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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