On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:43:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

I believe that to be the case. Most 25 year old electrical tools knock
the spots off what you can find today anyway, irrespective of brand...

My DeWalt radial arm saw and DeWalt bandsaw must be getting to that
sort of age now. Both have shown outstanding reliability throughout
and I would part with neither in favour of a modern day equivalent.

PoP