On Jul 16, 8:58*am, Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 16, 9:30*am, RonB wrote:



I had some business near the local Rockler store today and dropped in for a
visit. *I haven't been in there for awhile. A lot more tools there now.
When I walked in the door, therre was the big, new Delta table saw. *It
looked nice and cost about $3,300. What was most interesting to me was a
signt hat screamed out, "New Unisaw BUILT IN AMERICA!"

I, too suspect "BUILT" is the key word. *I'll bet *many of the parts
came from China. *Especially castings. *I also have to wonder if, at
$3,300, it is four times the saw as my eight year old Grizzly 1023S.
(OK, before you do the inflation thing on me, three+ times better than
currently priced 1023S).

When I started looking for cabinet saws 8-9 years ago I thought it was
going to be easy. *I grew up around old Unisaws and figured I would
just buy one, until I saw the new ones. *They weren't the same saws.
Other than looking a lot different, I hope the new Unisaw is truly a
better machine that is worth that kind of money.

RonB

At $ 3300.00, A Unisaur would be in the neighbourhood of a SawStop. By
all accounts an excellent saw. Then there are a few General saws to
choose from in that price-range.
There are too many other saws in that price bracket, including a
Festool plunge with table and tracks.

If I was without saw and had to make a $3K decision, I think I would
re-learn my way of doing things and go track.

Also, $3K buys a nice restorable Altendorf or SCM slider.

Actually, when I saw the first pictures of the new Unisaw my mind
clicked over to Craftsman of the mid-70's. That is when they started
selling gimmicks and appearance stuff and quit building a descent
grade of power tools. I know that is not appropriate for the new
Deltas (I hope) but that was an impression. Those handwheels are an
attention getter.

RonB

RonB