On Nov 29, 8:50*am, Ray wrote:
I am looking for a mid range table saw. *I am 70 so this will be the
last one that I buy. *I don't want to go through the hassle of buying
a used one (been there done that in spades). *The two that I am
looking at are the Porter Cable PCB270TS at Lowe's. *It is fairly
recent and has gotten a few good reviews. *The other is the Ridgid
R4512 at Home Depot, again fairly new with a few good reviews. *It is
very similar to the Craftsman 21833 at Sears the has gotten mixed
reviews mostly to an alignment problem which may boil down to some
missing instructions and needing some better washers at a critical
point.

I have been doing woodworking for about 65 years, starting in
kindergarten. *I am sort of an intermediate wood worker who has very
inexpensive tools. *My present saw is a Delta tabletop with a broken
miter gauge. *I looked at the portable contractors saws and it looks
like for a few $ more I can get a very substantial beast. *For
examples of some of my work look at

http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra.../woodwork.html

and

http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra...woodwork2.html

I, also would recommend looking at Grizzly. They provide a lot of
value for your bucks.

I personally have owned a Grizzly 1023s for about ten years and I love
it. I was looking at saws that were 30-80% more expensive when I
bought it (Unisaw, Jet, Powermatic); but I have all of the utility
they could provide and it has held up well under fairly heavy home
use. Their current 1023RL is probably a close comparison; and their
new Polar Bear G0715P also appears to be similar (except 2hp vs 3
hp). Right now you can get Polar Bears at a good introductory price.
I just bought one of their Polar Bear versions of the G0453 planer and
it duplicates the green version except for paint and a better switch/
switch mount.

You might also look at their contractor's saw. However, the cost of
some of them can approach the Polar Bear cabinet saw above. They
used to offer a version similar to the G0438 and our son owns one. I
used it for 3-4 weeks while we were helping him finish his house and
it is a nice machine. It uses an aluminum version of the steel Shop
Fox fence, but after using it for a while I seemed to be pretty
similar to mine in utility.

Here is a link to their saws page. However, you might also want to
look at their catalog link (bottom of each saw's linked page) because
several of their contractor's saws aren't on the site.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/cate...spx?key=530000


RonB