I'll stop now. If anyone has questions about something I missed or what
ever, let 'em rip.
Hi I've got one too. I bought it in 1995. A President's sale I
believe. Delivery was very prompt. The truck had a tail gate lift so
it was set down right on the street in front of my house. I have a
wheeled dolly that I used to move it in to the garage. It was laying
on its side when the truck pulled up and the truck driver wondered if
I wanted to refuse it. They are quite top heavy. I took a chance and
accepted it and as it turns out there was no damage. It seems to be
built like a tank. I also got one of the wheeled bases for it. It
was money very well spent because I often need to move it around.

Some areas I'd mention to you. The elevating hand wheel has a small
wheel lock in the center. When you raise or lower the blade be sure
to tighten this wheel. The blade has never creeped up or down on me
but one time when I was cutting a piece of wood I felt something drop
on my toe. I froze and turned it off and waited for the blade to
stop. It seems that the small locking wheel had vibrated out and
dropped on the floor by way of my toe. No injury. Anyway the wheel
has a point on it that pushes two little cone devices outward and that
is what locks the blade at what ever height you put it at. I did not
lose the two little conical pieces but I could have. They look like
9mm slugs but I'm sure they are not.

The other thing is that after a year or two I noticed some metalic
clinking sounds when I would turn it off. Something was loose. Turns
out it was the pully on the arbor. The one with multiple belts on it.
One of the set screws was loose and the pully was not tight on the
arbor. It was a real stinker to get the allen wrench into the set
screw with the belts on but if you work at it it can be done. I
suppose it would have been easier if I'd removed the table but I just
didn't feel like doing all the re setting etc. It is just hard to get
at reaching up from underneath.

Do I like the saw? Yes. Would I buy it again? Yes.