My dilenma

[Steve D]

If you look on the website they make a 3HP unit too. No need to replace the motor, just see if you can catch that one on sale. The standard price is about the same as a Uni.

[Mountaincraft]

After looking more, craftsman has a lot of cheap motors in supposedly good tools. Don't look at horsepower, just amps at voltage. Accuracy has more to do with set up. Is the blade dead square to the table at 90? Is the blade perfectly aligned (know the criticicism) with the miter slots? Is the fence perfectly aligned with the miter slots over full range? How and how much does the fence deflect with imperfect wood?

At $500, for 15 amps with capacitor start and run, get a contractor saw and learn its tricks.

Sears is taking a nose dive into the disposable with its flagships.

[sapwood]

Originally Posted by Mountaincraft

Sears is taking a nose dive into the disposable with its flagships.

I visited the Sears at Southpoint mall yesterday as it was the closest place to pick up a forstner bit. There were stacks of power tools, but I couldn't find the usual "wall" of drill bits (brad points, forstner, etc.). After querying the clerk, I got the response: "yeah, they removed about 75% of that stuff last week, but some of it is at another store".

Hmmm, power tools, but not the stuff to make them usable

Sapwood