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Hey John, My first choice would be a used Delta Unisaw or Powermatic 66. If it's complete and running for $500-$600, it's a good deal. Second would be to buy a used 10" Sears direct drive. In good shape, not worth a penny more than $100. THEN, do like Tom (I think) said, and fix it up. Consider having a new arbor made for it ($60-$80 at most reasonable machinists). Will definitely do you good to know how to line up a table saw anyway, NONE of them come "ready to run" in my opinion. Mark Duginski writes great articles and books on tuning woodworking machines. I HATED my sears saw until dialed it in. Now it runs darn well. Third would be the Grizzly, then Jet. Here's the problem with overseas stuff. OVER THERE, the quality assurance sucks. Grizzly takes the responsibility by unpacking the thing, making sure it's close to specs, then sells it to you. Most importantly, they stock parts for them if you do have a problem. You MIGHT get just as good of a saw from a fly by night import sales place, but not likely. Even Harbor Freight is HARD to get parts out of. I think Jet is reasonable to work with, but don't know first hand. I have worked with Grizzly and I'm impressed (HARD to do). Forth, take up a new hobby and find a junker and restore it! My 1938 Sears saw was GIVEN to me (uh, my wife isn't sure why I accepted it, yep, that bad). Need to mount a motor and we'll see if it outperforms the late model ones... Have fun, Mike
Chickamauga, GA
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