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   DavidxDoud | Nov 16, 2003 08:48pm | #1

   Bob,  if money is not an issue,  (don't want the kids to go without shoes),  buy another saw - - there's enough advice on specific models in this forum to keep you researching for a few days - - a better saw will give you increased capabilities and your list of projects indicate you are ready to grow further...

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   fdampier5 | Nov 17, 2003 03:33am | #2

   I'm sounding like a broken record..

     Look at Grizzley! 

     simple, durable, honest, stuff that is less expensive than everybody else..

     Plenty of folks here will testify to their experiance with Grizzley..

     PS,    I sell forklifts not saws or other tools..

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   forestgirl | Nov 17, 2003 08:14am | #5

   Thanks, Frenchy!  Took the words right out of my keyboard, so to speak....  Have you seen their new contractor's saw?  Reallllllly nice.  If I weren't holding out for a 1023, hah-hah.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   BG | Nov 17, 2003 04:06am | #3

   Bob,

   What is so wrong about lusting?  Twenty years ago you bought a car for $7 or 8 thousand...you now would pay $25 thousand..Is that lusting too?  You bought a computer 20 years that had 4 meg of ram...I suspect your current model is a bit more powerful...

   My car is a bit more expensive than the average because it's safer, higher quality, greater durability, higher resale...arn't those the same issues your going over in your mind about the cabinet saw?....what in there says your lusting?..
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   Sancho | Nov 17, 2003 04:39am | #4

   If it does what ya want it to do then up grade the fence/pullies/belt. You can up grade the motor to a 2hp baldor if you want to. That is if your happy with the saw.

   But if your like me and you just want a new one then by all means Id look at the Jet Cab saw with the build in router attachment and router. It looks like a pretty sweet set up. 

   Darkworksite4:

   Estamos ganando detrás el estado de Calif. Derrotando a un #### a la vez. DESEA VIVO LA REVOLUCIÓN

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   watkinsjd | Nov 17, 2003 08:27am | #6

   Bob,

   Having upgraded from a contractors saw to a cabinet saw within the last year I believe I can safely say you would be happy with the change.  I find the difference to be dramatic.

   I went from a Craftsman from the early 70's to a Grizzly 1023.  The Craftsman was a much better saw then than now and was probably much closer to your Delta in quality than the current Sears stuff.  It is impressive how much more power I now have and how much smoother the saw runs even with all the improvements I had made to the Craftsman such as milled pulleys, a link belt and upgraded fence.

   JW

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   RANGERP75R | Nov 18, 2003 06:47pm | #7

   Bob

      If you can justify the extra money, time spent with the saw and currenty have the money set aside get the cabinet saw. If you have justified the extra moeny and time and don't have the money set aside, use you current saw and wait till you do. And of course if the justifications can't be made, up-grade what you already have and keep cutting.

     I have to take a nap now... ha..ha..

   sarge..jt

   sarge..jt

   Proud member of the :  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   Dustmight | Nov 19, 2003 03:08am | #8

   If you don't mind shelling out $900+ for a cabinet saw, go for it....there's really not much comparison. If you'd prefer not to spend that much, here's an alternative to your original fence upgrade idea. A Biesemeyer fence will run ~ $300. General International makes a really nice contractor saw for ~ $650 that comes with a General T-fence which is made with some association to Biesemeyer and is a spitting image of a Biese. Assuming you could sell your existing saw for $250-350, your a bit over $300 short of a new saw with the fence upgrade. For about the cost of just a new fence, you'd have a new saw with essentially that same fence and two years of warranty to boot. Seems a fair deal to me....