A GREAT SAW

I had a right tilt delta contractors saw with the stock fence, and stamped wings. It was a great saw.
Up until two years ago I built everything I have posted so far with it.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Sounds like you got a great deal on your saw and fence. My saw, the Bosch 4000, is nice – but I sure would like to have one with the cast iron tables. Glad to hear that you are happy with it – that is the most important thing.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

I’ve had this saw for about six years. it is the best investment that I ever made. About two years before I bought the Contractor saw, I bought a Unisaw and a 48” belt/9” disk sanding station at a bone yard for $200. The Unisaw was a Rockwell pre-Delta. It had a three phase motor and a damaged fence. Anew 220vac motor was $280, motor starter was $80, and $200 for a good fence. Still not a bad price for such a great saw, considering I still had the sanding station. I donated the Unisaw to a local college and they gave me a donation voucher for my taxes for the full value of the saw and the three phase equipment equalling $2900. I realized roughly a third of that for a tax deduction and made money when I bought the Contractors’ saw. This machine performed entirely different when hooked uo to 220v. I am yet to see it slow down no matter what the load is. I enclosed the stand with furnace tin with a 4” outlet at the bottom of the sawdust slide. My vacuum goes on the 4” outlet and works perfectly. I highly recommend this saw to anyone.

-- Mike, Massachusetts

I have the same saw except a little older. I dont have the B fence on it but am thining about upgrading. Looks ethe the BC-50 but not overly impressed. However….here is my thinking….the only saw that I really want to upgrade to is the SawStop. Its fence is not included in the price and its a little cheaper than the BC-50. I am considering getting the sawstop fence and bolting it to my delta until the glorious day comes all is right wiht the world and the sawstop table saw arrives….with no fence…and I just swap them out and put the delta on cragslist.

Thoughts?

-- Gary, Matthews NC

BFD….Thanks for your review on this product. I have been impressed by what I have seen and heard about it so far. It may be a new addition soon!

-- Bill, Florida

This looks like an ongoing type of thread so even though it’s late I offer my $.02.

I own this saw with the 30” Beisemeyer. I added a Kreg miter gauge a bit later because I was doing some stuff that the original Delta miter just couldn’t quite get close enough. This saw is phenomenal. It not only passes the nickel test, the nickel doesn’t even move.

So far as I can tell using a Starrett combo square, cross cuts using the Kreg are off by something between 1/64 and 1/128 on a 12” run. That’s straight out of the box with no fiddling with trunions or anything other than running a Woodworker II blade and the Kreg miter. At that level of accuracy the wood will move more than the error, and all of the error is more likely the operator instead of the saw.

I also sealed the upper cabinet as well, but I used MDF and velcro so I could take it apart easily. I hooked up a four inch hose from my DC to the standard included dust funnel at the bottom and spend very little time cleaning up after even heavy usage. On its own 20amp breaker circuit, I never trip the breaker.

I did get a Rockler router on/off switch with the large STOP paddle as a replacement for the standard issue Delta switch. The switch is the only thing I have a problem with on the entire saw.

-- ShopCat

Thats a nice saw.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker