Feel like a drive to Greenville SC?
15" Delta for $80
Looks interesting but there's now way I can get to G'ville right now. Is this one you just found on CL or a tool you're familiar with? I don't generally buy things blind from CL.....
Ornaments typically have a lot of tight inside cuts so you would need plain end blades. That saw uses adapters and the upper one would have to be taken off and put back on with tools for each inside cut. You really want built in plain end blade capability with tool less changing on at least the top.
So the kids are 4.5 and 2. By "ornaments" I mean outlines of Christmas trees and snowmen that they can slather in paint (along with the themselves, the table, and floor) in colors that probably have nothing to do with the season or the item in question, and wrap in homemade envelops with homemade cards.
Probably not going to be a lot of blade changing in this instance but the point is well taken. I'm guessing this wouldn't be a machine to "test drive" on more interesting projects to see if I need a "real" one?
You are a sneaky old codger. Let me paraphrase...
"Harbor Freight is a fine store for tools, but before you look at their scroll saw, come by and try my Hawk and my Dewalt".
It's like someone offering to let you drive their Lamborghini to go shopping for a Yugo.
Heh, yeah, I read it the same way! I do appredciate the invite and may eventually take you up on it! For now though I think it would just be depressing.
For the record, I'm generally on the same page with the HF stuff. I had their 10" sliding miter saw for years (the previous version) and it was pretty much bullet proof. I didn't do any "fine" work with it but it was great for framing, deck building, general maintenance, etc. My recent puchase of shop machcinery incuded their
lathe which seems to get pretty good review around here. Not had a chance to put it through it's paces yet though.
Anyway, sounds like a yes on the sander and a "uhhhh, maybe" so far on the scroll saw....