Is this a good deal

[HomeBrewer]

me if this is a good deal on this saw. I've searched the internet for reviews and found some good and some bad. Overall it seems to be a good saw. I want to upgrade from my delta bench top saw, which is really cheap. I'm looking for actual owners or users to give me some honest feedback.

Sears item #00922839000 Mfr. model #22839 On sale for $399.88

[Mike in Idaho]

I would buy this one instead:

is not known for quality (check out the rec.woodworking archives through google groups) and their miter slot is non-standard so jigs (like a tenoning jig for example) won't work with out messing with them.

Mike

[Anthony Diodati]

[Mike in Idaho]

That's interesting. I hadn't noticed that. I thought that was kind of bizzare for a 1 1/2 hp motor so I dug around and found their manual at:

you go to page 10 and look under the Voltage & Amperage draw section you'll see that the G0444 is 18amps @110v and 9 amps @220v. AND it says that it is prewired for 110 -- go figure!

In any case, even if it were wired for 220, it's a piece of cake to switch it to 110 -- just need a 20amp circuit to run it (not all garages have that though -- my old house didn't, it was 15amps and shared with the lights to boot!). But then the Crapsman would need 20amps too if it's 1.5 hp as well.

Mike

[Tom]

It's wired for 110 from the factory. And it's an honest 1.5HP, which is probably not true of the Craftsman. Yes the fence is a Bies clone, and it seems excellent so far, but I must admit I'm not an expert.

The 2HP "Z" version is pre-wired for 220.

Tom M.

Tom

[mttt]

Z is prewired for 220, the non-Z is prewired for 110V

[BIG JOE]

Well, at least they didn't try to pass it off as 3HP (though they did drop in "3HP developed".

[Rob]

Go for Grizzly over Craftsman. At this price, the Gizzly is better.

Rob