Originally Posted by
Bob38S
Thanks for that.
My sparkie is is great and has been helping me out for some 30 years. He is old school and still carries a dustpan and brush which he finishes every job with.
As to scrapping your saws, perhaps an overly quick decision, if all the bits are there, they still work as designed and you are happy with them then why not keep them especially as they are no longer made. I use mine frequently, fast, reliable, accurate and cuts and lengths are easily repeatable. It has now been 8 years since my motor was rewound and it's still going strong, so far the cost of the rewind has cost me approx $1.00 per week which will get less the longer it lasts. Should the motor go again I think I would fix it again, just put it down to the cost of doing my woodworking.
Just a thought...