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I have several "refurbished" tools and the DeWalt scroll saw I had was refurbished.  I have never had a problem with any refurbished tool I have purchased to date.  That being said I have never had a refurbished Delta tool.  Mine were DeWalt and Makita.

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I think dang near every tool in my shop is refurbished.. Most are getting quite old now too and never a problem yet.. Only new tools are the Dewalt scroll saw and the Grizzly band saw.. All, sanders, my old scroll saw ( dremel ) miter saw cordless drills etc.. all refurbs.. and my Dewalt would have been a refurb too but I bought it from grizzly during a sale and it was priced slightly below what the refub was so I went new.. My ryobi planer is a refurb and I've run the snot out of it..and it's about 8-10 years old.. though last couple times I used it I thought it was sounding funny ( motor ).. but... I got my $100 out of it a long time ago.. yeah thats right $100 from a outlet store.. don't normally go to those but it was on a vacation trip low and behold they had a tool store that I almost bought one of everything, LOL 

 

I wouldn't be scared to buy refurbished as long as the price points and warranty are decent.. which most times they are..

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Think about it, a lot of "refurbished" tools are returned to the store tools, they are checked, tested completely before being put up for sale as "refurbished", more than you can say for a new tool right out of the box...  The ones returned because they were broke or didn't work properly are repaired and checked, tested completely before resale as "refurbished".  Anytime I need a tool anymore I look for "refurbished" first.  I believe the 180 day warranty  Is correct, at least on the ones I purchased, but that has never been a factor to me.  Looks at the new tools you buy that claim to has a warranty of "x" years, then try to get decent service on that warranty.  The only warranty I put stock in is how long I have that I can return it to the store for my money back or a replacement.   That is usually 30 days.  Just my opinion.

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Some thoughts on refurbished ? I see a delta manufacturer refurbished That would save me about. $ 90 dollars ...

I buy from a company called CPO and they sell reconditioned tools as well as new tools. I bought a reconditioned router from them and it was still not right. I had one at my house the next day. I live about 30 miles east of Nashville so I am not that far but still that is great service. I turned around and shipped the router in the box that my replacement came in. They shipped me a shipping label and UPS came to the house and picked it up. This is the second time they have done this. The first time was for something else but I can't remember.

 

http://www.cpooutlets.com/reconditioned/reconditioned,default,sc.html

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I have also bought several Recon. tools from CPO and they have been like new and I have not had a problem with any of them They are a good company to deal with I believe.

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Some thoughts on refurbished ? I see a delta manufacturer refurbished That would save me about. $ 90 dollars ...

There's a few in town here .Think I'll go to just window shop!Been a while since I've had money to go there.But i was well pleased with the savings i got back then.

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