homebru Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Been looking to "upgrade" my shop with a used saw. Bumped into an original Somerville Excalibur. Any thoughts / opinions on this saw? Looks like a tilting table, not a tilting arm. Any help is appreciated homebru aka nathan in kalamazoo OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Unless it's in super shape and a really good deal I wouldn't buy it. Many parts for these are obsolete so keep that in mind. ChelCass, OCtoolguy, MarieC and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 It is a very old machine and like Kevin said, parts may be hard to come by. homebru and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 I would not pay money for it. I was offered one for free a year ago and turned it down. homebru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Wow Bob. I take most anything if it's free. If for no other reason than the challenge of making it work. I guess that's why I have such a large collection of crap. Sigh, I'm a hoarder. MarieC and ChelCass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 24 minutes ago, OCtoolguy said: Wow Bob. I take most anything if it's free. If for no other reason than the challenge of making it work. I guess that's why I have such a large collection of crap. Sigh, I'm a hoarder. I have too much stuff that doesn't work now. ChelCass, OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Hoarder!!! ChelCass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebru Posted January 28 Author Report Share Posted January 28 Thanks everyone. Picked up a used Hawk 220 VS Ultra today. Looking forward to cleaning it up a bit and getting to the cutting. homebru OCtoolguy, MarieC and kmmcrafts 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 17 hours ago, homebru said: Thanks everyone. Picked up a used Hawk 220 VS Ultra today. Looking forward to cleaning it up a bit and getting to the cutting. homebru Good deal. Now post a few pics so we can see what you bought. There are many things to be concerned about on Hawks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Awesome!! Those Hawk Ultras are good saws.. not much issues with those.. the earlier saws yes there were some issues with those saws for sure.. even though those issues are what I would say kind of rare anyway considering the thousands of them out there.. I think Hawk really made a lot of improvements in quality and reliability starting with the Ultra.. OCtoolguy and MarieC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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