I have an opportunity to trade some wood for an older Delta 40-450. I'll pay shipping for my wood to him, and for the saw to me. My shipping costs will be less than $100 and the wood although quite valuable is a species I harvest myself so all in all I'll have well under $200 in this trade if I do it. It looks to be in good shape to me. He says it runs and that he used it a few times before he discovered turning and hasn't flipped the ON/OFF switch since then. I don't question his word I know him to be an honest guy.
I would be using the saw for simple to moderate level intarsia inlays in my woodworking, and not using it often perhaps 3 to 5 times a year. But I'm a fairly okay woodworker and I appreciate tool quality. I realize this isn't a Canadian made Excalibur (the newer ones are not the same build quality as I have been told) nor an RBI Hawk nor a DeWalt. But I'm looking to spend that kind of money on one. I also won't settle for a POJ from the borg etc. so I'm trying to find something in the 5 to 7 range on a scale of 10.
Do any of you have this model or have ever had it? If so what is your opinion of it considiring what I have described as my intended use? I won't be doing highly intricate flat type scroll work if that makes a difference.