Hello, this is my 1st post on this forum. I have been looking to purchase a cabinet table saw for about 4 months. I have considered buying a ShopFox W1819 which runs about $1,800.00. But seeing that I am retired and on a small income, I needed to weigh that large cost against the possibility of finding a good used saw.
Well yesterday I found a PowerMatic 66 about an hour from me. Pretty sure it is a mid-eighties vintage machine. The price is $500.00 It is a 3HP single phase and has the long fence rails. The seller also will throw in a set of the 3 new V belts which have yet been installed. So knowing that it is a 3-pulley arbor leads me to conclude it is of the older vintage as well. Going to go see it in person probably tomorrow afternoon.
Part of my career was as a technical trades instructor and I had a newer PowerMatic in the college shop. It was a nice machine but I have become convinced the older models are well worth the effort to get a hold of, and I really like that there are so many parts available. Plus there seems to be a vast number of posts and topics on the web regarding the PowerMatic saws.
I will try and upload a photo of it here.
What do you all think of my find? Richard (MN)