I first saw the Unisaw pictured below about 38 years ago.
It was setting back in the corner of a tool shed belonging to a school mates parents. After I was bit by the woodworking bug in junior high school I tried to buy the Unisaw from my friend's Dad. He would not sell it because he said they use it sometimes. I made several more unsuccessful offers during our school years. Upon finishing high school my parents presented me with a Delta tablesaw. It was not a Unisaw but it served me well until I could buy my own Unisaw. After getting the saw from my parents, I never thought about that old Unisaw again, until 2 weeks ago. I saw an auction bill. My friend & his parents decided to quit farming & where selling everything. As I read through the sale bill I noticed a Delta table saw listed. I thought this could not be the same saw that i craved when I was in school. Being one to not go to auctions, let alone farm auctions, I decided to take the day off & go.
It was a very enjoyable day. I had not seem my friend & his family for several years. We got to catch up on years of lost time & I also got to see alot of other friends I had not seen for several years. To top the day off I got to come home with that old Unisaw. It is a little worse for wear than it was when it was when I first saw it. But it was never used during all that time. I know because we had had dropped something on the plug back then & smashed it. It still has the same smashed plug.
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