Well, I went and did it!
I jumped into the car this morning and drove up to Stockport to look at an Excalibur 802-01-01 table saw. No problems finding the showroom, but found parking was limited - something that will be improved very shortly with a new car park next to the building.
I was met at the door by Tim, a very nice chap who seems to specialise in smaller saws, and shown some of the machinary they sell. They do a lot of commercial heavy woodworking machines as well as the sort of thing I was looking for.
I had a close look at 2 Excalibur saws, the one Philly now has and the smaller 802-01-01 and was very impressed with the build quality of both of them, not to mention the standard of their coffee
I decided to buy the 802-01-01 because if would fit in my small shop without taking a slot out of the side wall to accomodate the rip fence :shock:
Payment came next, and it turns out that Woodford deal only in cash or cheques, and even though they would have let me take the saw away today if I'd given them a cheque without waiting for it to clear, I didn't have my cheque book with me. I took a walk into Stockport town centre to visit the bank while Tim found a way to get the saw into my car. Payment made, I headed home with the tail of the car a good deal lower than usual :lol:
While I was there, I had a chat with their web designer and he said the web site would definatly be back up working on Monday
I also talked to Tim about UKworkshop, and he said any members would be 'looked after' :wink:
I had an excellant visit to Stockport, and I'll do review of the machine when I get it built up and 'played with'
Dennis
