![]() Nowadays, the Unisaw and Powermatic models are still market leaders but most tool hounds would agree that each brand’s no-nonsense, all cast iron and steel, 500-pound-plus models from a lifetime ago are often preferred over today’s state-0f-the-art models. Some will say a 1 hp saw is underpowered. That's why the saw, which would have either 1 or 1.5 hp, is plenty for a home shop. I just had to have one.ĭelta introduced the world’s first tilting-arbor cabinet saw in 1939 with its fully-enclosed steel cabinet and polished cast iron top. After leading the market for decades, the mid 1960s and 1970s brought the Powermatic Model 66 table saw into a neck-and-neck position with the Unisaw, boasting the heaviest trunnion assembly (table saw guts) and virtually vibration-free operation. The saw has a 1750 (+/-) repulsion induction motor, that has huge amounts of torque, and runs very smooth. So, when I told my wife I was buying a really old table saw when I already had the top-of-the-line, “last table saw I’ll ever need to buy” table saw already sitting in the shop, she avoided eye contact with me for a month. Every passionate woodworker knows that the early model Delta Unisaws are legendary workhorses and the grandfather of all modern-day saws.
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