Awesome. Welcome to the club.

 

I have exactly that saw and I love it. You should be pleased, great price.
The only thing that could improve it would be if it had a unifence ….. love my unifence!

 

Nice saw and good price. That sucker is as big as my shop.LOL

 

You suck! (congrats! that is quite the deal)

Any idea why the motor needed replacing?

First thing I would do is to level the tables to each other and then do a complete squaring and setup.

 

I didn't realize they made the X5 in right tilt.

Nice score either way.

 

You suck! (congrats! that is quite the deal)

Any idea why the motor needed replacing?

First thing I would do is to level the tables to each other and then do a complete squaring and setup.

- splintergroup

Not sure about the history on the motor. Could have gotten sawdust in the centrifugal switch and they just swapped it out rather than repairing? Often times commercial shops are willing to trade $$$ for time on things like that. I should ask though…

It definitely needs to be gone through, also I will probably have to disassemble it to be able to get it out of my van without a forklift (they loaded it with a forklift). It tipped over in the van when my load straps failed and I don't think anything was damaged but still needs a run-through.

 

I dream of having a saw like that, well done. How did you move the thing?

 

Congrats…

I think you'll like having a right tilt saw.

 

I dream of having a saw like that, well done. How did you move the thing?

- bobasaurus

I recently bought a big 14' chevy P30 step van (think: FedEx / FritoLay / UPS delivery truck), it has a roll-up door in the back and the shop I bought it from lifted it with a forklift, and two other guys got in the van and the three of us drug it off the pallet. I haven't gotten it out of the van yet… that's going to be an adventure.

Congrats…

I think you ll like having a right tilt saw.

- Mainiac Matt

Honestly I don't really know if it'll make a lot of difference to my workflow. My Ridgid R4512 was a left-tilt but the fence has about 15" to the left of the blade so sometimes I'd move the fence to the other side for some cuts. For the projects I've worked on in the past, I haven't done a lot of ripping at anything other than 90 degrees.

 

That's a great price. I bid on one in an auction a few weeks ago. I gave up when it went to $1200… well I gave up long before that.

 

Getting it out of the truck is dirt simple (and you have gravity helping you)... take off the fence and extension wings, put down a couple 2by's as a ramp (2×8, 2×10, 2×12 - whatever you got) and it will slide right out. They are not all that heavy. After you have it on the ground, you can easily move it around with a handtruck or dolly. You can do it by yourself, but it helps to have a second pair of hands to keep it from tipping as you slide it down.

Cheers,
Brad

 

Getting it out of the truck is dirt simple (and you have gravity helping you)... take off the fence and extension wings, put down a couple 2by s as a ramp (2×8, 2×10, 2×12 - whatever you got) and it will slide right out. They are not all that heavy. After you have it on the ground, you can easily move it around with a handtruck or dolly. You can do it by yourself, but it helps to have a second pair of hands to keep it from tipping as you slide it down.

Cheers,
Brad

- MrUnix

Yep, this thing is nowhere near as ridiculous and heavy as my Baileigh 16" jointer/planer, which was pushing 1200lbs including the pallet.

 

Nice looking saw

 

Very nice

 

That thar's a keeper! Nice!
(I cut my teeth on one very much like that one.)

It will be worth whatever you need to invest to get it in top shape.
Congrats!

 

Getting it out of the truck is dirt simple (and you have gravity helping you)... take off the fence and extension wings, put down a couple 2by s as a ramp (2×8, 2×10, 2×12 - whatever you got) and it will slide right out. They are not all that heavy. After you have it on the ground, you can easily move it around with a handtruck or dolly. You can do it by yourself, but it helps to have a second pair of hands to keep it from tipping as you slide it down.

Cheers,
Brad

- MrUnix

If you take the wings, rails, table, and motor off, one strong person can move the base. I've moved two unisaws myself in a minivan and a hatch back. They're not so bad when disassembled.

 

Congrats…you scored!

 

He shoots, he scores! Congrats on the new-to-you saw.

 

Hot diggidy dog for you Man. that's a really nice saw. I love my x5 and I know you will as well.

 

Never take the top off if you do take note of shims in the corners. And Put them back! If you need to aline the blade to he miter just loosen the corners hopefully it's perfect from he factory.
Nice saw.

 

He will need to align the table to the blade anyway, since it may have come out of alignment when it tipped over and fell.

 

Congrats on a good deal on a terrific looking tool.

 

Congrats on a good deal and big upgrade.

 

GRATZ ….it is well worth that …you have made a very fine deal …..... GREAT DEAL :<))

 

Congrats,.....and you really do suck!