I made it a rule not to buy any machine that I could not move myself
Does this rule out the Sedgewick, I must look at the weight specs again.
I've got 2 cabinet tablesaws... the Startrite 275 DS with sliding fence
and another strange which I bought one for a hundred quid
(thinking it was a farm style machine I could steal the motor from, but not so)
The heavier one is prob 250kg+ whilst the Startrite is 210kg
The tables seem of the same weight, only than the cabinet of the 275 is made from
biscuit tins.
A heavier base is no trouble, both machines move about easily on castors.
Not mentioned, I don't think... is that it's nice to have a heavier table
(this is where the specs don't lie)
so one can fit their own *
deep* timber zero clearance inserts, as some of the throat plates
on the cheaper options might not lend themselves to this, needing a thin ali plate due to the skimpin out.
Dual trunnions for me, if I were to buy again, likely wont if I can get away with it.
That means Sedgewick, for my would be budget,
with hopefully metric fittings, should there be examples of either.
Deema's suggestion has got dual slots in the table, and sliding fence.
I think I recall not all all of them are such.
What else is out there, with even twice my would be budget,
i.e what's the Italian options like, and at what weight do the SCM machines start off at?
I have an inkling those might be too heavy for my setup,
so no choice to me other than Sedgewick,
Not knowing much about tablesaws, like Deema for instance,
but I guess there's not much changes made to these in the years (much like Italian bandsaws)
which is a good thing for many reasons,
nice to have a very very fimiliar/ the same quality machine, as many others do.
Hope that helps you.
All the best
Tom