Richard Wolf
10-07-2018, 5:51 PM
So I purchased a Saw Stop ICS about 9 years ago for my stairbuilding business. I retired 5 years ago and moved to N. Carolina. My hopes where to build a shop so I kept some of my tools and machines. The saw was stored in a shed which was weather tight. Well as most of you know, life gets in the way of our best laid plans and I'm just getting the saw moved into my shop. I'm cleaning the top which was in good condition but needed some cleaning and polishing.
Now I'm noticing some lines in the top, all running parallel to the blade. My First thought was that they were scratches, I don't remember them there but that was 5 years ago and I am 70. I'm now entertaining the idea that they are cracks in the top. None run to an edge. They are very difficult to tell if they are scratches or cracks.
So my question is, is there a way to tell without sometime like a magaflux? It's a little disappointing, not for my use but, at some time in the not to distant future I guess I will have to sell the saw and I'm sure a cracked table will hurt the value.
Now I'm noticing some lines in the top, all running parallel to the blade. My First thought was that they were scratches, I don't remember them there but that was 5 years ago and I am 70. I'm now entertaining the idea that they are cracks in the top. None run to an edge. They are very difficult to tell if they are scratches or cracks.
So my question is, is there a way to tell without sometime like a magaflux? It's a little disappointing, not for my use but, at some time in the not to distant future I guess I will have to sell the saw and I'm sure a cracked table will hurt the value.