Hey Fred - I was hung up on the column of the 701 not rotating for off the bench mortises. But in reading the manual, seems there are 4 bolts to remove, rotate the column 180 and reinstall the 4 bolts. I'm gonna confirm that with PM tomorrow and if correct I'll buy it. (have you tried this?) Like you, I've spent a couple of days not answering calls from clients while I researched this. Even made a spreadsheet. Quite the rabbit hole, huh?