Hey everyone!
After tons of research I finally settled on the Delta 28-276 Band Saw.
I went over to Lowes to buy one since they were on sale for $399. The box of the only one they had was damaged, and the lower door was a bit scratched from one of the table mounting bolts, but it otherwise appeared unscathed.
Due to the scratched lower door, they gave me 10% off -- out the door for less than four bills. I was pretty happy. I got it home and unpacked, and examined every part. Luckily, I found no additional damage. I figure a scratched door isn't anything to fuss about.
Here's the fun part...
The very first step in the instructions says to attach the motor mounting plate to the bottom of the stand top. When I completed this step I noticed the motor mounting plate was not parallel to the stand top. It appears as though the bracket that's welded to the stand top was attached poorly, thus causing the problem.
It looks to me like this is going to cause the pulleys not to align. Delta customer service is closed, but I was hoping they'd ship me a new table top and possibly a new lower door while they're at it.
Thoughts?
Paul