Well, I did a little shopping, and I wasn't really all that excited by the difference in quality for the price, over what I already have. So, looking into retrofit possibilities, I did a little catalog and Web prospecting and ordered a $40 block-to-bearing conversion from Grizzly on speculation. If I can fairly easily adapt it to the Sears saw (I hope), I'll put in new main bearings too and keep it tuned up as my general purpose saw. Depending on what I see when the parts get here, I will then either order another set, and/or build something suitable, to convert my old Berkel meat saw to a dedicated resaw. I've had the Berkel for a long time and have just used it occasionally for quartering firewood, and generally making smaller ones out of bigger ones where accuracy wasn't an issue. This seems like a good way to address a number of problems at once, vastly improve the quality and usability of both saws, save some money, finally get around to installing hinges on the front cover of the Sears saw (and maybe a different stand), save time changing setups later, and making it less handy to use the Berkel as a staging area and intermittent storage shelf for any number of items going from point A to point B at varying rates (sometimes verrrryyyyy ssssllllloooooowwwwwlllllyyyyy). I don't know if that last item will prove to be a benefit or not, but I'll let you know how the rest works out. Thanks, all, for the suggestions. Ron N
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