Hi Al,
A little background.
I started model building at 9 and while in Germany, an old Sargent-major took me down to the local shop on base (Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany) and got me interesting in woodworking and I have been at it ever since. I am now 50 years old. When I first got married, my shop was the "spare bedroom". Last year when my father passed away, he left me a nice home with a nice sized back yard. For years he talked about putting up a shop building out back, but kept saying he didn't want to spend any of it to save for the future. But when my mother passed in 1999 and my only brother in 2001, everything came to me.
We are having a 24'x50'x10'clg shop built out back. The slab is poured and we hope they will be framing this week, but don't expect it to really start until after the new year. I am planning to continue working until 60. Between now and then I plan on putting together a shop to retire in. I am going for one large machine a year.
Over the years I have also bought things to minimize cost, only ending up upgrading and upgrading and upgrading.
Back to the Saw in question.
I was looking for at least a 12" TS, but it seems the 2000/66 are only 10" TS. So the next step seems to be the 14" TS. As I don't ever expect to ever upgrade or replace any of the tools, I don't want to go the "upgrade" path. I just want to end up with the "final" tools to retire with.
Rob