This was my first big project. At the time it was the most ambitious, complex thing I had ever tried to build, and it pushed my skills and design abilities to new limits.
There was enough storage to hold just about every tool and accessory that I used regularly, and a bunch that I didn't.
The strength of the whole thing was the fence, which I built from scratch. I even did the welding myself. It lasted anyway.
The weakness, however, was the saw itself. Eventually I found myself avoiding using it because it didn't have the precision I needed for some of the things I wanted to do. That needed to change, so after 15 plus years I replaced it.
Of course there isn't enough room in my shop to keep it around just for sentimental reasons, so I sold it to someone who is just starting out in woodworking. I hope it serves him as well as it did me, and I hope that he feels the same pride and satisfaction in what he builds that I do.
