I had a 60"s Craftsman and all I can say if it was the only saw I could have, or no saw at all, I would have no saw at all. Not saying all Craftsman saws of that era were bad, but the one I had was. They had several models. Mine required special tools to change the blade and the bottom clamp I had to get down on my knee to attach the blade. You can do that when young, but at retirement age..... I finally built a platform to mount it on that was hinged, and when I changed blades, I could lift the platform and lay the saw on it's side to change the blade. Please check out the one you are going to look at closely. Let the seller demo a blade change. His may be totally different than mine was.