Sycamore67, made a lot of sense regarding buying a saw. I too am at the age there is more behid me than what is before me. I had purchased a Dewalt Scroll Saw and stand. Unfortunately when I assembled the stand I realized that the scroll saw would be too high for where I would be using it. So I built a wooden stand and was ready to start scrolling. I plugged it in and NOTHING. Deader than a door nail. Now I know from reading a lot here and elsewhere that it could be a loose connection in the head. But I started to think about the quality control. If this a simple check at the factory was not done what else could there be. I decided to return it. It was picked up a few days ago and I contacted Denny. Hopefuly I will be receiving my saw the first days of June. Looking forward to scrolling.