Hi Grumpy,
I totally understand exactly where you are coming from, thus my appreciation of the solid deck design over the twin rail concept. I could understand if they used material of the same calibar as the angle iron used on the Supercut as have you ever seen a Supercut with failed rails ? No.
The later model 45 was all about cutting costs and looking a tad more modern than the original styling of the 1968 45. The series 2 units certainly did look a bit more modern, but I'm sure that they never expected these machines to be around in 2015.
So taking that into account I guess the design did serve it's purpose at the time to be around for 10 years or so, but 40 years on, NO. Planned obsolescence has clearly failed if that's what they were thinking back in 1972 ~73.
How do you feel that sounds ?
Cheers,
BB
