Excalibur EX-21 or Hawk G4?  Choices!

 

Looking to buy one of these saws tomorrow, any recommendations? (not looking to start a "my saw is better than your saw" thread please!).  Just need some owner "hands-on" pros/cons......

 

EX-21 is $799 with $46 ($845 total) to ship to my door.  (This one has the new  gear driven head/blade tilting vs table tilting).  No stand ($125 extra), 5 yr warranty.  Designed and built by the same folks who designed/built the "before China" Dewalts....I have not sawn on this saw....

 

Short review:

 

Hawk G4 (26") is either $1099 with free shipping or I can get the "show" price of $999 with $89 to ship ($1088 vs $1099) and free $75 gift in pats and blades.  Includes built-in stand.  6 yr warranty.  I have sawn on this saw at the STL Woodshow this past Feb (with Gail Jennings no less!).

 

Biggest thing is I've been sawing for the last 2-3 months with my saw tilted forward (rasised about 3" in the back where it's bolted to my stand).  This setup might prove problematic with the G4 since the saw and stand are basically one piece.

 

I'm leaning towards the EX-21, Seyco employee told me that it only has about 3" of oscillation vs the entire parallel arm oscillating on the G4 (and other similar parallel arm saws).  Makes the EX-21 less vibrative supposedly.....

 

Anyone using the latest EX-21, I would appreciate some feedback please?

 

I've gotten some Excalibur EX-30 feedback from Kevin Daly (JediScroller) but not really looking to buy a $1,595 saw (that was a great deal you got Kevin!!).

 

Tsavo