Just "testing the merchandise" for suitability, eh? Wonder when the next time you'll need to do that will be?

I have one of those old saws too, tiny little tilt table. It's on the third motor now since my grandpa assembled it from a Craftsman "kit". It's excellent for moldings (with appropriate jigs) because of the small blade/slow tip speed and the ability to take the saw to the work instead of the other way around, without compromising finish quality.

Yes, I did mean Metabo cutoff...on that deconstruction job we used it as a grinder as much or more as a cutoff. Either way, heckuva tool...