Spent the first part of my day putting this band saw together. I got the hor/vert band saw from harbor freight for 258 shipped to the door. The band saw I did have was a wood band saw and was just way to fast to cut the 4130 metal. This one while a cheap band saw should do what I need to do. I am not recording any hours officially for the assembly of this item but it took me a little over an hour to get it out of the box and assembled.