I ordered a Milwaukee chop saw from Amazon.com last week for some fabrication I need to do at the shop. (Following my delight with the new drill press, I’ve resolved to buy some proper shop tools rather than improvising with cheaper electric hand tools.) I needed the tool for this weekend and was happy to see them offering $3.95 1-day shipping by FedEx—an amazing price for shipping a large 50-pound box.

The chop saw arrived on time as promised, but I didn’t get around to taking it out of the box until yesterday, whereupon I found “a little” damage had occurred in shipping: the main arm of the shop saw had completely sheared though. Most impressive since the box it came in showed relatively little sign of damage.

Luckily Amazon’s return/exchange process is about as easy and painless as they get, but this setback does further delay my reassembling my Spec Miata’s engine for the next race…