Couple of guys i used to work with threw a chop saw in the skip on a job once as it stopped working and as it was similar to one i own, I chucked it in the back of the van thinking it might be good for a few spares. Put it in the garage and forgot about it and a few months later plugged it in and it worked fine, so started using it as it was a bit smaller than my own so handy on some jobs. Was on a job a year later with one of the guys and he saw the saw and said that he used to have one like that!