On 9/14/2013 8:43 PM, Mac Cool wrote:
They're everywhere, popping up on craigslist all the time. Question is, can they be
tuned up to be decent band saws. I've only looked at one and it shook like Elvis on
speed.

I have one albeit from about 1939. A fresh drive shaft (supplied gratis
by a rec. reader), new guides and a general tune up and it has done a
lot of fine work (3/16" Timberwolf blade) on hardwoods (up to perhaps
4") and softwoods. Cost me $50 about 35 years ago. Well worth it. It
is one of the tools that I kept after giving the shop to a daughter.

mahalo,
jo4hn