It was a garage sale find. Only fact I know for sure (maybe)
is that it is a 14 inch. My wife talked to my mother-in-law and the
inlaws are away on vacation. I will pick up this weekend if I can get
into the garage.

Probably junk, but they are good to me, so I will grin and bear it for a
while. Who knows, might be a real find, it happens sometimes (but usually
not me!)

Besides, starting with a crappy BS is probably a good idea in the way that
my first and only metal lathe (also crappy) was a good idea the day I
tossed the chuck and took a chunk out of the ways. Hopefully I won't
repeat that mistake if and when I get a real lathe.

Yours

Jonathan

Hey - if it is still sight unseen don't condemn it. There are a lot of good
tools sold in garage and estate sales because of death, illness or financial
worries.

Perspective: Several years ago a cousin's neighbor asked him if he would be
interested in buying any power tools. The neighbor's commercial cabinet
shop was getting ready to sell some depreciated, but lightly used,
equipment. One of them was a VERY lightly used 5HP Powermatic cabinet saw
still sitting on the shipping pallet - $400!. He also picked up a very
clean Powermatic stationary disk sander for $100.

Don't throw rocks until you see your target.

RonB

Well if you don't have a bandsaw, and it is 14", that's a step up.
Get the Dunskinee (not sure if I spelled that right) book on tuning
bandsaws.
There's people that even get Harbor Fright Bandsaws working.

Jonathan Mau wrote:
It was a garage sale find. Only fact I know for sure (maybe)
is that it is a 14 inch. My wife talked to my mother-in-law and the
inlaws are away on vacation. I will pick up this weekend if I can get
into the garage.

Probably junk, but they are good to me, so I will grin and bear it for a
while. Who knows, might be a real find, it happens sometimes (but usually
not me!)

Besides, starting with a crappy BS is probably a good idea in the way that
my first and only metal lathe (also crappy) was a good idea the day I
tossed the chuck and took a chunk out of the ways. Hopefully I won't
repeat that mistake if and when I get a real lathe.

Yours

Jonathan

"RonB" wrote in message
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There are a lot of good tools sold in garage and estate sales

There's gold in them der hills. In the last two months I have picked up a
current model 16 in Delta scroll saw that was still in the box unused for
$30 and a like new Craftsman Professional worm drive circular saw for $35 at
estate sales.
I'm retired and make a habit of hitting the estate sales on Thursday and
Friday mornings that are not a great driving distance from the house. I may
go for weeks and find nothing and then Bing-Go , find a bargain. RM~

On 22 Jul 2005 13:44:48 GMT, (Jonathan Mau)
wrote:

it is a 14 inch

Are there any _bad_ 14" bandsaws ? Anything below this is unlikely to
be useful, and you certainly could make a bad 14", but I've not seen one
that wasn't at least usable.

Jonathan Mau ) writes:
It was a garage sale find. Only fact I know for sure (maybe)
is that it is a 14 inch. My wife talked to my mother-in-law and the
inlaws are away on vacation. I will pick up this weekend if I can get
into the garage.

Here is the follow up. Got the saw. It is a 3 wheel Asian no name model
circa 1985. One of the wheels needs a new rubber (Is that the right word?).
I am not inclined to try and source the part. Fortunately she didn't pay
much.

It is a 3 speed model and will cut metal at the lowest speed. Might be
reasonable for cutting sheet stock.

She is such a sweet lady. I have size 15 feet (narrow!) and she often goes to
the trouble of buying me shoes for my Birthday and such. She often finds
footwear that fits me better than the stuff I manage to find.

Sorry, no gloat to report this time.

Jonathan

Jonathan Mau wrote:
Jonathan Mau ) writes:

It was a garage sale find. Only fact I know for sure (maybe)
is that it is a 14 inch. My wife talked to my mother-in-law and the
inlaws are away on vacation. I will pick up this weekend if I can get
into the garage.


Here is the follow up. Got the saw. It is a 3 wheel Asian no name model
circa 1985. One of the wheels needs a new rubber (Is that the right word?).
I am not inclined to try and source the part. Fortunately she didn't pay
much.

It is a 3 speed model and will cut metal at the lowest speed. Might be
reasonable for cutting sheet stock.

She is such a sweet lady. I have size 15 feet (narrow!) and she often goes to
the trouble of buying me shoes for my Birthday and such. She often finds
footwear that fits me better than the stuff I manage to find.

Sorry, no gloat to report this time.

Jonathan
Naw, it's still a gloat. Perhaps a friend gloat (insert your favorite
size 15 joke here). I'm sure the dp is usable. Try Suffolk for new
tires. Have a good day.
mahalo,
jo4hn