Deal Of The Day (Week? Month?)

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deker

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So, I woke up this morning and was doing my usual checking of stuff online. Bladeforums, Google News, Craigslist...whoa...wait a sec...A WHAT? For HOW MUCH?

This one just followed me home (thanks to help from Butch...Thanks buddy! I owe ya one!) for...would you believe....$35!

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It's a Craftsman 18" 4 speed metal/wood cutting bandsaw. From the swarf inside of it, they only ever cut aluminum and plastics with it. Even better, the guy says to me "Since you paid cash...here" and hands me 2 new do-all blades still in the boxes!

It needs a new set of tires one dry rotted and the other is gone. Upon fiddling with it, I think they figured it was dead since after the lower tire let go it dropped a couple of pieces of itself behind a pulley. When screing with it trying to figure out why the pulley was thunking, out fell 2 pieces of old tire, and now it's just fine :) So, I need tires and a new v-belt for the main drive and it's ready to go!

Man days like today make me happy :D

-d
 
mdoyle said:
I'll give you an even forty for it if you deliver.
Matt
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I'll tell you the same thing they guy told me when I asked if he wanted to part with the mint Hardinge lathe he had there....

"Not a chance" :p

-d
 
Way cool, deker. A word of caution: many dedicated metal-cutting saws don't use tires because the blades get hot enough to melt the polymers. You might buy cheap until you find out if your tires are going to tolerate your intended uses. No sense ruining the high priced spread. You might want to let it run "commando" if it can. :)

Helluva deal.
 
I was at an auction a few weeks ago, and the exact same saw went for about $500. I stopped bidding at about $100. I would have killed to get it for $35. Nice snag, wonder why those things never happen to me.
 
what deker real need to tell was that it was a little old lady that had it in the barn out back and hearign that dek hit her over the head nocked her out cold and we loaded on the truck :D
the nice thing is now when i need to cut some larger wood blocks or hand made mycarta scales i can do it on that hoss
 
derkins said:
I was at an auction a few weeks ago, and the exact same saw went for about $500. I stopped bidding at about $100. I would have killed to get it for $35. Nice snag, wonder why those things never happen to me.
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Awesome! I just saved $465! That means I can spend that $465 I saved on more tools now right? :rolleyes:

-d
 
fitzo said:
Way cool, deker. A word of caution: many dedicated metal-cutting saws don't use tires because the blades get hot enough to melt the polymers. You might buy cheap until you find out if your tires are going to tolerate your intended uses. No sense ruining the high priced spread. You might want to let it run "commando" if it can. :)

Helluva deal.
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My only concern with running tireless is that there is a channel in the middle of the wheel for the tire to ride in and I'd be afraid that the teeth would get mangled if the blade slipped down into the channel. I've found a set of tires that can be custom cut to width for $35 + $5 shipping on fleaBay. They're urethane rather than rubber so maybe they'd hold up a little better than rubber tires.

Only time will tell I suppose...

-d
 
I have a saw that looks exactly like that one, except it says Dayton on the label which I believe is Grainger's house brand. Mine is a 18" metal only with three step on the pulley that allow for 80 fps, 150 fps and 200 fps.

If yours is like mine, it would use black hard rubber tires. You might try Grainger to see if they have parts. I find my saw to be quite serviceable, but it has several major flaws. The gody is sheet metal, so when you're cutting, the whole thing resonates and makes a hell of a racket. A nice old cast iron Do All would be preferable. The blade guide arm is flimsy aluminum and when coupled with the solid blade guides and being attached to the flexy sheet metal body allows the blade to take on a mind of it's own. You really need to actively steer the blade to get anything like a straight cut.

On the up side, it's a very serviceable saw. I'm a hobby knifemaker and it's a lot better than the Harbor Freight H/V bandsaw that a lot of guys have. I use mine to cut tool steel, various thicknesses of 6AL4V titanium, brass, all sorts of stuff and it keeps chuggin'. I use quality bimetal blades in a variable tooth configuration.

I paid $300.00 for mine and thought I got a hell of a deal. The current version from Grainger is around $1800.00 new!
 
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