Should I buy this bandsaw

Yeah I hope I get it. Been wanting to try flipping some damascus patterns. Plus I have done really large 52100 round stock that will need to be cut up.
 
guy I work for bought the same (well used) saw a few years ago, don't remember 4 shr how much $, but certain was over $500. kind of a quirkey ol girl, but it cuts straight and square and we cut some serious stacks of steel sometimes. down feed used to work awesome till some kid that worked there decided he needed to fiddle with the cylinder. its wired to 220, can run 110 also by switching some wires inside. $500, hopefully less wld be worth it I'd say= my $0.02....
 
It's 3phase which I half expected. Now the choice is do I drop the motor and put a 2HP balder on it or pick up a VFD for it.
 
Never mind, I was told it was 3ph. I just checked it and it's 1.5hp single phase. I also checked the blade feed control cylinder and it works like a champ. Also the gear box is nice and smooth and no play in the shaft.
 
Nice.

I used to cut stone blocks on big bandsaws at work in UT, down in Provo (at US Synthetic). You don't really think about all the sweet machines until you try and price one.
 
I would recommend not getting into the gear box unless you have to. If you have to, make dang sure you get the shim locations, and count correct. Reassembly can go wrong so many ways without that knowledge.
 
Well I just talked to them (long holiday) and I'm picking it up today (my day off) and I guess I was the only bidder. Thy talked it over and felt it was only fair to charge me the minimum bid amount so I'm paying $200 :)
 
Score! We were talking about machines a little while back and I commented about how the DIY thing must have take off in the US big time because any of these old machines seem to be a lot more pricey than they were just a few years ago. Try pricing a surface grinder or any power hammer today!!!!!:eek: Part of that may have been that a lot of shops got liquidated after the crash back in like 2008-2012 but DAYUM!!!
 
ITS ALIVE.
had to mess with the wiring a bit as it was a tad funky. It all ran through a latching relay that controlled everything. But the power cord was missing so it took a good bit of time to figur out where everything went. What tossed me for a loop was the relay was 110. Thy wired the saw motor for 220 and used the neutral to split off 110 to power the relay and coolant pump. But it's all figured out now and it's cutting good. I think I might need to bleed air out of the feed control cylinder as it has a bit of spungy-ness to it and will not stay all the way when locked.
 
Got it up and casters bolted to the bottom. Had to move the other bandsaw to a new home in the back of the shop between the mill and leather stitcher. Thy both would not fit side by side where I wanted. I will post a pic soon.
 
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