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It looks like the means by which you may cut me slice of your fine BRW.
Have fun and enjoy.

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Ok, since you can't figure it out.....




Yepper! It's my new bandsaw! Yeeha!

And here's a pic of Tom, the ABF Freight driver who helped me get it up to the side door. Thanks Tom! He's a great guy who gave me great service.




The saw came packed very well, and arrive with no apparent damage. Can't wait to get it down into the basement shop...all 500 lbs of it!

YEE-HA!

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

John, you sound just like Brock....

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

How far is New England from here? how about i help you out in exchange of some fine BRW?

Just rubbin' ya Don, congrats and stay safe with that beast!

Its a Lugunaaaaaaaaaaaa

It's a resaw party at Don's house! Yee-haaaaa!

Well, crazy as this may seem...

My neighbor and I tackled the job of moving the saw into the house so it wouldn't have to stay out in the weather until Saturday morning. So we get it in and on a dolly, and then roll it into the dining room to sit for a day or so, and are feeling pretty good about it.

Then he decides we should try to bring it down to the basement right then and there.
I was reluctant, because the thing weighs around 400lbs without the motor and table. But I figure if he's on the bottom to take the weight, well I'm not so concerned about it. He's a solid 6-2 and a bit of a bruiser, so if he's confidant, so am I. We had to juggle it around the house a bit to get it facing the right direction, but then once we got started, down it went pretty easily.
The shrinkwrap actually kept it from sliding too easily as it hung up on the stairs.
It's now safely in the shop. I'm not sure when I'll get to put it together and get it running, but at least it's out of the elements.
Usually I have this overjoyed feeling that puts me on cloud nine when I get a new tool. For some reason though, I have such a fear of the power of this thing that I'm almost reluctant to use it. I'll get over the reluctance I'm sure, but I'd like to keep a good healthy fear of it. A big blade spinning at 5300 fpm at 4.5 hp sure scares me! A LOT!

Don Williams38904.8912731481

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Congrats Don!
At first I thought it was an upright coffin

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Don congrats buddy. Glad to read it's in the basement. Like Hesh said it's good to have a healthy fear. Don't use your hands to feed near the blade. I made a pusblock that traddles the fence along with one of those rubber padded push blocks in my right hand. Good luck and happy sawing.

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Thanks folks...

Hesh - after a little near-devestating encounter between my left index and middle fingers and the side of a tablesaw blade, I'm pretty alert to a power tool's ability to cause serious damage. It usually only takes one serious accident to change your habits with the tools, and in my case I was lucky to have only angled my fingertips rather than to have lost them entirely. Prior to that, I wasn't nearly so cautious. Now I think every cut through before doing it. Push blocks are a must for me.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

[QUOTE=jwsamuel] [QUOTE=Don Williams] I'll get over the reluctance I'm sure, but I'd like to keep a good healthy fear of it. A big blade spinning at 5300 fpm at 4.5 hp sure scares me! A LOT!
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I got a permanent fear of bandsaws when I was researching them. I saw two different uses for them...cutting wood and cutting beef. That second use scared me.

Jim [/QUOTE]

Yep, never try convert'in a meat saw to wood cause their like wild beast...once they go gett'in themselve's a taste for raw flesh there just ai'nt no turn'in em back, it's just too late, their gone feral and the only answer is at the wrong end of a gun

Cheers Kim

Don,

Great another fish in the Laguna. I find mine to be one of the safest tools in the shop because of its' power. I find myself more patient to let the saw do the work. Once set up it is very easy to adjust and maintain.

One thing on the back part of the ceramic guides. You have to rotate it every 80 hours or something. I did it for the first time the other day and there is a groove where the blade had run. You just rotate it like 15 degrees and you are good for another 80 hours or so.

A 4.5 HP 16" bandsaw in the basement...perfect for cutting up body parts.

Don, I've got a 5hp bandsaw and I think they are safer than a 1 or 2hp because the power makes the cut easier and smoother, and you're less likely to be forcing it. Bit like sharp chisel, blunt chisel.

Now, go set it up and get sawing, you know you want to really.

Colin

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Congrats on the new acquisition Don! When can we expect to start shopping from your new online tonewood store?   

I have an old cast iron 24" Centataur Italian band saw that I bought used from a classified ad in the local paper. Luckily my basement shop has direct entrance from the outside, but there are stairs from the front yard down to where the door is. The seller and a friend helped me load it on my trailer, but I had to call on my neighbor and his father who happened to be visiting to help me maneuver it down the outside stairs and into the shop. I don't know how much it weighs, but even without the huge table it was almost more than we could handle. I have a feeling I still owe my neighbor a few brews...

Happy cutting!

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Don -- enjoy your new machine -- sounds quite impressive.

How is the figure in the palatte wood -- will you manage to get sides, 4 piece backs and some neck wood out of it or will you be selling it directly to Taylor?

Anthony,

I'm currently negotiating with Taylor and a couple others, including Brock Poling for the pallet.

I took a hand plane to it and it looked like this:

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Only badly."

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Don, i want some please!!!!!!

Don,

Congrats on a great saw. I have an older 16HD that I just upgraded to the 4.5 hp motor. Saw cuts so easily. With the old 1.5 hp motor I felt like was having to push the wood through the blade at times, even with a new blade. Cuts like butter now and I feel a lot safer.

Enjoy!

Kevin

Wow... I'm just jealous... That awesome saw, that pallet wood...

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