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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:29 am ] |
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Any thoughts?
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| Author: | John How [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:31 am ] |
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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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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:33 am ] |
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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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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:33 am ] |
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John, you sound just like Brock.... 
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:35 am ] |
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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!
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:39 am ] |
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Its a Lugunaaaaaaaaaaaa
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:57 am ] |
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It's a resaw party at Don's house! Yee-haaaaa! |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:18 pm ] |
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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! |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:26 pm ] |
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Congrats Don! At first I thought it was an upright coffin
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| Author: | Bobc [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:45 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:31 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | Kim [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:05 pm ] |
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[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! [/QUOTE] 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 |
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| Author: | Tomas [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:14 pm ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:04 pm ] |
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A 4.5 HP 16" bandsaw in the basement...perfect for cutting up body parts. |
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| Author: | Colin S [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:49 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:13 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | Anthony Z [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:06 pm ] |
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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? |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:17 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | Todd Rose [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:44 pm ] |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:47 pm ] |
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Don, i want some please!!!!!!
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| Author: | KevinA [ Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:25 am ] |
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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 |
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:35 am ] |
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Wow... I'm just jealous... That awesome saw, that pallet wood...
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