Of tears and blasphemy.... fate of an turner resaw bandsaw and scrap prices.
Well, I am still in a daze from the crime I witnessed last wednesday. I went to an auction mainly to try to snag an old moulder (that is another story..) and in the process I saw my first turner resaw bandsaw. Here is a URL showing another one for sale by a dealer. This one was the same but minus the fancy pants paint.
http://www.machinerysales.com/photo.asp?pic_id=9776
I think this bandsaw is listed for sale at about $6500 bucks but the one at auction sold for $175 dollars. These weigh in at about 10,000 pounds so hauling it home in the old toyota truck is not an option.
At the end of the day, the guy who bought it had a forklift rigger RIP if off its moring bolts and carry it outside only to dump it on its side. He had to dump it on its side because the bottom wheel sits in a pit cut into the floor. He then hauled this turner resaw off to the scrapper who in turn will sell the ground up chunkies back to china for recasting into something else.
If I find out this saw does a killer job on veneer, I will personally kick myself in the behind until the shoe sticks! The OWWM was able to snag the paper work including some vintage turner blue line prints in which all of it was drawn by hand. No CAD in sight. Having never seen one of these before, I am perplexed to exactly what this thing is and how it works. It has two sets of wheels and two band blades so I am a bit confused as to what you would use this for and how. I do know it does a killer job in reducing rail road ties into rough lumber boards.
Sigh.... the humanity of it all!:confused: