The ETS 150 3/5 sanders (original series) are absolute gems. I tried the new ones briefly at a demonstration and found them to be a bit buzzy in comparison, but I've got friends that love them.
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The ETS 150 3/5 sanders (original series) are absolute gems. I tried the new ones briefly at a demonstration and found them to be a bit buzzy in comparison, but I've got friends that love them.
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What would make a great skirt on that dust collection jig would some of the cheap wooden handled chip brushes with the handles cut down to the metal ferrules. You could "line" the radius of the jig...
What'd you pay for it? Aside from finding parts, I love unique vintage stuff... The Hitachi resaw has a universal motor as I recall - tell us about the motor on yours? HP, noise, belt/direct? No...
Obviously an exaggeration, but the point is the Jet will lose none of it's value this year or in 5, the Grizzly at $780 cost will never be worth more than $400-450 tops.
JT
I don't know about your math, Erik. A $2K Chaiwanese heavy duty wood working machine in good cared for condition will sell for a lot more than a couple hundred bucks around here, and this is a bit...
Actually the Festool batteries for THIS drill are not cheap - close to $80 each just for the nicads. Ricc, just sent you an email, I have a light interest in it as I have the exact drill and...
Warranties on such tools are over-rated. That Jet is a solid deal at $500 or just below. Unlike the Grizzly, it will ALWAYS be worth $500, whereas that new $600 Grizzly will be worth about $300-350...
Ive seen it from both ends, as a buyer and a seller.
Recently though, I was selling a jointer for $250. Had a guy called on Friday wanted to buy it for sure but couldnt pay for it till Sunday,...
I no longer own a 4511 saw, but on mine when I had it, I noticed a pretty huge inaccuracy of the stick on measurement scale that the fence reads. Over the entire length of it's 24-30" reading, mine...
Using a track saw instead of a tablesaw is kind of like using a jigsaw instead of a bandsaw. It'll work, and with good tools and technique, you can achieve the same quality or near to it, but it's...
I had a Jet buffer that needed a capacitor - had to give it a spin every time I started it. Never did replace the part, with a buffer it was so easy to give the wheel a spin and hit the on switch.
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Excellent sander. I have the white version with the Cabinet stand, but that Blue one is the exact same unit.
Before I owned it, had two Delta's, one of the Delta Rockwells and another of the 90's...
Not in the same class of saw, but the 1950's era Delta 14" bandsaw I just picked up runs quieter and smoother than any other bandsaw I've owned, including a 14" Ridgid (heavily modded to run better),...
How cool is it that 7 replies in, no one has felt the need to call the BT saw's crap.
I had one (Early USA model) as my main saw for years - great saw, better even than my current jobsite saw, a...
The metal is thin enough - why not simply tap a new hole one size larger to fit whatever screws you have on hand?
If you don't have taps - you can use a screw thread as a makeshift tap by filing a...
My reference is to how much you can buy great tools for on the used market, in terms of why would you buy new.
For instance, drill presses, why would you buy one new? All over the place at $200...
To the OP's point of hig-priced machinery these days, I too was thinking the same thing as I browsed my local dealer and was thinking why would anyone buy ANYTHING new? I mean, $900-1200 for a 14"...
For such a small width, seems like you can accomplish the task with a spindle sander with a custom fence setup. You caould even use a sanding drum on a drill press with said fence to allow the stock...
For a 1/8" difference - why bother? Exterior trim will be caulked anyways. Shim it if you need for the 1/8" and then caulk as per normal, which will fill the 1/8" gap.
JT
I live in the metro Detroit area and frequent the local CL ads. The Bandsaw is EASILY worth $450-500, being clean and US made and enclosed base, the edge sander will sell for $200+ easy and the...
Keep in mind that though they show you seemingly endless options for oddball cool plywoods that are hard to source elsewhere, quite a few either have prohibitively high minimum orders or ridiculous...
Had a large job with a lot of iron on edge banding and figured it'd be the perfect place to utilize the Festool MFK700 kit I had recently picked up. Ended up being more trouble and less efficiency...
The rubin is good for bare wood, but not so great for anything else. My RO90 came with a nice asst of Granite (Blue stuff) and it's actually pretty amazing. on wood or painted or finished, didn't...
I bought the Menards 10" metal framed bandsaw last year for about $169 on sale and have been very impressed with it. From the pics and knob locations, it would appear to be the same as the Jet...
Probably get stomped on for this, but check the duty cycle ratings of the units you are considering. I have a firepower unit made by Themadyne and was surprised to find out the duty cycle on my unit...