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  1. 12-06-2005, 8:42 AM #1
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    You are not going to believe this!!

    A friend of mine was driving around yesterday and on the side of the street in an industrial park was a pile of stuff with a big sign "FREE"...He knows i've been looking to get a drum sander and guess what was in the pile
    You guessed it....A DRUM SANDER.....its a delta 31-250 it looks almost new..and it works perfect, needless to say i'm a happy camper. Any opinion on this sander? I really don't know anything about them...Sorry no pics yet...to busy shoveling snow!!!
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  3. 12-06-2005, 8:44 AM #2
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    You're right, I don't believe it, not without pictures at least.
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  4. 12-06-2005, 10:11 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Lenox
    Any opinion on this sander?
    Of course...it's the best sander in your shop! And the price was right, assuming it really exists given the, um...lack of visual proof...
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    The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
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  5. 12-06-2005, 10:12 AM #4
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    Joe,

    I believe you,
    Only because of your location.
    Any place else this would be highly suspect.
    But common in the 5 Bouroughs and Nassau
    This by no means excuses the lack of a picture.
    If a digital Camera is a problem you could peruse
    the trash on the Upper East Side.

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    "all men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night....wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
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  6. 12-06-2005, 12:27 PM #5
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    It sure sounds good.
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  7. 12-06-2005, 1:30 PM #6
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    What Ralph said, including the link!
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  8. 12-06-2005, 4:19 PM #7
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    Almost a gloat of gloats.....but it's just hearsay at this point! You don't even suck yet! (but you have great potential!)
    Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....
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  9. 12-06-2005, 4:33 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by scott spencer
    Almost a gloat of gloats.....but it's just hearsay at this point! You don't even suck yet! (but you have great potential!)
    Well, JMO, but a free Delta drum sander has serious suckitude even without pictures.
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  10. 12-06-2005, 5:03 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee DeRaud
    Well, JMO, but a free Delta drum sander has serious suckitude even without pictures.
    Your description of "great potential" for sucking had alot more flare than mine did....extra points for you!
    Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....
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    .... So noted on the pics .
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  12. 12-07-2005, 11:36 AM #11
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    Tough Crowd!

    Perhaps it is so cold by you that cameras cease to work!!! That's how it feels here now!!!

    can't wait to see pics.
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    Sorry, Joe...This is a tough crowd!!!
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    LOL you guys are just too funny.....glad yall have a good snese of humor in here......well the majority anway
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  15. 12-07-2005, 3:22 PM #14
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    I promise I will get pictures....I honestly have not had the time..I still have the machine at work, I havent even taken it home yet...I know, I know if there is no pictures it diden't happen..
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  16. 12-07-2005, 5:23 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Lenox
    I promise I will get pictures....I honestly have not had the time..I still have the machine at work, I havent even taken it home yet...I know, I know if there is no pictures it diden't happen..
    Well its good to see you know the rules. And yep, it can be a tough crowd -but remember, we tease because we love ... er, actually ... its because we're jealous of anyone getting "allegedly" free, like new, drum sanders.
    "When you earnestly believe that you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts,
    there is no end to what you can't do."
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