Been fighting a bad cold and sitting here in the house completely bored....
So why not post a fun question like......
What is the heaviest / most powerful machine in your shop?
Yeah baby!!!
Industrial guys chime in there too.
Rob
Been fighting a bad cold and sitting here in the house completely bored....
So why not post a fun question like......
What is the heaviest / most powerful machine in your shop?
Yeah baby!!!
Industrial guys chime in there too.
Rob
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But I'm not the oldest. That honor goes to my Rockwell/Delta 9" TS and 4" joiner combo which my dad bought used right about the time I was born.
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Dremel
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.
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I have one of those japanese violin marking knives that's real heavy
Is it 3-phase?Originally Posted by David Weaver
I have one of those japanese violin marking knives that's real heavy
Rob
Oh come on you lurkers.
Somebody surely has some big iron stories to share.
Oliver, Buss, Newman-Whitney anyone?
What about a 42" bandsaw?
Rob
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I'm sure someone will blow this away, but aside from a Delta contractor's table saw the only stationary tailed tool I have is a Walker Turner 16" band saw with a 2 1/2 hp motor. It was made sometime between 1939 and 1948 the WHOLE thing is made of cast iron and it weighs a ton.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=63635
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I guess mine would be a 2003 John Deere 4110 compact tractor. Weight would vary based on the attachments, but somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000 lbs. 23HP, 3cyl diesel with hydrostatic drive.
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Don,
I was glad to see your post about the Walker Turner Bandsaw. I followed your link and saw your band saw. I have a 1948 14". If you call Delta, who bought Walker Turner, and they have some records, if you provide them with your serial number, they can tell you what year it was built. I did that, and they told me that mine was built in 1948, and one of the very last ones made.
I bought it from a neighbor who picked it up at a flea market, garage sale, of all places. I had done a partial disassemble, thorough scrub and prime, and paint. Reassemble adjusting, and fine tuning. Everything is there, all original. I see that yours is a 16, that extra capacity definitely comes in handy. Sometimes when I am making an angle cut, I wish the extra 2" was there. Back to the thread topic, I think the band saw weighs about 525 pounds. All cast iron, even the covers.
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Wow Bob, she's a beauty!
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Well, it's nothing exciting, but it's a toss up between my Uni and my DC380 planer. I'm not really sure. I've only ever moved the Unisaw by means of dollies, levers, and the mobile base, and it no doubt is a heavy weight, but I (and my son-in-law) had to wrestle that planer around by ourselves, plus get it up on the stand, and I think that's the heaviest thing I've ever had in my hands.
None of that stuff compares to any of the old 'arn some of you guys will likely mention, however.
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1965 John Deere 2010.
David B
Geez Matt, I did'nt know we were including tractors but what the heck, throw em in there!!! Serious case of cabin fever going on here.
Rob
What Bruce said.
Looks like it was made yesterday.
Rob
Gotta be my TS at about 400lbs or my workbench which is close ;-)
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