[TheForge] portable band-saw and jet band saw

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Terry;
the portable band saw is very handy and and versatile; older Milwaulkee 
tools are good.Cuts pipe, plate in curves, bar, sheet etc, on the spot 
or in situ.
I really like the portapowers..especially the older ones that have pull 
as well as push..you can make your own adaptors and a press frame to go 
with one.

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> a friend of a friend of a friend is selling off alot of his equipment
> because he is being forced to downsize to a smaller home. he has several
> metal working tools one of which is an older milwaukee portable band saw.
> the unit is roughly 2 ft in length. he has a mixture of bands for it some
> for steel some for non-ferrious, some for plastic and a few for wood.
> i have looked at the new milwaukee portable band saws and the porter-cable
> portable band saws but i am having trouble visualizing just where i would
> need something like it.
> 
> what type of jobs require a portable band saw? just where would one use
> a portable band saw?
> 
> other tools he is selling are two porta-a-power kits. now those come it
> handy for those times when you need some significant force in a tight
> space.
> 
> one other piece of machinary he is attempting to sell off is a jet band
> saw. the unit is a 7" x 12" 3/4 hp 1-phase horizontal/vertical band saw.
> this unit is probably 2 to 3 years old. he is asking $900.00 usd for
> this saw. i am not sure where i would put it while the new shop is being
> built. i have one of the older 6 inch chinese horizontal band saw that
> does work and does nearly everything that i need done. i have worked on
> the chinese band saw using ideas from theforge and from the internet.
> anyway, is $900.00 usd a reasonable price for this band saw?
> 
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