[TheForge] portable band-saw and jet band saw

[Bruce Freeman]

Terry,
By "portable band saw" do you mean one of those hand-held jobs with no
mounting at all?  My concern is that you mentioned that you and your
gang there have physical limitations - like use of only one hand.  I
don't know how a person with one hand would manage such a tool.  If
you can do it, though, more power to you.  Just putting it forward as
a consideration.

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 3:00 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> 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?
>
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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Bruce
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