so i checked out an ad on craigslist for wood working tools low and behold the guy had some very good equipment for sale due to his dads estate sale. fortunately for me his son had no clue how to use the stuff . what a walked away with was 300 for a jet contractors saw, mobile base, delta tennion jig, freud dado set and another 15 or so table saw blades . if that wasn enough of a deal all his dads wood stock was for sale too i tried having him include it in the price of the saw but no dice i suppose it was on principal but then again i got my money’s worth on that purchase after all he only wanted 20 dollars for all the stock check out the pictures. if i had wanted the wood for firewood alone it would have been worth the 20 $ easily ! anyways check it out. ps anybody know the downfalls of the jet contractors table saw besides the fence ?
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crankyrocker
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#1 posted 736 days ago
Congratulations! I used to have the same saw and it was perfectly aligned when I bought it and worked great the entire time I used it. The fence was a little flimsy so I replaced it with a delta t-square style fence (biesemeyer clone). $20 for any stack of hardwood is hard to pass up.
Mike R.
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#2 posted 736 days ago
how much was the delta fence?
Mike R.
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#3 posted 736 days ago
ps: the whole lot of it was hard wood
mrg
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#4 posted 736 days ago
Mike,
The Delta T2 is on sale at tools-plus.com for $142.00. It is a 30” fence and takes a whole of 15 minutes to install and a couple of cuts you will have it dialed in.
-- mrg
Mike R.
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#5 posted 735 days ago
good to know thank you
lilredweldingrod
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#6 posted 735 days ago
I can see you on your way home as soon as you got out of sight f the guy…..Laughing your a** off and beating on the steering wheel all the way home. BTW you suck..lol
Mike R.
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#7 posted 734 days ago
ya know what , i was that guy that read these things and said why doesnt that S#%T happen to me ? well i guess i can’t say that anymore …..
Mike R.
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#8 posted 731 days ago
Id like to ad that when going through all the wood i found more than a few kids puzzles like for a grandkid or like charity drives or something like that . The coolest part of that is that it was like someones love or someones dreams in your hand …..
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