Well I have been watching Craigslist almost daily in order to find a bandsaw. Last night I did and sent a message quick to the seller. Went to look at it this morning and bought it. At under $100 it looked to be in great shape and runs good.
Older Sears/Craftsman model with tilting head. Has the fence and miter gauge as well as some nice casters and I was able to find the manual online for it. I plan to do a bit of tuning up on it in the next month or so and can hopefully put it to work working on Christmas Gifts.
The only real downside I see is that it is a little bit bigger then I expected it to be so I will have to work around it for a bit until I can reconfigure the shop yet again :).
More later.
CtL
-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."
5 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 43 days ago
enjoy !
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Craftsman on the lake
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posted 43 days ago
I’ve got an older version of that saw but the 14” one. It does the job. I don’t want to do any log resawing with it but my general day to day bandsaw needs in the shop; I never give it a second thought.
-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful. http://web.me.com/deceiver6/Deceiver/Craftsman_on_the_lake/Craftsman_on_the_lake.html
stefang
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posted 42 days ago
That looks like a great saw to make angled cuts with that tilting head. I hate to make cuts on a tilted table.
-- Mike, American in Norway
dbhost
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posted 42 days ago
Looks like that will be a great saw for you. Good score!
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nmkidd
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posted 42 days ago
Good find, great price. Enjoy.
-- Doug, New Mexico.......the only stupid question is one that is never asked!........don't fix it, if it ain't broke!