Inca bansaws and planner joiners

I am currently the highest bidder on both those machines. Sorry. I REALLY WANT THEM. The bids are gonna skyrocket no doubt because those are GREAT hard to find machines. So don’t even DREAM of getting these under 500$ US each plus shipping…I am willing to go where I need to go to win so…

I’ve got an Inca 510 Planer/Jointer that I was lucky enough to find on Craigslist for around $400. It’s a truly wonderful machine… very compact yet extremely capable. You cannot get a 10” jointer without going to a machine 4 or 5 times its size. If you can get one with the Tersa head I would snatch it up at any cost. Mine has a standard cutter head and still produces a fine finish but replacing the blades is tedious and nobody makes a replacement blade… you have to have a blade custom made.

Other things to be aware of… parts are scarce. Eagle tools in Southern California seems to have the few remaining parts stashed away. Also, the tables are short for a jointer of this capacity. Not a big deal for me since I make furniture and rarely joint boards over 4 feet. The few times I’ve had to joint 6-8 footers I realized this was one of this machines shortcomings.

If I were on the market for a combo machine again I would take a long hard look at the Grizzly 12” jointer/planer. It’s a larger footprint and costs alot more than I spent on my Inca but if you can afford the floorspace it would be a good option considering the limitations I described above and the fact that used Inca’s are approaching the $800-1000 range.

Thank you for the information. General concensus seems to be that they are great machines – but can be expensive! They might be a little too much for me right now.

This pretty muchs says it it all.
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/tls/571926443.html

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

FYI, the gentleman selling those INCA machines canceled his auction on Ebay for the bandsaw BEFORE IT ENDED! I didn’t know this was allowed on Ebay… I was the highest bidder of course… I am so pissed off! I guess he sold it for big money locally through his Craigslist posting and now he’s finding all kinds of excuses to justify himself. I was also the highest bidder on the planer/jointer but I decided to stop bidding after this. Can’t trust this guy anymore. So if you bid, know that your bid might be canceled if so he wishes…

Did you notice that the Jointer/planer went for $1,367.00.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I did. I was ready to bid up to 1500$ but I’m glad I didn’t give my money to that guy… Those inca machines sold new for 2500$ in the 70’s and are so rare that they are still worth a lot. Good quality machines…Anyways, I saved the cash and bought 2 logs of Texas Ebony from Bluestingrayboots right here on LJ instead! (see ebony tree available thread) ;-) The logs are scheduled to arrive to Montreal tomorrow so I’m quite excited. I’ll keep trying to find INCA machines but only locally.