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408 days ago |
Topic tags/keywords: tablesaw We’re thinking of buying a house, and the owner still has a bunch of his tools in the shop. Since he’s already moved out to California, I was thinking of making him an offer on some of them, hoping to get a good deal. Below is his table saw setup. I guess the thing on the left is a sliding table attachment – don’t know how well those work. And I can’t imagine why anyone would need so much rip capacity on the right side of the blade – but maybe it makes sense to somebody with more experience. It’d certainly be a big step up from my current Ridgid portable…
What do you all think? What’s a reasonable offer? There’s also this beast:
but a 20” planer is WAY more than I really need… - Kevin -- -- Kevin in Mentor, Ohio |
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408 days ago |
Kevin, These are two great machines and would erve you well. MOst guys would give their left one for a 20 inch planer like that. As for hte table saw, the set up makes solo cutting of a large sheet of plywood easy and safe to do. I could not guess on the value, but you can find the price of both new on line or at woodcraft. He may sell inexpensively since hte shipping cot to get it to California is not cheap. -- making sawdust.... |
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407 days ago |
I do not know what a fair price would be off hand, but WOW! It would be worth your while to check out prices of this stuff new and make an offer. -- Berta in NC |
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407 days ago |
I would say a lot depends on whether or not you plan to make an offer on the house. Usually, there is several thousand dollars of negotiating room in the price of a house anyway. I would just make my offer contingent on him leaving the tools. If it’s a fair offer for the house, he’ll probably jump at it. -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
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406 days ago |
A friend of mine owns a few Woodcraft stores, and when I recently upgraded my tablesaw, I told him what I was trying to get for the old one. He said that selling at 1/2 the new price is very reasonable. So, what I might do is see what the new price is and offer 1/2 or a little less. Either one of those pieces of equipment would be a true gloat at half price, IMHO. -- Don, San Antonio, TX |
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406 days ago |
Safetyboy, Even if you don’t need that large of equipment, you will never regret it once you have it. You should recoup most of the cost you paid if you ever want to sell it someday if you only pay half price. -- Rusty |
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406 days ago |
As mentioned earlier, once dismantling/shipping costs are added, you might get a very reasonable price. Both pieces are good to have around, and the table-saw setup is very nice indeed. I wish you luck on the offer and the equipment. -- Making scrap with zen-like precision - Woodbutchery |
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406 days ago |
Half price or less sounds good they’re both great toools try to get both. Did he leave any other tools behind? -- Only the Shadow knows.................... |
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406 days ago |
Once you flop a whole sheet of plywood up on that saw you will know what 50” on the right of the blade and a huge outfeed table means. That is a nice saw. I have the same one without the sliding attachment (mine is left tilt though). Why did the seller leave all that equipment behind? Maybe he left bait for a woodworker? -- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net |
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405 days ago |
thats a superb planer, 20in but small footprint, grab it now |
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405 days ago |
These are both good tools don’t be mean. In my view offer him a good price (well over half) not under as suggested ,that seems abit unfair to me.If he thinks your being greedy he may well get annoyed and then you’ld lose out!! my 2 cents please don’t be unfair. Then again with selling houses they way things are I don’t know but seperate the two dont negociate the house down to get free tools thats not right in my book keep them sepertae mu opinion you might not like it but those tools are worth way over half price he’s not a fool please don’t make a foolish offer you’ll just insult the guy.Alistair -- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease |
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405 days ago |
Hello all I’m new here this is my first time posting. My next posst will be a really domb question about a radial arm saw. |
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404 days ago |
I have a jet table saw and really love it. Dang I love my shop even if it is not perfect :) For christmas I want more room and no columns in the middle of the floor :) -- "so much to learn and so little time".. |
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404 days ago |
Slow down for just a second. You are only touching on a couple of tools. There’s also a central dust collection system and many more great tools in the background. They are right about offer half. You could get them included in the price of the house like a stove or other kitchen stuff. Make it sound like you are doing this guy a favor. You can also finance the tools with the house. -- ??? My mistakes heat the house. It's very warm in here. ??? |
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404 days ago |
Unknown, that was my thought when I made my original response… negotiate a great shop into the house deal. In many areas, the housing market is slow right now. Nobody thinks twice about offering a seller less than what he is asking, so what’s the harm of making an offer contingent on the tools staying? -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
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404 days ago |
As a mortgage guy (used to be), you might be able to negotiate the price of the tools into the price of the house if there is room in the appraisal. -- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado" |
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404 days ago |
As a mortgage guy (used to be), you might be able to negotiate the price of the tools into the price of the house if there is room in the appraisal. -- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado" |
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404 days ago |
I’m not sure you would want to finance the equipment over 15 to 30 years; it would end up costing you more than a new one before it is all over, IMHO. -- Don, San Antonio, TX |
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395 days ago |
If I finance or not, I still end up paying. Say I pay him $5000 cash for the equipment – then that’s $5000 less I’ll have to put for a downpayment, so I’ll still end up paying interest on that extra $5000 for the term of the loan. -- -- Kevin in Mentor, Ohio |
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394 days ago |
Make a seperate deal for the saw and planer. As far as equipment goes, it always better to have more capacity than you think you need. You never know. Besides that, from your picture you look a little young to be buying a house, but that’s just an opinion. |
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