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Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 2/9/2017, 10:15 am
In Response To: Tools: New saw recommendations (Ralph Merriman)

I may be a tool snob- I have a unisaw with a 52" fence. If I bought a new saw... I'd want a Powermatic. Obviously I use it for more than just cutting strips- I use it at least 5 days a week. BUT- if I were going to buy a contractor saw I'd seriously look at the Bosch. Nothing sucks more than needing to use a tool and have it not function. or damage your project because it's poorly made. There's a reason I have a 1942 band saw and it's one of the best tools I own and most of my hand tools are from the early part of the 20th century, and it's not because they were cheap. I understand frugality, that's why I have tools from the first half of the 20th Century- but there has to be a balance. Unfortunately It's a personal thing. I've got no problem throwing a $40 A2 iron in a $5 plane I found at an antique store, or putting expensive tires and blade guides on a 1942 band saw I got a rummage sale for $25- it was all cast iron and had a 1 hp GE motor with holes for oiling the bushings!!- so that's where the line is for me.

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Messages In This Thread

Tools: New saw recommendations
Ralph Merriman -- 2/7/2017, 3:46 pm
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
scottbaxter -- 2/7/2017, 4:42 pm
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jaybabina -- 2/7/2017, 5:33 pm
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Paul Sylvester -- 2/8/2017, 5:32 am
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scottbaxter -- 2/8/2017, 7:41 am
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Paul T -- 2/8/2017, 8:21 am
Re: Tools: Rigid Warranty
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/8/2017, 10:02 am
Re: Tools: bargain saws
jaybabina -- 2/9/2017, 9:26 am
Re: Tools: bargain saws
Mike Bielski -- 2/9/2017, 9:58 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Rich D -- 2/7/2017, 10:04 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/8/2017, 3:33 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/9/2017, 12:19 am
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jaybabina -- 2/9/2017, 9:34 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 2/9/2017, 2:04 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Nick R. -- 2/8/2017, 10:01 am
Re: Saws: Thanks for the help
Ralph Merriman -- 2/8/2017, 8:38 pm
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Mike Bielski -- 2/9/2017, 10:15 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 2/9/2017, 12:31 pm
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Mike Bielski -- 2/9/2017, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2017, 2:26 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Steve Solomon -- 2/9/2017, 3:33 pm
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
JohnAbercrombie -- 2/9/2017, 5:36 pm
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2017, 2:24 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Paul Sylvester -- 2/10/2017, 5:13 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2017, 12:02 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Steve Solomon -- 2/10/2017, 10:57 am
Re: Tools: New saw recommendations
Mike Bielski -- 2/10/2017, 11:41 am
We beat this one to death ... next *NM*
jaybabina -- 2/10/2017, 4:18 pm
I think this group needs to get out for a paddle *NM*
scottbaxter -- 2/10/2017, 5:46 pm
Re: I think this group needs to get out for a padd *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 2/10/2017, 7:42 pm
Re: I think this group needs to get out for a padd
Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2017, 12:00 am
Re: I think this group needs to get out for a padd
JohnAbercrombie -- 2/11/2017, 12:22 pm