Jerry Nettrour
02-26-2009, 12:34 AM
Quick history. Started woodworking about 6 years ago, now we run a small kitchen cabinet shop in San Antonio and love what we do. Just finished an absolutely stunning Maple kitchen. We do about 1 kitchen a month or so.
I started with a small $150ish craftsman, cheap and dangerous!
Burned the motor and bought a medium size contractor Delta (36-600, purchased for $75 on CL).
Few weeks ago took advantage of the 399.00 Ridgid close out, no sales tax as we are tax exempt. (we got around 400.00 back from the good old live.com cashback days, making this purchase practically free :D)
Today though, I found and bought a large size craftsman on CL (some of you all might refer to it as 'crapsman'). Anyway, I don't have any pics of it yet but it is nearly an identical image of my Ridgid 3650. They look the same, they sound the same when turned on, the craftsman actually appears to have a stronger base then the Ridgid and the craftsman came with a cast iron router table wing. The craftsman is very heavy, has no or very little vibration when running. The fella sold this to me for 100.00. Oh, it must have been garage kept and waxed regularly because it looks as new as my 3 week old Ridgid. I am excited! I wanted another TS to run my dado.
Can anyone tell me about this TS that appears to be built just like the 3650. I hope I did not just buy 'crap' and I hope I got a deal worthy of an actual 'gloat'. Well, I am excited, at least for now and at least until I start using it. Is it possible Ridgid built this particular craftsman saw I have. Oh, the fence appears to exactly the same as my ridgid.
Also, the router table on the side has only a small hole to allow for only a small bit. If I ever wanted to can I drill out a larger hole to accomodate a larger bit. Probably will not be necessary as I use a 3 HP Grizzly shaper and run my larger cutters on it.
The Delta 36-600 is going on CL... Any info or advice is much appreciated. Thanks, Jerry
I started with a small $150ish craftsman, cheap and dangerous!
Burned the motor and bought a medium size contractor Delta (36-600, purchased for $75 on CL).
Few weeks ago took advantage of the 399.00 Ridgid close out, no sales tax as we are tax exempt. (we got around 400.00 back from the good old live.com cashback days, making this purchase practically free :D)
Today though, I found and bought a large size craftsman on CL (some of you all might refer to it as 'crapsman'). Anyway, I don't have any pics of it yet but it is nearly an identical image of my Ridgid 3650. They look the same, they sound the same when turned on, the craftsman actually appears to have a stronger base then the Ridgid and the craftsman came with a cast iron router table wing. The craftsman is very heavy, has no or very little vibration when running. The fella sold this to me for 100.00. Oh, it must have been garage kept and waxed regularly because it looks as new as my 3 week old Ridgid. I am excited! I wanted another TS to run my dado.
Can anyone tell me about this TS that appears to be built just like the 3650. I hope I did not just buy 'crap' and I hope I got a deal worthy of an actual 'gloat'. Well, I am excited, at least for now and at least until I start using it. Is it possible Ridgid built this particular craftsman saw I have. Oh, the fence appears to exactly the same as my ridgid.
Also, the router table on the side has only a small hole to allow for only a small bit. If I ever wanted to can I drill out a larger hole to accomodate a larger bit. Probably will not be necessary as I use a 3 HP Grizzly shaper and run my larger cutters on it.
The Delta 36-600 is going on CL... Any info or advice is much appreciated. Thanks, Jerry