Chuck Dienzo
08-13-2010, 11:23 PM
Hey Y'all,
I just wanted to (re)introduce myself- now that I've finally gotten around to taking some pics.
As you can see, my name is Chuck. My wife and I bought our home about 10 months ago. After getting all the major "old house" issues squared away, I can finally get started on organizing my garage-based shop. As I had stated in another thread, the space is about 18'x20' so it's not quite a full-sized 2-car garage. Luckily, I'm able to use the entire space, since our lovely SoCal weather allows us to park outside year-round. Oddly enough though, there's an old gas furnace mounted in the rafters. I haven't fired it up and I can't imagine anyone ever needing it- unless the space was formerly someone's living quarters.
I began my (used) tool search right around May and I think I’ve done fairly well for myself. Here we go....
1. Powermatic 64S (used once & fence still in box, wrapped in cellophane) + Powermatic 66 w/ a handful of Amana blades & 2 dado sets, a few shop-made featherboards and 50” Biesemeyer fence (According to serial, from 1983. Used 5 years in a cabinet shop, then put in storage). $500 for both.
2. “Transpower” 14” Bandsaw w/ Jet riser kit. $20
3. Delta TP400LS 12.5” Thickness planer. $120 (Guy also threw in a 7” face vise.)
4. Delta 50-760 Dust Collector, literally used once. $175
5. 10+ year old HF/Frejoth 6” jointer w/ new knives. Free.
6. Delta HD shaper 43-351. Traded straight-up for a Canon digital Rebel SLR.
7. Freud 6" Super Dado, NIB. $80
The bandsaw is a Taiwanese Delta clone, like so many out there. The Jet riser kit fit with minor modifications. The pins lined up fine but I needed to grind away a little bit of the new blade guard in order to clear a guide adjustment screw. It’s the 4-speed, HF style, pulley deal. I’ve gotten a longer link belt and have bypassed the 2nd pulley set, like so many others have done. This one is nice because it's a full 1 hp with a closed stand.
The jointer cut surprisingly smooth and with a little tweaking, has started producing square edges & faces.
By far, I think the pair of PM table saws is my favorite acquisition. It works out well too, since I don’t yet have 220V in the garage. Until then, I have the 64 available, so I can afford to wait on the installation. The 66 does need some cleanup- the usual stuff, rusty table, gunked/pitched up worms, etc. I did get to use it before I took it home though. Appeared to run like a champ and my numerous measurements indicate that it’s still very much aligned. When I finally get a 220 circuit installed, I’ll likely sell the contractor saw- at this point, I can’t justify owning doubles of any machine. The 66, I just noticed, came with a Marathon 3hp 1ph motor. I thought that 66s had always been spec'd with Baldor motors. Could this be a replacement?
I added some pics of the future shop space, too. As you can see, I've got plenty of work ahead of me.
I just wanted to (re)introduce myself- now that I've finally gotten around to taking some pics.
As you can see, my name is Chuck. My wife and I bought our home about 10 months ago. After getting all the major "old house" issues squared away, I can finally get started on organizing my garage-based shop. As I had stated in another thread, the space is about 18'x20' so it's not quite a full-sized 2-car garage. Luckily, I'm able to use the entire space, since our lovely SoCal weather allows us to park outside year-round. Oddly enough though, there's an old gas furnace mounted in the rafters. I haven't fired it up and I can't imagine anyone ever needing it- unless the space was formerly someone's living quarters.
I began my (used) tool search right around May and I think I’ve done fairly well for myself. Here we go....
1. Powermatic 64S (used once & fence still in box, wrapped in cellophane) + Powermatic 66 w/ a handful of Amana blades & 2 dado sets, a few shop-made featherboards and 50” Biesemeyer fence (According to serial, from 1983. Used 5 years in a cabinet shop, then put in storage). $500 for both.
2. “Transpower” 14” Bandsaw w/ Jet riser kit. $20
3. Delta TP400LS 12.5” Thickness planer. $120 (Guy also threw in a 7” face vise.)
4. Delta 50-760 Dust Collector, literally used once. $175
5. 10+ year old HF/Frejoth 6” jointer w/ new knives. Free.
6. Delta HD shaper 43-351. Traded straight-up for a Canon digital Rebel SLR.
7. Freud 6" Super Dado, NIB. $80
The bandsaw is a Taiwanese Delta clone, like so many out there. The Jet riser kit fit with minor modifications. The pins lined up fine but I needed to grind away a little bit of the new blade guard in order to clear a guide adjustment screw. It’s the 4-speed, HF style, pulley deal. I’ve gotten a longer link belt and have bypassed the 2nd pulley set, like so many others have done. This one is nice because it's a full 1 hp with a closed stand.
The jointer cut surprisingly smooth and with a little tweaking, has started producing square edges & faces.
By far, I think the pair of PM table saws is my favorite acquisition. It works out well too, since I don’t yet have 220V in the garage. Until then, I have the 64 available, so I can afford to wait on the installation. The 66 does need some cleanup- the usual stuff, rusty table, gunked/pitched up worms, etc. I did get to use it before I took it home though. Appeared to run like a champ and my numerous measurements indicate that it’s still very much aligned. When I finally get a 220 circuit installed, I’ll likely sell the contractor saw- at this point, I can’t justify owning doubles of any machine. The 66, I just noticed, came with a Marathon 3hp 1ph motor. I thought that 66s had always been spec'd with Baldor motors. Could this be a replacement?
I added some pics of the future shop space, too. As you can see, I've got plenty of work ahead of me.