Lou Ortiz
06-26-2011, 8:13 PM
It started with the frau forcing me to get rid of the Ducati, I was depressed...199360
But then, she agreed to purchase of some new Italian machinery, thank goodness for Father's day. I'd been saving for a bit for a BS, so just had to make a choice and drive on. I had settled into minimax or Agazzani, as I knew I wanted to get a larger framed high quality BS. I have to say that Sam Blasco at Minimax is a fantastic guy to work with and a great woodworker to boot. I think I would have been perfectly happy with either BS and, based on my experience with Sam on this selection, I'm committed and looking forward to buying a combo machine from them.
But today was about the Agazzani B24...Jesse sent a couple of photos during the crating process to hold me over.
199366
I'd worked with Eagle to get a liftgate to drop the saw at the house, but couldn't manage to get the company to pin down times beyond "9-5." I just couldn't commit an entire day to this, so went to the terminal bright and early to pick up the saw. Truck rides amazingly good with all that weight in the back, but I was very worried about how I was going to take it out of the bed. John Deere saves the day, again. I love that tractor. Took great care on the lift and worked it out of the bed slowly. I was at max elevation with the bucket and wasn't able to get dead center over the bed, but it all worked well nonetheless.
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Uncrating -- everything was well secured and in order. Another thumbs up for Jesse's packing job and customer service. I had a little bit of a tense moment as I stood up the saw -- this thing is very, very heavy and a challenge to do without an entire crew. More patience and the power of JD, carefully, carefully onto the HTC base and roll it in to the shop. Based on advise in the forum, I already had the 40A circuit wired up and ready to go, put the cord in place and startup, no issues. I just finished a couple of malloof style chairs last week and now I'm dying to get into a rocker project. That or go crazy making bookmatched panels. I stuck the Jet in for size reference, but there's really no comparison...I now have a 14" saw for sale...
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But then, she agreed to purchase of some new Italian machinery, thank goodness for Father's day. I'd been saving for a bit for a BS, so just had to make a choice and drive on. I had settled into minimax or Agazzani, as I knew I wanted to get a larger framed high quality BS. I have to say that Sam Blasco at Minimax is a fantastic guy to work with and a great woodworker to boot. I think I would have been perfectly happy with either BS and, based on my experience with Sam on this selection, I'm committed and looking forward to buying a combo machine from them.
But today was about the Agazzani B24...Jesse sent a couple of photos during the crating process to hold me over.
199366
I'd worked with Eagle to get a liftgate to drop the saw at the house, but couldn't manage to get the company to pin down times beyond "9-5." I just couldn't commit an entire day to this, so went to the terminal bright and early to pick up the saw. Truck rides amazingly good with all that weight in the back, but I was very worried about how I was going to take it out of the bed. John Deere saves the day, again. I love that tractor. Took great care on the lift and worked it out of the bed slowly. I was at max elevation with the bucket and wasn't able to get dead center over the bed, but it all worked well nonetheless.
199368199369199367
Uncrating -- everything was well secured and in order. Another thumbs up for Jesse's packing job and customer service. I had a little bit of a tense moment as I stood up the saw -- this thing is very, very heavy and a challenge to do without an entire crew. More patience and the power of JD, carefully, carefully onto the HTC base and roll it in to the shop. Based on advise in the forum, I already had the 40A circuit wired up and ready to go, put the cord in place and startup, no issues. I just finished a couple of malloof style chairs last week and now I'm dying to get into a rocker project. That or go crazy making bookmatched panels. I stuck the Jet in for size reference, but there's really no comparison...I now have a 14" saw for sale...
199370199371199372