George Bokros
10-24-2013, 9:20 AM
First let me say I owe this purchase to Matt Meiser, he gave me the lead on this which was almost in my backyard - 30 minutes away.
It was quite dirty when I brought it home, the guy had zero dust collection in his garage shop. Nothing for chip collection at his machines and no ambient air cleaner either. The bottom of the stand was stored in his shed and he had a chain saw sitting on the shelf which was leaking chain oil. Finish on the shelf doesn't look like new but it is acceptable for its purpose. I cleaned her up, adjusted the belt position and tracking (I think I have it tracking straight now), adjusted the drum head (it was hard to raise), lubed the slides and now it raises much easier.
It does not have Smart Sand but I ran some oak this morning taking off a 1/64 per pass (not sure what grit he has on it) at a speed setting of 70 and no bogging at all.
Got it for $300.
On to some pics.....
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Thanks again to Matt.
George
It was quite dirty when I brought it home, the guy had zero dust collection in his garage shop. Nothing for chip collection at his machines and no ambient air cleaner either. The bottom of the stand was stored in his shed and he had a chain saw sitting on the shelf which was leaking chain oil. Finish on the shelf doesn't look like new but it is acceptable for its purpose. I cleaned her up, adjusted the belt position and tracking (I think I have it tracking straight now), adjusted the drum head (it was hard to raise), lubed the slides and now it raises much easier.
It does not have Smart Sand but I ran some oak this morning taking off a 1/64 per pass (not sure what grit he has on it) at a speed setting of 70 and no bogging at all.
Got it for $300.
On to some pics.....
273653273654273655
Thanks again to Matt.
George