Rick Potter
09-18-2021, 2:33 PM
Let's face it, I am a tool junkie, and it takes me a while to let go of things even when I don't use them.
Ten years ago I bought a really nice Craftsman RAS. I think I paid $225 for it, because it was not the typical rusted out crap on CL. It had a nice table and was in great shape. I got it to make drawer lock dados for the 68 drawers in the kitchen I was building for the wife.
It did the job nicely, and then I used it to make shelving dados on a bunch of melamine closet and pantry units. Then it sat. I have a nice DeWalt 7790 that I use all the time, and had no more need for the Sears job.
I also had a Ryobi resaw band saw that was my dad's. It has been in my shop 16 years, and I had no use for it, so I tried a couple times to sell it with no takers. It is a pretty specialized machine. Three weeks ago I tried to list it again and one guy from Las Vegas wanted it, but never came. Yesterday out of the blue, a local guy called and said he would be over with the money right away.
He came, and bought it without even wanting to hear it run (?). I asked if he was interested in a RAS, and his son who was with him said 'How much?'. Two hundred and it's yours, sez I, and we loaded them both on his truck.
So, it cost me $25 to have a dedicated drawer/dado making machine for 10 years, and I gained some room in the shop.
I still have a few things to go, but it's progress.
Ten years ago I bought a really nice Craftsman RAS. I think I paid $225 for it, because it was not the typical rusted out crap on CL. It had a nice table and was in great shape. I got it to make drawer lock dados for the 68 drawers in the kitchen I was building for the wife.
It did the job nicely, and then I used it to make shelving dados on a bunch of melamine closet and pantry units. Then it sat. I have a nice DeWalt 7790 that I use all the time, and had no more need for the Sears job.
I also had a Ryobi resaw band saw that was my dad's. It has been in my shop 16 years, and I had no use for it, so I tried a couple times to sell it with no takers. It is a pretty specialized machine. Three weeks ago I tried to list it again and one guy from Las Vegas wanted it, but never came. Yesterday out of the blue, a local guy called and said he would be over with the money right away.
He came, and bought it without even wanting to hear it run (?). I asked if he was interested in a RAS, and his son who was with him said 'How much?'. Two hundred and it's yours, sez I, and we loaded them both on his truck.
So, it cost me $25 to have a dedicated drawer/dado making machine for 10 years, and I gained some room in the shop.
I still have a few things to go, but it's progress.