A drill press, band saw and home made router/jointer walked into this guys house....

Last week I picked up a bench top drill at an auciton. Real nice old Craftsman. Was outbid on a small bench top band saw. Last night I won a band saw at an auction. A Ryobi BS-50N with a 7 inch clearance for a good 6 1/2 cut. Got the metal stand to go with it. Had to go back today to pick up the stand. On the way home I stopped into this cool resale shop. Know most of the folks that run and work there. Was bragging about the band saw when one of them said,. "Follow me." In the back room there sat this home made jointer/edger router table. Big, heavy and well built. He looks at me and says "I'll offer you a 'Get it out of our way now' price". I stood there and looked at this thing. Then he added, "The bits alone run around $50 each." He could see I was still thinking. So he added, "You couldn't buy the electric motor for $50". He could tell I was lighting up like a Christmas tree. Waits a moment and says to me, "$20 To get it out of my way. And I'll have these two guys load it for ya". Guess who got it out of their way... LOL

Today will be spent cleaning up and clearing out the garage. Be nice to see the floor in there again. Right now I have a path going from the door to my kitchen door. Lots of reorganizing to do. Be a great way to work out these soar muscles from lugging that band saw around last night.

Views: 441

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

sounds like you really scored. Enjoy working with all the new stuff, figuring out just how many things you can now do better than before.

You bet Gary! The band saw will really help out when making all the small cuts I was doing on the table saw.

The only one I know how to use is the drill press. Watching band saw vids on Youtube. Learning how to set the guides, angle and blade tension. Even seen a great trick on how to get a blade back into a small circle. Even learning what blades are good for what. There's a lot of great vids. Not really sure what to do with the router table. Came with a nice bull nosing bit. And one that looks like it's for making rabbit joints. The third one looks like it's for mimicking bead board.

Sounds good, but we need pictures. :D

well done! (-:

I wanna see a pic of the router/jointer set up. Sounds like you really scored. 

Thanks folks! Be a wile on pictures. Want to get all this stuff out of my living room. Still working on the garage.

I know what you're up against, had a BSA Rocket 3 in an apartment once,a loooooong time ago.

Think a lot of us have been there. Rebuilt a VW engine on a card table in the living room back in the '80s.

RSS

The Essential Pages

New to Cigar Box Nation? How to Play Cigar Box GuitarsFree Plans & How to Build Cigar Box GuitarsCigar Box Guitar Building Basics

Site Sponsor

Recommended Links & Resources


Forum

Nut

Started by Bill Andy in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Taffy Evans on Sunday. 6 Replies

crossover guitar.

Started by Timothy Hunter in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever. Last reply by Timothy Hunter Apr 10. 14 Replies

Tune up songs

Started by Ghostbuttons in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Timothy Hunter Mar 9. 5 Replies

Duel output jacks

Started by Justin Stanchfield in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Mar 8. 6 Replies

Latest Activity

Poorness Studios liked A.D.EKER's video
8 minutes ago
Cigar Box Nation posted a status
"You're about to see a new Nation!"
10 minutes ago
Poorness Studios liked Steve Holladay's video
12 minutes ago
A.D.EKER commented on A.D.EKER's album
2 hours ago
A.D.EKER posted photos
2 hours ago
A.D.EKER posted photos
2 hours ago
A.D.EKER commented on A.D.EKER's video
3 hours ago
A.D.EKER posted a video

RunAway Girl BCB 2024

Domestic Disturbance Home cruelty and mis understanding today's Problem Child, true all times leads to Runaway's Girls & boy's that run away from there see...
3 hours ago
BrianQ. commented on Cigar Box Nation's status
"Got my popcorn ready, waiting for the show! :)"
10 hours ago
BrianQ. commented on Rich's photo
Thumbnail

RTL Drawing box 1

"Defending the nation, one cbg at a time!!!"
10 hours ago
BrianQ. liked Rich's photo
10 hours ago
Doug Thorsvik commented on Doug Thorsvik's photo
Thumbnail

Six Chugger CBG Build

"Just stealing a page from your playbook Rich! Since all the boxes are vintage, I decided to place…"
11 hours ago

Music

© 2024   Created by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

\uastyle>\ud/** Scrollup **/\ud.scrollup {\ud background: url("https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/963882636?profile=original") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;\ud bottom: 25px;\ud display: inline !important;\ud height: 40px;\ud opacity: 0.3 !important;\ud position: fixed;\ud right: 30px;\ud text-indent: -9999px;\ud width: 40px;\ud z-index: 999;\ud}\ud.scrollup:hover {\ud opacity:0.99!important;\ud}\ud \uascript type="text/javascript">\ud x$(document).ready(function(){\ud x$(window).scroll(function(){\ud if (x$(this).scrollTop() > 100) {\ud x$('.scrollup').fadeIn();\ud } else {\ud x$('.scrollup').fadeOut();\ud }\ud });\ud x$('.scrollup').click(function(){\ud x$("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, 600);\ud return false;\ud });\ud });\ud \ua!-- End Scroll Up -->