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Last week I was able to repurchase a tool which I had sold about 5 years ago when I closed down my shop. I worked for another sign company for about a year and a half. That's not easy after ten years on your own. I started another company about 3 years ago and have been trying to get this tool back ever since. Finally the guy I sold it to is trying to shut down his business. I was able to buy it back for the same amount he paid me. The tool in question is a band saw with a five and a half foot throat. It will cut up to about a foot thick. It is so nice to be able to cut large letters and shapes without hitting the back of the throat like on a 12 or 14 inch throat. I originally bought the saw from an awning company going out of business for $50. I sold it and bought it back for $150. The blades for it are 21'7" long, but surprisingly are only about $20 apiece. It's good to have it back.
------------------ Dennis Goddard Excalibur Signs & Graphics Tampa Fl
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Dennis, I just got a band saw like that..maybe about a 4' throat on it. It was free...I need tires for it and a motor.Otherwise,its all there. Built in the 20's...babbit bearings and heavy everthing. Good find,eh?
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Rosemary, My saw began its local history in a boat shop on Sodus Bay.Bill Kallusch Boats.They specialized in wooden boat maintenance and they built a line of small daysailer wood sailboats...they called em Rhodes Bantams.The saw made its way to a local logger who stored it outside under plastic for a few years.Then he gave it to a friend of mine who stored it in his basement till he sold his house about a month ago.He gave the saw to me...and will be welcome to use it any time he wants.Boatyards use big bandsaws to resaw lumber into components for boatbuilding.They especially need a band saw for making planks for hull construction and repair. Only problem with a saw this big...it HURTS to move it..its mighty dang heavy even when its taken apart. You are welcome to drive on up to NY and use it if you have some resawing to do! Ill trade ya in Pelucid! How's about ..lets see.....1 quart per 1000 board feet?????
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Mike, when you get it running you'll love it. Sounds like yours is a lot heavier duty than mine. Mine uses blades about like a normal band saw, just a lot longer. It's the extra turning room that's so nice. I like to cut letters out of thick material and then slice them to get multiples for the second side of a sign.
------------------ Dennis Goddard Excalibur Signs & Graphics Tampa Fl
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Dennis...I have a bandsaw with a 36" throat(that allows me to cut letters just under 6'tall (not something I do everyday) but it sure is an integral part of my machinery.
I purchased it for a company I was working for and gave $1,500. for two of them (new)...(we were cutting a lot of aluminum and fabricating channel letters) it too will open to cut things 12" thick (really handy on large timbers and foam.
When the company went out of business,I attended the IRS auction and bought one of them for $250. and I will never let it go.
These saws are made by Universal Saw Company in California( the owner of which was an old sign guy frustrated with the little 16" bandsaws) I actually talked to him once... and as near as I know they are still available (mine is just now about 20 years old.)
Glad you got yours back...whatever were you thinking
------------------ Monte Jumper SIGNLanguage/Norman.Okla.
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I worked in the Carpenter shop of a shipyard for about 3 years starting in 1973. We had a saw like that. We could cut 4 ft thick. We cut a lot of wedges out of 12 x 12 timbers, sometimes by the truckload. Then we would start on cutting tapered plugs 10 & 12 inches top diameter from the same stock.
I broke the blade in my rinky dink bandsaw a couple weeks ago, so I've definately got abit of bandsaw envy! Still got to get that running again.
Happy that you've got your tool back tho ... bet you won't let go of it again eh?
Dave just fixed my scroll saw yesterday, ... got it buzzin' like a sewing machine again. I'm a happy camper about that! Plan to put it to good use this week.
Janette
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