A friend of my friend Bill the Machinist had three (yup , three!) trees fall on his shop . He had to crawl out of the mess on his belly ... Bill called me the other day to see if I could help clean out the shop so it can be rebuilt , and yesterday when I finished up Larry gave me a bandsaw ... he had it setting outside , said it was too small for what he's doing . I'm not sure if it's a 4X6 or what , but it still works , and cuts a nice straight line . The bed and pivoting frame are both cast iron , the legs are sheet . It has nice roller bearings for guides (and the guides are adjustable in 3 directions) and they're rolling freely . The only nameplate I can see is on the motor , but the print is all gone . Has a TEFC motor , three step pulleys , and it turns itself off when the cut is finished . One of the two good things that happened to me today . The other was accepting a check that more than covers our losses from the flood on May 1st . Everything else was a lot less pleasant . -- Snag BTW , Larry is the guy with the defib I was asking questions about welding/mag fields .
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13 years ago