Got some machines for sale

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I've got a Kalamazoo 8A that'll handle 24" x 8". It was a bit of a stinker when I got it (cheap) because of all the "shop fixes" that were done over the years. But, Kalamazoo still offers parts for it, and I fix up one little bugger at a time, as it annoys me. It's a workhorse, and I couldn't get by without it. Drive wheel bushings, next.

Lloyd

Ayup. Ive got a smaller 15" bandsaw that Ive had for nearly 15 yrs..also a Walker Turner and its been a workhorse in my shop. Over the weekend I cut fiberglass, wood, some 303 stainless plate and some rebar.

I just wish I had a working blade welder..sigh

Gunner

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

I have a Startrite H225, same deal, got it cheap, it was not working. I ripped out the junk Telemecanique contactor and replaced it with a Square D that I had. My guy fixed all mechanical issues. Now I use it to make $$$

In the mean time, it's easy to silver braze bandsaw blades together.

Make a fixture to hold the blade ends for grinding the scarf on the ends to be joined, and another fixture to hold the scarf together while torch brazing the ends together.

Joe Gwinn

Ayup..Ive been tigging them with some good sucess..but it takes much longer to do if one isnt set up to do it.

Gunner

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie