New piece of cast iron

[Allen]

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I just took delivery of this on Friday. Had to have a day off work to make sure I was home when the truck showed up.

It's a bloody heavy unit. Says 150 kg and it's all of that. Had a bit of a mishap getting it off the truck, but nothing serious. Then trying to get my furniture dolly under it and tipped back to shift it from the front driveway to the shed it the back yard, I managed to have it come back more than I could hold it and managed to have it topple on me. Good thing I broke it's fall. No damage at all to the machine, but I feel like I was hit by a truck. Totally pined under the machine. Good thing the delivery man was there to help me get out from under it, then help me wheel it into my shed.

The most difficult part of this though was putting the rolling base together. Made in China and instructions in Chinglish. Had the bloody thing together and apart 1/2 dozen times as the steps that they tell you to work in are reversed. Found that out once I finally got it together. If you ever decide to get a heavy piece of machinery, do yourself a favour and get one of these stand, makes moving it an absolute breeze. Could do it with one hand.

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Large spindles are all 9" long going up to 4" diameter. All on a taper shaft that you can just thread in or out and swap over in seconds.

Very quiet and smooth. Huge cast iron table that tilts to 45 degrees. Got to try it out first time for the ukulele class today.

[Nick]

Oooooo Tool porn. Nice aquisition Allen, should make things even easier! & a good bit of kit for the students if you plan to keep running uke classes.

[Bob Connor]

Very nice Al.

Can you give us some specs on the machine? Make, HP etc

[Allen]

Got it from Gary Pye Woodworking.

It's a 1 hp. unit that he tells me is speced just like the Jet industrial one. He sells both. Might even come from the same Taiwanese factory.

All up landed on my lap (literally) for $1,440 with the mobile base.

It's a very nicely finished machine. Cast top is beautifully machined. Paint is very good. Better than on my Jet table saw actually.

You can turn the drums end for end and use up all the abrasive if you tend to just use a little on one end. The rotation is also slow enough that you don't burn wood like the smaller Delta unit I had access to.

If you were ever thinking of adding something like this to the shop, I'd certainly give this one a thumbs up, especially at $500 less than the Jet model.

[Allen]

Nick O wrote:
Oooooo Tool porn. Nice aquisition Allen, should make things even easier! & a good bit of kit for the students if you plan to keep running uke classes.


I reinvested the cash I made from some repair jobs lately into this. Made taking on that work just a bit more meaningful when I had a goal in mind. And I wanted an industrial machine. I hate buying something knowing that I will regret it and want to upgrade shortly. Anything more robust than this won't fit in my shed, so no worries there.

Looks like classes are going to be a regular part of my routine Nick. Got most of the ones that have participated wanting to do more, and a growing list of others wanting to get into the action.

[ozziebluesman]

Now thats a very handy shop tool Allen. As already said it will be very handy for your uke students also being accurate and time saving. Congratulatons on a great score!

Cheers

Alan

[Taffy Evans]

Hi Allen, this is a timely post as I was searching for an exact same type of tool during last week, Hmmmmm, sounds and looks good but where would it fit in my workshop. Every time I get a machine I say its the last one, as theres no more room, but I always see to fine a way. Thanks for posting the info.
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[liam_fnq]

New toys are always exciting, and it's far enough out from Christmas that you'll still be able to justify another nice purchase from santa Very Happy

What was the motivation for the spindle sander. Is there a particular task you can do that makes the machine essential or is it just the general handiness of it?

[Puff]

Not essential but invaluable for all curved stuff from pegheads - with or without laminations, pickguards, most of the stuff you can do on a belt sander but more cleanly, everything you can do with a Luthier's Friend and more. The confidence it can inspire to do stuff freehand, without templates and handheld electrical spinning devices, is inspirational. Add fences and sliding vices and sleds and they are truly versatile and addictive machines.
For about $250 you can get a bench top model which, if treated reasonably, will be quite satisfactory for luthery.
Could but wouldn't be without one Very Happy

[Ronald_Handmade]

$250 sounds a lot easier to swallow... I'll add it to "the list"...

[Puff]

Not much mention made of these here but the scroll saw is well used here too.

[DarwinStrings]

Ha! Very Happy Getting physically acquainted with your new tools Allen? Glad you weren't to damaged by it. I had a few worrying lurches with my new (only 126Kg) bandsaw trying to get it over a bit of rough around this side of my shed on the trolly but a handy 12 year old helped save me from having to hug the thing like you did mate.

Jim

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