What Did You Buy Today?

I've posted about my Jet VBS-900 bandsaw, attaching another photo because I think it's such a cool machine...but somebody had replaced the factory motor with a 1/3HP Leeson...and my phase converter is a 1HP to 3HP model. I learned awhile ago with my B%S #2 surface grinder that these specs really matter, and you can't expect to drive a lower HP motor with a higher rated phase converter. Who knew?

So I bought a "new" 1.5HP motor on eBay, made an offer, he countered, I accepted, and then fun began. He said he couldn't ship it because his printer was broken and his neighbor who had a printer was away, and his girlfriend or such had a crisis 1000 miles away and he had to drive there but he had the motor in his truck and he would stop along the way and ship it...but that never happened, eventually he returned and shipped it.
It was lost in transit for almost a week, tracing was stuck without updates. But, surprise, it came yesterday. And what a surprise. The guy had put it in a cardboard box, crumpled a few newspapers around it, put a piece of foam over the extra long shaft, which was not doing anything for protection, and mailed it. Of course it arrived damaged...all the studs on the end plate were bent over, the base was bent, and it wasn't new, there were setscrew rings in the shaft and bolt/washer marks on the mounting plate. So I'm sending it back.

And I bought a new Baldor 2HP motor. They said, anyway. :) I just have to wait longer. My partner said "well, what do you need the bandsaw for"? I said "umm...umm...well, lots of things". So I guess the world is not ending, just yet. But look at the pictures, see what you think.
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Got this at the flea market today. Almost lost it to a group of guys that were eyeing it over when I came back. They didn't buy it, so I was able to come in lower. The case is solid wood, appears to be oak. No front lid, but it wouldn't fit with the knobs. Either the knobs were replaced or this was home built and the front was not properly planned for. Most makers including Gerstner do not use solid wood for the carcass. Wood expands and contracts, so it is possible it's a home built unit. It's very well built. Inside the top are 2 pieces that don't match the rest of the wood. The lift out larger tray is MDF with a veneer, and the inner is wood.. I did steal this thing. We went out just to get out with my dog... He liked our lunch :)

Not sure if I am going to keep it, or give it to my son... if I keep it, I'll give one of my Kennedy boxes to my son. The drawers are less than the Kennedy's, and deeper.
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woodchucker said:
Got this at the flea market today. Almost lost it to a group of guys that were eyeing it over when I came back. They didn't buy it, so I was able to come in lower. The case is solid wood, appears to be oak. No front lid, but it wouldn't fit with the knobs. Either the knobs were replaced or this was home built and the front was not properly planned for. Most makers including Gerstner do not use solid wood for the carcass. Wood expands and contracts, so it is possible it's a home built unit. It's very well built. Inside the top are 2 pieces that don't match the rest of the wood. The lift out larger tray is MDF with a veneer, and the inner is wood.. I did steal this thing. We went out just to get out with my dog... He liked our lunch :)

Not sure if I am going to keep it, or give it to my son... if I keep it, I'll give one of my Kennedy boxes to my son. The drawers are less than the Kennedy's, and deeper.
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Good find, that is a good looking box.

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woodchucker said:
Got this at the flea market today. Almost lost it to a group of guys that were eyeing it over when I came back. They didn't buy it, so I was able to come in lower. The case is solid wood, appears to be oak. No front lid, but it wouldn't fit with the knobs. Either the knobs were replaced or this was home built and the front was not properly planned for. Most makers including Gerstner do not use solid wood for the carcass. Wood expands and contracts, so it is possible it's a home built unit. It's very well built. Inside the top are 2 pieces that don't match the rest of the wood. The lift out larger tray is MDF with a veneer, and the inner is wood.. I did steal this thing. We went out just to get out with my dog... He liked our lunch :)

Not sure if I am going to keep it, or give it to my son... if I keep it, I'll give one of my Kennedy boxes to my son. The drawers are less than the Kennedy's, and deeper.
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Upon further inspection, it appears to be multiple species of wood. Some red oak, (open pored grain), and the sides appear to be more ash (more closed pored),
 
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