I did a little bit of banking over the Christmas break. While there, they coerced me into opening a credit card on my mad-money "business" account, with $200 cash back on any first purchase over $500.
I'd been lusting after a rotary table for the Bridgeport in my home-shop, so I agreed to the new card.
When a suitable rotary table popped up on sale, I would snag it and get an additional $200 back, then immediately cut up the card!
Well, MC Direct Tools recently offered 30% off + free shipping on anything over $250 (with caveats). I selected the 8-inch Phase 2 horizontal/vertical table, but discovered the purchase wouldn't meet the $500 minimum for the $200 cash back. It came to something like $487 out the door, $287 after the $200 cash back!
I thought well, this is simple, I'll just get the 10-inch rotary table. I'd read on these pages, and on other forums, how heavy these tables can get, so I have no-one to blame but myself!
The free shipping didn't apply on the 10-incher due to the weight but they fiddled the price for me and got it down to within a hundred bucks of the 8 incher, all told including shipping and cash-back.
When it arrived, I was surprised at the size and heft.
I'm kinda thinking I shoulda stuck with the 8-incher and padded the order a little to get over the cash-back threshold. But I'll probably never want for a bigger rotary table!
I'll likely need to add a small crane to the back of the Bridgeport ram to help me hoist it on and off the table.
I'd been lusting after a rotary table for the Bridgeport in my home-shop, so I agreed to the new card.
When a suitable rotary table popped up on sale, I would snag it and get an additional $200 back, then immediately cut up the card!
Well, MC Direct Tools recently offered 30% off + free shipping on anything over $250 (with caveats). I selected the 8-inch Phase 2 horizontal/vertical table, but discovered the purchase wouldn't meet the $500 minimum for the $200 cash back. It came to something like $487 out the door, $287 after the $200 cash back!
I thought well, this is simple, I'll just get the 10-inch rotary table. I'd read on these pages, and on other forums, how heavy these tables can get, so I have no-one to blame but myself!
The free shipping didn't apply on the 10-incher due to the weight but they fiddled the price for me and got it down to within a hundred bucks of the 8 incher, all told including shipping and cash-back.
When it arrived, I was surprised at the size and heft.
I'm kinda thinking I shoulda stuck with the 8-incher and padded the order a little to get over the cash-back threshold. But I'll probably never want for a bigger rotary table!
I'll likely need to add a small crane to the back of the Bridgeport ram to help me hoist it on and off the table.