What Did You Buy Today?

Managed to win an auction for a Delta Platinum Edition 14” bandsaw with factory mobile base.
Absolutely mint condition. Very happy!
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Eyerelief said:
I bought the plastic version and hung it on the wall. I noticed after about 6 months that the plastic was distorting a little so I added a tiny shelf under it to support the weight. Now the keyholes only keep it against the wall, the shelf carries the load. I guess it could still fail, but I'd have to work at it.
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I've got two 1/2" sets in plastic hanging on the wall. One came with my used mill about 10 years ago. I bought a second 1/2" set about 5 years ago and then a 3/8" set soon after. I think all are Chinese. No apparent sagging. They are easy to get the step blocks, & two kinds of nuts in & out but the studs are a pretty sloppy fit, they also go in & out easily. I don't have a made in USA set to compare to but these work fine for me.
 
woodchucker said:
also for old work, the wood gets harder. Old wood was harder to begin with, because of the number of rings, but the lignum definitely hardens quite a bit over time.
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Most of the old work I have done is houses that were built when B'ham grew up like magic, 1880s to 1930s. My house was built in(around) 1887, the date from the deed. At that time, a lot of construction was with "red pine", or "Georgia Pitch Pine", or "hard" pine. I have burned up a skilsaw blade cutting in just one door frame. Common wire nails just bend, I used a number of cut (square) nails. An auger was cut down because I wasn't man enough in my prime to cut through by hand. By 1975, the house could well have been built from oak.

alloy said:
Got these at an estate sale this morning just down the road. Paid $30 for both.

Not sure if I want to keep the intake/carb or not. I only have one engine with a carb and it's a 454. This carb is only a 650 so not really big enough.
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One of the "junkers" I drove in the '70s was a Pontaic station wagon. It had a 455 engine and a two barrel carb. Thirsty around town, but on the road (at ~80 MPH) it got exceptionally good mileage. I think a '72 model, just before EPA grew teeth.

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jwmelvin said:
Like @Brento I am also in the market for one. Would you share a little of your search and decision on which one to buy?
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:oops: It is best that people that actually know about this, chime in... seriously, I am clueless...

I just saw it for less than 100.00 and bought it. No idea if it is a good one or what... Everything else I saw was over 150.00 + shipping... I knew I wanted something with threaded holes to make it easier to secure stuff to it...

Oh, and I do not have a grinder :eek 2:
 
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I mean realistically i need 2 sin plates. I should run a mag one on the grinder and the other would be for the mill.
 
wachuko said:
I am clueless...
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I feel the same way. It’s not all that easy to inspect and qualify these things. I suppose one could compare against a sine bar. Was your used or new?
 
jwmelvin said:
I feel the same way. It’s not all that easy to inspect and qualify these things. I suppose one could compare against a sine bar. Was your used or new?
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Used. Most of this stuff I need to buy used.
 
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