If they are good enough for Paul Sellers, they are good enough for me. Take a look at uTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki8tt-VjwqI
They did a bunch of medium and high end woodworking tools for a few years in the early nineties. It's hard to find a store that sells quality woodworking tools, I have a rockler? and a woodcraft stores about a hour from me so mostly when something is needed I just order it off the web.
My son has been using more of my wood tools the last few years than me, I have a Powermatic 66 tablesaw that hasn't been spun in 5+ years.:sadface:
I just don't have the time for another hobbie at this point in life.
I hear ya. My little wood shop is almost entirely populated with 1960s vintage Craftsman equipment ...a couple Delta Rockwell products and a German scroll saw excepted. You can't buy this kind of stuff any more.. ;-( And my son has shown little interest in any of it...
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I just sold that exact craftsman table saw for $75 to get rid of it after I bought a new Delta. I was amazed how hard it was to sell, it was in great condition.
That scroll saw a Hegner?
Yep..A Hegner..good eye.
Scrolling isn't my thing but I almost bought one at an auction a few years ago but there was one other person there that knew what it was worth.
I also have a lot of old machinery. My core machine is an old AMT 12" table saw with a 52" Vega fence. I have a new garage/shop that is super insulated, has epoxy on floor and painted sheet rock. My problem is that I have been tasked with making vanities, cupboards, bookcases, huge light boxes, etc, etc. I never had a chance to set up the shop or totally move out of the old one. Therefore I work on sawhorses, big box that holds m yet to be assembled tool chest. I bet I spend a third of my time looking for tools and shuffling stuff about. It's sad that I don't feel one bit less frustrated after complaining about it.
I'll have to put off projects and get it organized
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Yep..A Hegner..good eye.
That table saw is a beast. It must weight 200 pounds. Cast iron table..as you would know. I put a 3.5 HP 220V motor on it.
Radial arm saw, band saw, big table saw, joiner, and the compound miter saw are all Craftsman. Drill press and wood lathe are Delta Rockwell. Small table saw is a POS Skil. Table router/shaper is Bosch.
Friend of mine in 7D was trying to sell a Craftsman radial arm, table saw and band saw all for $300!!! no takers. What the heck is with this generation of no-skill people?
I also have a lot of old machinery. My core machine is an old AMT 12" table saw with a 52" Vega fence. I have a new garage/shop that is super insulated, has epoxy on floor and painted sheet rock. My problem is that I have been tasked with making vanities, cupboards, bookcases, huge light boxes, etc, etc. I never had a chance to set up the shop or totally move out of the old one. Therefore I work on sawhorses, big box that holds m yet to be assembled tool chest. I bet I spend a third of my time looking for tools and shuffling stuff about. It's sad that I don't feel one bit less frustrated after complaining about it.
I'll have to put off projects and get it organized
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Most of my big equipment is Powermatic ( a 66 cabinet saw, 8" jointer and a 15" planner and my other is Delta Commercial line, a 20" bandsaw, and lathe. And a 24" Craftsman Scroll. It's a double arm with a huge table that had great rating when Sears sold it, I don't know who built them for Sears back then.
I started with a 12" Powermatic tablesaw with 6' worth of cast iron table but it was way more saw than I would ever need or use so I kept the extra cast ext and sold it for what I paid for a new 66 with the 52" biesemeyer fence. If I was to do it over again I would get the Vega micro adj fence. I like that thumb wheels.. it beats bumping the fence back and forth.