Ok, I have wanted forever to have a shop, and I am prolly putting the horse before the cart and I know that I am going to hear both sides here. I called a number I saw in the want ads for some little piece of machinery and ended up buying a craftsman radial arm saw for 250. I mentioned I would like to find a bandsaw and he had a friend who just bought a house with a complete workshop in it and was selling his 14" Grizzly. Called him, bought it for $175. He said he was going to sell his Jet 6" planer, looked new, got it for $200. Said he had a Rockwell table saw at the new house that he was going to sell, prolly for $300. Going to take him the money for the jointer Saturday, and then go look at the TS. As this is an "older" man who bought a house from an "older" man and both were using the equipment, I feel pretty OK about buying this equipment, but would like some suggestions on what to look for on the TS. I thought that by buying used, I could recover some, if not most of my investment if it does not turn out to be what I want to do and I could always sell and upgrade. Thank you in advance. David.
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19 years ago