FA Inca 250 Table Saw Outstanding Condition

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[Luigi Zanasi]

You mean Black & Decker bought Inca & painted everything yellow?

[Robatoy]

If that company was still around, I'd be all over it like white on rice.

[Lobby Dosser]

Are they really gone, or is it just the US suppliers? Garrett Wade, IIRC, said something about declining quality as a reason for dropping them. There also used to be a west coast supplier in the LA area.

[John Moorhead]

Hello there!

I saw an Inca saw on ebay and did some research... My concerns (and reason for not bidding) was 1) parts and 2 ) parts... As near as I could tell, the arbor wasn't the standard 5/8, which makes sense, since its a euro saw... I didn't want to risk not being able to get a blade at Safeway, Wal Mart, etc. if the need arose...

As for Garrett Wade, I don't think it was a quality issue, it had to do with safety regs. The saw, as you see (there's a limrick here somewhere) has a tilting table, rather than a tilting arbor, and I think that new saws with tilting tables were illegal for import or distribution. Low sales were an issue too, I am sure... Cutting a bevel on a board looks to be a real PITA on a saw like this....

Anyway, hope this helps. Didn't Inca also make Bandsaws??

John Moorhead

[Robatoy]

Yup. One of the peculiarities of their bandsaw was that the blade ran on the edge of the wheels with the teeth hanging over the edge. I can't find a thing about them in Switzerland either. Me thinks they are gone the way of Elu...

[Lobby Dosser]

Their newer saws had a tilting arbor, so I don't think that could be the issue. And yes, a tilting table is a PITA. I have an old Shopsmith. I don't think tilting tables can be illegal, since Shopsmith still makes their machines and the table on the Shopsmith *has* to tilt, since it is direct drive and there is no way to tilt the motor.

FWW reviewed the newer Inca TS about five years ago.

Just checked the Garrett Wade site - the issue was cost.

They did. I have their Euro 260 model - 8" with 6" resaw. Blades are appx. 72" and readily available. It is a great saw. Older printings of the Duzginski (sp?) Bandsaw book use the Inca in many of the resaw photographs. Got mine years ago from a supplier in LA whose name I can't recall.

[Lobby Dosser]

They moved their woodworking operation to France. My bandsaw was built there.

[Robatoy]

Mark Duginske and Karl Eichorn wrote a book called The Inca Woodworking Machinery Handbook. 1984 ISBN 3-906495 01 9 I'm looking at an original as I type. Best book I have seen on the topics it covers. I bought it from Lee Valley 20 years ago and have used it as my main reference. The book covers an Inca 20" three-wheeler bandsaw as well as a smaller two-wheeler. I always dreamt of owning an Inca shaper, a real sweet piece. I guess I can now put that dream in the same box as that Bentley Continental R.