Well it was like Christmas today. I have been waiting for my Christmas present since the middle of November. Two band saws later I have a LT16HD setting in my garage. I tried an 18" Rikon but it was not what I was looking for. Anyway the saw arrived today and was pallet jacked into my garage. It's heavy and built like a tank. It was bolted to a skid and covered with a card board box and banded. No visible signs of damage and all was well after removing all of the packaging. I ordered this saw with the Laguna mobility kit which works like a charm and with its wheeled lift and steering bar I can see it being used to move more equipment around the shop. Like many saws I had to mount the table and it was heavy, 60 to 80 lbs would be my guess. I also had to mound the motor, the 4.5 TEFC Baldor motor. Also heavy, my guess is 80+ lbs. The motor is 14" long not including the shaft and pulley and 10" wide at its widest point. I had to remove it and clock it 180 degrees after noticing that I would never be able to get to its grease fittings if left mounted like the picture indicated. Of course the table had to be removed again to aid with aligning the motor mounting bolts. It is certainly a two man job to mound that motor both times. :~) The table was wrapped in plastic and was the only piece covered in goo that needed to be cleaned. Upon closer inspection I noticed that the lower guide ceramic thrust bearing was missing. I looked every where for the missing piece and finally discovered that the brake micro switch was not actually as large as I had previously thought. Next to the micro switch and setting on the brake bar was the ceramic thrust bearing. Whew. Tomorrow I have to get a 10-3 power cord to attach to the terminal at the back of the saw and fire it up. I'll post some pictures on a.p.b.w.
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18 years ago