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busbus

08/02/2011 5:43 PM

Holy heck--what do you use this beast for?

18" American Sawmill Table Saw

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html


This thing is HUGE. The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
to buy it because it seems so cool.


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Sonny

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

08/02/2011 6:41 PM

That's Paul Bunyon's saw, the green "Babe" model.

Sonny

JP

Jay Pique

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

09/02/2011 5:11 PM

On Feb 8, 8:43=A0pm, busbus <bus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 18" American Sawmill Table Saw
>
> http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html
>
> This thing is HUGE. =A0The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
> or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
> to buy it because it seems so cool.

Depends on what you want to build as a weekend woodworker - for
ripping 3" jarrah stair treads it'd be great!
JP

PB

Pat Barber

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

09/02/2011 10:44 AM

It was built and designed for non-stop daily continuous
use. This is a real piece of American history no longer
built but still a really fine piece of equipment.

On 2/8/2011 8:43 PM, busbus wrote:
> 18" American Sawmill Table Saw
>
> http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html
>
>
> This thing is HUGE. The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
> or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
> to buy it because it seems so cool.

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

10/02/2011 3:48 AM

In article <44cbe311-8b00-4b33-b23a-
aec3ab0c367d@z31g2000vbs.googlegroups.com>, JayPique@hotmail.com says...
>
> On Feb 8, 8:43 pm, busbus <bus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 18" American Sawmill Table Saw
> >
> > http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html
> >
> > This thing is HUGE.  The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
> > or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
> > to buy it because it seems so cool.
>
> Depends on what you want to build as a weekend woodworker - for
> ripping 3" jarrah stair treads it'd be great!

It will swing a 3 inch wide dado and rip 4x4s. What's not to like about
it? Big downsides I can see other than parts availability are that it
needs 3-phase power (and lots of it) and blades aren't going to be
cheap.

I suspect that it will either teach you proper technique or kill you
trying though--with that much power it's capable of _serious_ kickback.

SM

"SBH"

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

08/02/2011 8:56 PM


"busbus" <busbus@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:2b6e386d-906c-4c52-8ea4-15041b1dc6c6@g10g2000vbv.googlegroups.com...
> 18" American Sawmill Table Saw
>
> http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html
>
>
> This thing is HUGE. The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
> or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
> to buy it because it seems so cool.


To cut the body parts into little pieces making them easier to hide.

ME

Martin Eastburn

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

08/02/2011 10:24 PM

Might be for tapers. Odd.

Martin

On 2/8/2011 7:43 PM, busbus wrote:
> 18" American Sawmill Table Saw
>
> http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html
>
>
> This thing is HUGE. The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
> or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
> to buy it because it seems so cool.

PB

Pat Barber

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

09/02/2011 11:09 AM

Here is a little history on the company with some
more pictures...

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=36

They made "many" very large pieces of equipment.


On 2/8/2011 8:43 PM, busbus wrote:
> 18" American Sawmill Table Saw
>
> http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html
>
>
> This thing is HUGE. The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
> or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
> to buy it because it seems so cool.

Gc

Goose

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

08/02/2011 7:22 PM

Darn, only a 16" saw blade on the 18" saw. I'd buy it if it had an
18" blade....

JG

"John Grossbohlin"

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

09/02/2011 5:51 PM


"Pat Barber" <mboceanside@att.net> wrote in message
news:c%y4p.48193$qj7.24283@newsfe02.iad...
> Here is a little history on the company with some
> more pictures...
>
> http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=36
>
> They made "many" very large pieces of equipment.
>
>
> On 2/8/2011 8:43 PM, busbus wrote:
>> 18" American Sawmill Table Saw
>>
>> http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html
>>
>>
>> This thing is HUGE. The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
>> or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
>> to buy it because it seems so cool.

Cool works... it would go well with my 36" Crescent bandsaw... ;~)

John

kk

"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"

in reply to busbus on 08/02/2011 5:43 PM

08/02/2011 8:01 PM

On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:43:26 -0800 (PST), busbus <busbus@gmail.com> wrote:

>18" American Sawmill Table Saw
>
>http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2203465994.html
>
>
>This thing is HUGE. The smarter part of me knows this thing is more-
>or-less useless for a weekend woodworker but another part of me wants
>to buy it because it seems so cool.

7-1/2HP? Yeah, I'd say it was useless, at least for this weekend woodworker.


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