Old Busy bee bandsaw

[SimonM]

I’ve been on the hunt for a bandsaw for a while. All that was within my budget was used 5x6 but I couldn’t get myself to buy one because it wasn’t what I wanted.

Until today, born in 1987 and well (ab)used, at 200$ including an extra brand new Lennox blade, I couldn’t pass.

It appears to work well but I’m sure I’ll end up investing way too much time into it.

 

[RobinHood]

It appears to work well but I’m sure I’ll end up investing way too much time into it.

Look at it as “getting to know the tool well”. That is always time worth investing.

 

[YotaBota]

It appears to work well but I’m sure I’ll end up investing way too much time into it.

That's what I said about my truck lol.

 

[Swharfin']

A worthy investment/project

 

[YYCHM]

What size is this one?

 

[Tom Kitta]

Looks like 7x10 of some strange style or similar - if it is something close to that size then $200 was a total steal.

 

[SimonM]

No tag on it but I think it’s a 7x12 from my measurements.

 

[Dabbler]

nice!

 

[historicalarms]

Your gonna like it big time I bet. I was given a 4x6 metal bandsaw by a shop foreman that characterized it as a "wore out piece of junk" that you can have for hauling it away...and he helped me load it too.
That was at least 25 yrs ago and I have never done a thing to that saw except change blades...and it has cut thousands of inches of iron, wood, plastic & aluminum.
P.A. is where I buy all my blades and think that the bit extra for bi-metal blades is money well spent...1/3 the cost over the plain HSS but 3 times the lifespan.