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Tools you waited too long to acquire

ColinB

Member
My little 5x6 horizontal/vertical bandsaw gets used a lot. Recently I was making some lathe dolly wheels and the only suitable stock I had was a 15x2" disk of steel (I've had it for about 10 years, from a salvaged glass beveller.) It lead me to make a much larger (plywood) table for the bandsaw, which attaches easily and hangs on the wall when I don't need it.
 

Janger

(John)
Administrator
Vendor
My little 5x6 horizontal/vertical bandsaw gets used a lot. Recently I was making some lathe dolly wheels and the only suitable stock I had was a 15x2" disk of steel (I've had it for about 10 years, from a salvaged glass beveller.) It lead me to make a much larger (plywood) table for the bandsaw, which attaches easily and hangs on the wall when I don't need it.
Pictures of that table?
 

LenVW

Process Machinery Designer
Premium Member
Revisiting my machining days in the 1980s . . .
I have to admit the best purchase for me was my KING Mill.
It has allowed me to revisit experiences from my youth and test the boundaries of the tooling that I have had collecting dust for years.

Thanks Guys, for all your advice along the way !!
 

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