Yard sale bargains

[GerryinBelleRiver]

Been looking a while for a portable band saw and noticed one that was going to be available at a yard sale this morning. No price was listed and the ad said no early birds. Knowing how these things work I went early anyway. I did not feel bad about it as there were a half dozen other guys already milling around the tables.

Long story short I picked up a barely used Milwaukee deep cut saw and 6 new blades for $75. Lucky l went early as another guy arrived a couple of minutes later looking for the saw.

Also picked up a Proto torque wrench for $40 and a set of Proto socket allen wrenches for $2.

Obviously I did not haggle over the prices

will be looking to build an auxiliary table and stand for the saw. Gwen, a.k.a. Blonde hacks did a good looking one I may copy

So far today, life is good

 

[whydontu]

Score!

Build a table for the saw, you’ll be surprised how often you’ll use it. Don’t use it to cut frozen salmon…

 

[DavidR8]

Sweet score!
I'm going to build a table for mine also.

 

[Everett]

Lol @whydontu, I can sense a back story here somewhere . . .

Nice score, @GerryinBelleRiver!

 

[LenVW]

Who had the sale ?
Was he a contractor clearing out his tools ?

I have been looking for a porta-band for months.
Likely getting a NEW one this week.

 

[GerryinBelleRiver]

Len : Just some guy about my age who was moving into a condo. He told me several other guys had put stuff in the sale.

 

[phaxtris]

Holy crap that's a deal! Those Milwaukee's go for like 300 ish bucks right now

 

[LenVW]

Lucky you !!
Sounds like a good haul !!

 

[Tom Kitta]

Wow, that was cheap.

 

[6.5 Fan]

Great score, i could put one of those to use.

 

[Tomc938]

Awesome score!!! Great brand.

(FYI: Blondihacks is "Quinn" - I enjoy her videos - especially how. she shows when she screws up. I think everyone else leaves that on the cutting room floor)

 

[GerryinBelleRiver]

Thanks for the name correction Tom. Haven't the faintest why I called her Gwen.

 

[Mcgyver]

Score!

Build a table for the saw, you’ll be surprised how often you’ll use it. Don’t use it to cut frozen salmon…

tell me about it, the wife thinks the oil and chips detract!

Nice score Gerry

 

[Former Member]

Score!

Build a table for the saw, you’ll be surprised how often you’ll use it. Don’t use it to cut frozen salmon…

This raises a question.....how do you know not to cut frozen salmon....just asking for a friend

 

[whydontu]

This raises a question.....how do you know not to cut frozen salmon....just asking for a friend

Related things I know:

> a 7 pound sockeye salmon is too much for two people
> regular kitchen knives won’t cut a frozen salmon
> a Portaband with a 14tpi blade cuts frozen salmon at about the same feed rate as 6061 aluminum
> salmon sawdust clumps
> salmon sawdust has no smell for at least a day or so
> human females, on average, are more sensitive to odours than male human machinists
> once salmon sawdust starts to smell, the funkiness increases as a function of mass, ambient temperature, and time. I believe the formula is Pong = kg * degrees C^2 * Time

I should ask Susquatch to confirm the math…

 

[Former Member]

 

[LenVW]

I would suggest thoroughly cleaning and sanitizing your saw blade - FIRST.
Those metal chips are not good in TARTER SAUCE.

 

[calgaryguy]

Related things I know:
> a Portaband with a 14tpi blade cuts frozen salmon at about the same feed rate as 6061 aluminum

"Seemed like a good idea at the time"!

 

[Susquatch]

Related things I know:

> a 7 pound sockeye salmon is too much for two people
> regular kitchen knives won’t cut a frozen salmon
> a Portaband with a 14tpi blade cuts frozen salmon at about the same feed rate as 6061 aluminum
> salmon sawdust clumps
> salmon sawdust has no smell for at least a day or so
> human females, on average, are more sensitive to odours than male human machinists
> once salmon sawdust starts to smell, the funkiness increases as a function of mass, ambient temperature, and time. I believe the formula is Pong = kg * degrees C^2 * Time

I should ask Susquatch to confirm the math…

I believe the temperature coefficient needs to be corrected to degrees Rankin above freezing with a 2nd order function for degrees above freezing and below cremation.

Thanks for explaining that the speed and power of smell depends on the gender of the sniffer. Do you have any data besides the male ear and shoulder droop effect that could be used to determine an appropriate adjustment factor for that?

 

[whydontu]

I believe the temperature coefficient needs to be corrected to degrees Rankin above freezing with a 2nd order function for degrees above freezing and below cremation.

Thanks for explaining that the speed and power of smell depends on the gender of the sniffer. Do you have any data besides the male ear and shoulder droop effect that could be used to determine an appropriate adjustment factor for that?

Always site your sources. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381007/

So the formula needs to be split into Pong(f) and Pong(m) and a suitable conversion factor calculated