Rescuing an Altendorf 45 for a local men's shed.

8/30/24, 7:11 AM #1

Maurice
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Tomorrow morning. Mission impossible.
A panel saw so deeply entrenched in a back yard shed with no access Jim that only a special team can hope to rescue it.
Your mission, to break the entire saw down in to liftable components and put on a trailer without ruining the grass.
Ignites fuse....cue theme tune.

It's a love job to help out the local men's shed. They got it for $200 in this crashed economy !
If I had room I would have bought it myself.
Condition? Excellent.

Re: Rescuing an Altendorf 45 for a local men's shed.

8/30/24, 7:27 AM #2

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If you can blow the roof off, I can help out. No disassembly required!

Re: Rescuing an Altendorf 45 for a local men's shed.

8/30/24, 8:50 AM Edited #3

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We will get back to you on that Wingco.
But sometimes the old ways are the best.
Going dark till 0800. Full mission report as information becomes available.
It's to late to back out now. It's all or nothing chaps.

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Field stripping an old weapon.

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Resistance is futile.

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It's interesting stripping a machine down.
You learn a lot about It's intrinsic build quality when you lift the skirts so to speak.
Altendorfs are very tough and accurate when new but they don't age so well.
The running rails are made of Bakelite and once that starts to wear unevenly its a slow death of accuracy. I don't know if they still use that system but it's not a Martin standard of quality.

Rescuing an Altendorf 45 for a local men's shed.

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