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Woodworker greetings and a heads-up

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karl jr

Hi, everyone.

I have not posted in quite some time, so I figured I better do so.

I've been on an woodworking-machinery and tool acquisition streak for about 7 weeks. It started with a 1984 Craftsman bandsaw, intended for rounding my bowls blanks and sguaring my spindle blanks. It's a little small for serious milling, but works fine for prepping blanks for my Jet 1220VS. Soon after getting that, I got a line on a Bett-Marr 14" bandsaw (not the 3 wheeled model). I had to have it, since it's wheel housing has Hopkins embossed on it, and that's where it lived. (I'm still working on the deal.) Then the floodgates opened up. I grabbed a 1957 Powermatic 6" joiner, a 1984 Rockwell contractor saw, a Delta blower/impeller, and a newer Craftsman bandsaw.

So I'm selling the older Craftsman, and the first place I've offered it is here on WoodCentral's Marketplace. Take a look at the offer, and tell me what you think.

Then, things really started getting serious. I'm in play for a Delta Unisaw. Not sure of it's date of manufacture, yet.

Interspersed throughout all of that, I've also got my hands on 15 Brink & Cotton 6" clamps, half a dozen Jorgenson pipe clamps, a handful of Jorgenson bar clamps, and an old Delta-Rockwell miter gauge. 

It's been a busy month and a half :-)

-Karl

Re: Woodworker greetings and a heads-up

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Sounds like you have done very well. Congratulations on your great purchases.

Re: Woodworker greetings and a heads-up

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karl jr

Thanks. The majority of the stuff I listed came from the leftovers of an estate sale. The owner was a cabinet maker for the the Science Museum of Minnesota, named Mike Peterson. His neighbor told me Mr. Peterson acquired them as the museum upgraded their machinery to more modern equipment, like Sawstop table saws. I met his son and talked with hm several times while I loaded and hauled away all those wonderful machines, and the bunches of goodies too numerable to mention. Perhaps the best part of the experience is yet to come; getting to meet up with the son at some point in the future, to learn about his dad and the tools I'm now custodian of.

The hardest part of all of this is finding room for all of my new toys :-)

-Karl

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