"New" band saw in the shop

[rvieceli]

So I've been thinking about adding a band saw to my shop and have been cruising Craigslist and other places for a while. Happened across an online auction for a closed facility about 200 miles from home. When the auction closed on Tuesday this week I managed to come away with this beauty. A 1974 Powermatic 20 inch model 81 in reasonable shape. This is the shot from the auction catalog.

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So I grabbed a U haul and picked it up yesterday. Getting it on the trailer was a snap since they had a rigger with a forklift. We just had to strap it down.

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Getting it off was an adventure for my best friend and I. Thing weighs in around 800 pounds. But we made it. Here it is sitting in the shop waiting to be cleaned up a bit. We removed the table to make it slightly lighter. getting it off the trailer.

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Bonus points because it matches my 1969 Powermatic 66 cabinet saw.

Ron

 

[Alanbach]

That looks like an awesome find! Congratulations! They definitely don’t build them like that anymore! If you need to have a new dust outlet made call Oneida. They will match the screw hole pattern and then make the outlet whatever size you need.

 

[Dogberryjr]

Would it be rude to ask what it went for?

 

[rvieceli]

Would it be rude to ask what it went for?

Depends, you've got to remember that for a regular machinery auction place the winning bid is just the beginning of the charges. Since they are a real company and like to stay out of trouble with the state, there's the 9% for state and local taxes where I bought it. the auction house adds their fee to the buyers end, this one was plus 18% of the bid.

Then if you can't hand carry it out, the auction house usually adds a rigging fee too. That fee depends on the complexity of the move and usually is $50 to 150 or more. This one was 150 but kind of worth it. The unit was on the second floor production line and didn't fit into the elevator without a lot a finagling. The rigger stripped the power feed off, disconnected all the electrical lines and dust collection and had it sitting by the outer door by the time I got there.

then you should probably factor in gas and mileage up and back, trailer rental or wear and tear on your own. Plus lunch for your helper and on and on.

Then when it's home you should maybe add up the time for running down or fabricating parts that you might need.

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