Yesterday evening I took delivery of a bouncing new baby Laguna bandsaw. The baby is a 14″ model, has a 1″ Resaw King blade, and weighs in at 230 lbs.
The delivery truck deposited the crate in my drive way and at 325 lbs I needed help. I contacted a local trucking company in a panic (snow was treatening and it was almost dark) and the lady said her husband would come right after his day job at 9pm. He and her arrived and made short work of moving the saw into the basement.
He then says: “You could probably use some help setting this up?” and grabs his tool box from the truck, sets right to work, assembling the stand, installing the table and setting it all up in place. All I need now is an electrician to run a 220 volt line for me and I’ll be able to start making sawdust!
This lad turns out to be a serious woodworker, works at a local hardwear store by day and cabinetwork and trucking by night. We spent the next hour comparing notes, he checking out my neat carving tools, most of which he’ only seen in catalogues and magazines, (like the Laguna, only in magazine adverts) and my projects. We agree to do some horse trading, I’ll teach him ship modelling and carving here in my shop and he’ll teach me cabinetry and help me build that Fine Tool Chest, in his shop.
What a night, just like Christmas, recieving and assembling new toys and making new friends.
Happy Easter one and all!
Regards,
Bob
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Congratulations on the new addition to the family. Have you picked a name yet?
...it's never too early to think about a "gifted" program in your local "tool" district for the new arrival...(snicker!)
tony b.
i don't want you to get yourself in trouble, but if you're smart enough to set up and use that bandsaw, you're more than sharp enough to run a 220v line to it. if you don't have any unusual mechanical circumstances and do have a clear run to the panel, it's actually a very simple process. i'm not an electrician but i've done it a number of times. if you're familiar with things like the master shutoff switch in the breaker panel, plugging a 2-pole breaker into a vacant slot, etc, you should have no problem at all.
i was in exactly your situation some years ago (ok, it was a tablesaw) and after calling a few electricians and finding none willing to bother with such a simple job, i just figured it out myself. as soon as i was finished i wondered what the heck was such a big deal. let me know and i'll walk you through it.
m
What a great new toy, and fantastic new friend!! Congrats. (Now we all know where the Easter Bunny went first, LOL!)
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
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