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   chills1994 | Nov 05, 2004 11:14pm | #1

   I bought an 18" General International BS about 3 yrs ago.  Paid about $1K, show price.  Gen. Int'l is their Taiwanese line.  So a lot of your 18" BS's out there look a lot like.

   Then I saw a mini-max at a show in the spring.  It was built like a tank.  It was an 18" or 20", not a 14".  They were asking $2K plus.

   If their 14" is built like their larger saws, you could pass it on to your great-great-grandkids.  Sounds like a good price.

   You can always check out OWWM.com on what to look for in a BS.

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   jc21 | Nov 06, 2004 12:32am | #2

   There's a good MiniMax owner's group http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MiniMax-USA/  worth joining if only for the info. Take's a little bit of time to get approval to join the group  but well worth it. Sounds like a good price .......... current S45's list for $1895. The S45 http://www.minimax-usa.com/s45.html is a heavier duty machine than my S14 (which is now the smallest machine they sell) and has a larger resaw capacity- 12" vs 8", more power etc. If I could have found the same deal, I would have jumped at it in a heartbeat.

   
   

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   Edited 11/5/2004 5:35 pm ET by jc