You can install a larger pulley to get more speed ! Use it and throw it away! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Mingear" <dennisming...@yahoo.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:55 PM Subject: Re: KR> tools/ observations of life
> Problem is you have to find a source of old tools to get the "good" stuff > nowadays. As far as I know almost everything is made in China now, even if > you pay more for it. The problem started a few years back when people quit > buying quality and started buying at a specific price point, that is, the > cheaper the better. You know, the Walmart sales strategy. When price > replaced quality, the flood gates opened and everyone started following > the same marketing model. I hate it, but that's where we are now. > > The Chinese bandsaw that was mentioned earlier is alright, but you should > take it apart when you get it home and make sure that it's clean and ready > to use. These things fly out of the factory so fast that they don't have > time to clean the molding sand and other manufacturing "artifacts" out of > them before they are shipped. And it will not be the best tool for working > wood, you need more blade speed for that type of stuff, but you can get by > with it if you have to. > > Denny ... > > larry flesner <fles...@midwest.net> wrote: > . Buy the best even if you have to save up. I have a drill press made by > Rockwell that is 37 years old, and still very much serviceable. >>Bob Stone, > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > I've been jotting down some "Observations of Life" for the past few > years and one reads: > > "Buy a good tool, use it for life. Buy a cheap tool, cuss it for life." > > Enough said? > > Speaking of getting parts from Sears, I broke the "blade washer" on > my circular saw last week and it's so old that Sears no longer stocks > parts for it! D*M# !!! Turns out it was made by Ryobi about 35 years > ago. > > Larry Flesner > Carterville, Illinois > 211LF @ 136 hours > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > "I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the > monkey patriotic." > > Scott Ritter > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
