Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 13, 2016 10:55:02 GMT -5
A couple months ago, we drove down to Harrisville, about 45 minutes away, and ordered a new chair for our den. My wife picked a fabric pattern she liked, but a couple days later the store called and said that the company no longer made that pattern. They were going to be in town the next day, so they offered to send some samples up to us. The owner dropped the samples at our house as I was in the garage cutting rocks. We started talking and he told me that he had an old saw that he was no longer using and asked if I wanted it. Of course I told him that I'd take it off his hands for him.
So today the chair was delivered along with the saw. I wasn't expecting much and I don't really need a saw. I have a ten inch Fran-Tom that I'm using as a trim saw and a ten inch Lortone that I use for slabbing. I also have an eight inch GemLap trim saw that I'm not currently using. So my expectations were low, but to my surprise it was a saw that I've been wanting for a long time. I'm pretty sure it's a GemLap. I think it's the same model that Drummond Island Rocks recently bought. The cool thing about it is that the arbor is at the same level as the table, so the blade makes a 90 degree angle with the table. I like to cut shapes, such as the shape of Michigan, out of stones, so this makes it possible without using a ramp to get the table perpendicular to the blade. In other words, the blade cuts at about the same depth on the top and the bottom of the slab. With other saws, the bottom cuts in deeper.
It needs a new blade and some cleaning, but here it is:
The great part about this is that I didn't have to stress over eBay bidding, I didn't have to go pick it up, I didn't have to install eye bolts in my garage or have wenches at my house, and I didn't have to pay anything for it. It must be the lucky week for Rob and captbob .
So today the chair was delivered along with the saw. I wasn't expecting much and I don't really need a saw. I have a ten inch Fran-Tom that I'm using as a trim saw and a ten inch Lortone that I use for slabbing. I also have an eight inch GemLap trim saw that I'm not currently using. So my expectations were low, but to my surprise it was a saw that I've been wanting for a long time. I'm pretty sure it's a GemLap. I think it's the same model that Drummond Island Rocks recently bought. The cool thing about it is that the arbor is at the same level as the table, so the blade makes a 90 degree angle with the table. I like to cut shapes, such as the shape of Michigan, out of stones, so this makes it possible without using a ramp to get the table perpendicular to the blade. In other words, the blade cuts at about the same depth on the top and the bottom of the slab. With other saws, the bottom cuts in deeper.
It needs a new blade and some cleaning, but here it is:
The great part about this is that I didn't have to stress over eBay bidding, I didn't have to go pick it up, I didn't have to install eye bolts in my garage or have wenches at my house, and I didn't have to pay anything for it. It must be the lucky week for Rob and captbob .
