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Post by perkins17 on Aug 20, 2021 21:25:20 GMT -5
My rock club has occasional sales for used equipment and I saw a 75 USD saw at the latest sale. What would be a reasonable price for a 6 inch or bigger lapidary saw?
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 20, 2021 21:50:02 GMT -5
You can get a brand new 7" wet tile saw from Lowes for $57.58 to use as a trim saw. Granted it isn't the SAME as a dedicated lapidary saw, but I know a lot of members use them. (I do - and I think I paid around $75 for the one I got.) - I also have a 10" wet tile saw from Harbor Freight for my slab saw...it cost around $300ish. I know that doesn't answer your question per se...but I bet the members who would have a good idea on prices for lapidary equipment might have a better idea of "value" if they knew the type/manufacturer of the saws...  |
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 20, 2021 21:54:53 GMT -5
I don't know the manufacturer but I found a 45 dollar Skil saw on craigslist and saw how small of cuts it could make and decided against it.
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 20, 2021 21:55:04 GMT -5
Thank you!
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catskillrocks
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since July 2008
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Post by catskillrocks on Aug 20, 2021 21:57:16 GMT -5
I think that that is a pretty fair
price; I just checked new brand
name 6" trim saws selling from
$500 - $300 new; used $295. I
started out with a Home Depot
7" tile saw that worked out very
well. In fact a lot of us started
out this way. They are usually
under $100. So unless it is in
really bad shape, $75 seems fair.
This is my opinion.
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catskillrocks
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by catskillrocks on Aug 20, 2021 22:00:10 GMT -5
I don't know the manufacturer but I found a 45 dollar Skil saw on craigslist and saw how small of cuts it could make and decided against it. Keep in mind, a 6" slab saw can only cut up to about 2" - 2.25" rock; the 7" tile saw maybe up to 2.75" rock. EDIT: Keep in mind, the new tile saw such as jasoninsd mentioned will have a brand new blade. |
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 20, 2021 22:04:53 GMT -5
I think that that is a pretty fair price; I just checked new brand name 6" trim saws selling from $500 - $300 new; used $295. I started out with a Home Depot 7" tile saw that worked out very well. In fact a lot of us started out this way. They are usually under $100. So unless it is in really bad shape, $75 seems fair. This is my opinion. Ok, thank you! I might ask that member of it is still available. I practically spent my entire wallet so it wasn't an option at the time. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 20, 2021 22:13:08 GMT -5
I don't know the manufacturer but I found a 45 dollar Skil saw on craigslist and saw how small of cuts it could make and decided against it. Keep in mind, a 6" slab saw can only cut up to about 2" - 2.25" rock; the 7" tile saw maybe up to 2.75" rock. EDIT: Keep in mind, the new tile saw such as jasoninsd mentioned will have a brand new blade. Don, that's a good point to keep in mind the depth of cut. In my opinion...which is just that...my 7" saw is rarely good for anything other than cutting preforms... |
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rewdownunder
spending too much on rocks
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Post by rewdownunder on Aug 20, 2021 23:55:56 GMT -5
Keep in mind a large part of the value of a rock saw is in the blade. If a used saw is going to need a a new blade right away it is going to cost up to 30% of the value of a new saw for a good lapidary blade. You need to check how much diamond is remaining on the cutting surface and make sure the blade runs true and is not dished or bent. I check out a lot of equipment donated to our club shop and very few saws come to us with usable blades. Do not worry about rust on a blade. That is easy to deal with. I started with a tile saw someone used for one project and then put it out on trash day. I put a new $75 blade on it and have cut 100s of agates over the last 15 years.
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