A gloat and a regret

[radhak]

Saw this advt on CL today :

2 delta table unisaw 10" blade $250.00ea.obo
...<other things that did not interest me>
...
1 poster cable dove tail omni jib 24 $75.00obo
...
...

So I ran straight out and grabbed that Omni.

It's the earlier version (7216, instead of the new 77240), but still cheap at $75! Somebody could enlighten me how much better the newer version is.

The regret is that he's selling two Unisaws for - get this - $250!!! He's got a Beis fence on it, that he might let go at the same time (I think). But I got no space in my garage ... sigh...! I didn't look too closely (I wanted to avoid a heartburn), but it looked very much like this : http://www.hechinger.com/hardware/to...-36-831la.html.

[Ed62]

C-Man's coming up to Terre Haute. I wonder if I can get him to throw them in the back of the truck?

Ed

[Stan]

radhak,
A most excellent score on that omnijig. Definitely one of those items you grab as fast as you can when you find it.
You may want to invest in a few shear pins for the handles as they will need replacing with much use of the jig. Large finish nails will work in a pinch, DAMHIKT.

Stan

[just started]

For $250 each I'd find SOMEWHERE to store them for a short time and even if I couldn't keep one for myself and had to sell them both, the triple what I paid would be good enough.

[JSUPreston]

Who cares if you've got room....UNISAWS...FOR $250. NEED I YELL ANY LOUDER!!!!

Seriously, if I were you, I would try to make room for one and sell the other. You could easily pay for both saws by reselling one of them.

[poolhound]

Who cares if you've got room....UNISAWS...FOR $250. NEED I YELL ANY LOUDER!!!!

Seriously, if I were you, I would try to make room for one and sell the other. You could easily pay for both saws by reselling one of them.

I agree, assuming they work OK find the room!!!

[crokett]

I don't have room either, even for one. For Unisaws at that price I'd find room. Then I'd resell them both and double my money (at least).

[Hoover]

I would find the room somehow. You don't run across deals like that very often.

[shoottx]

If they are still available I'll drive over from Texas to pick them up!

[radhak]

Seeing that so many of you would think less of me for passing this over, I thunk about it deeply, and decided I'm ready to make drastic spatial changes in my workshop to try and get a Unisaw there.

But I called the guy just now, and - no, it's not sold, still available - he tells me the saw is 220v, 3-phase. Now I am an ignoramus in the electric area, but I remember it mentioned here that a 3-phase is a pain for the home-workshop.

I did get more details from him on the phone. He had bought the shop with the saw some years ago, so he was not very sure of the 3phase thing, he did give me the model # : Delta Platinum Unisaw 36-955, 32" fence. I tried searching, looks like it might be older than google (not too difficult) - not much online; but whatever I found seems to indicate it's a single-phase saw. How do I find out better, short of going over there in person? Come to think of it, even if I go there, what do I look for to check 1-phase/3-phase?

I know that I'd need to put in a 220volt outlet in my garage; could it be a 3-phase too? A colleague says I could change the motor itself. Is that an option?
While I'm asking, a saw this big should still be viable for a mobile base, right?

[OpaDC]

You might want to look at this thread from another forum.

thread

[radhak]

Thanks Opa. That post too seems to indicate this machine is a single-phase...

[JSUPreston]

I guess it's possible that someone swapped the original motor for a 3 phase. I don't know much about 3 phase except I have it here in my datacenter, and I won't touch it. I have enough trouble understanding residential electrical without going into some of that stuff.

That being said, even if it is 3 phase, you could probably swap the motor to a single phase. I was so interested in what you said about the saw that I looked up the location. It would take me 3 tanks of gas round trip and about 24 hours of driving to get to the saw, decide if I liked it, and going back home. I decided I'd leave it for you.

[poolhound]

here is a link to the manual. it says the motor is single phase but it is 220/240V.

http://www.dewaltservicenet.com/docu...4-651-0054.pdf

[Uncle Cracker]

If it's 220V single-phase, your house has that. If it's three-phase, it is unlikely you will have that available. Your options in that case would be to use either a variable-frequency drive or a rotary phase converter to simulate three-phase, and both of those options are expensive.