Brendon_t Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 That is a massive machine. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 3 hours ago, Tom King said: If you need a new resaw blade, I suggest a Woodmaster CT 1.3 TPI. It cuts fast and smooth. Wow, that blade is cheap. Carbide tooth blade for $.86 per inch. $150 for a 168" blade is a damn good price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Wow am I glad I didn't go pick it up. That table alone has to be pushing 100 pounds. Table upside down in a washing machine pan waiting for my evaporust delivery. Table before: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Is that the original fence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Yep, original fence. It's cast iron, and also heavy as all hell. Nothing on this machine is light. The fence rail is about 18 pounds. Got the trunnion off, wiped underneath gonna drop that in some evaporust. I wish I had a giant bath of this stuff that I could just drop everything in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Nice score Tom! Only downside I can think of is you can never move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Just now, Llama said: Nice score Tom! Only downside I can think of is you can never move! Because nobody will help me move my tools, or because my craigslist in this area is awesome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Just now, Tom Cancelleri said: Because nobody will help me move my tools, or because my craigslist in this area is awesome? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Just now, Llama said: Yes. Uhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Just now, Tom Cancelleri said: Uhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 ==>I've never heard of the brand MiniMax before. Ate they a European maker? MM is the North American distribution channel for Group SCM. The NA arm manages trade dress, sales and post-sales support. It's a second-tier Euro Mfgr... The brand raised it's visibility with William Ng switching to MM milling gear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Just now, hhh said: ==>I've never heard of the brand MiniMax before. Ate they a European maker? MM is the North American distribution channel for Group SCM. The NA arm manages trade dress, sales and post-sales support. The brand raised it's visibility with William Ng switching to MM milling gear... Ok HHH... Tell us for real... Did you Google that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Looking at the wheel shot, it doesn't look like it would be too hard to use a normal 3 arm bearing puller. If it's too deep, grab an appropriate sized deep socket that fits inside the bearing race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 ==>Did you Google that? Nope. Off the top of my head.... Sorry... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 23 minutes ago, hhh said: ==>Did you Google that? Nope. Off the top of my head.... Sorry... at google they say "did you HHH that?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 HHH doesn't do push ups, he does earth downs. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I heard HHH trained Chuck Norris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 This one's going downhill in a hurry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Different companies make different tools for MM. The bandsaws are made by Centauro in Italy, who also makes them for other companies with well known Euro names too. They're mostly different color paint with different names on them. You can tell by the overall outline. The blade I have came from bandsawbladesdirect, and the weld is perfect. It was $200.16 for a 14' 8" one for my machine. The guy I bought mine from had tried to put the maximum length blade on it, and it was tangled up inside the machine when I got it home. I ordered one in the middle of the length range, and it ran perfect right from the start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Get busy with that resto. I want to see the gleaming cast iron that's under all that crud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 My table has some sort of hard surface bonded to it. It's probably some ceramic. It shows a lot of use, but no deep scratches. I would think that mine is a lot older than this one, but it has an incomplete serial number on it. Whatever last digits that were supposed to be on it were never stamped into the metal, so I have no idea what year it is. I didn't care what mine looked like. I needed it to make money, so I just blew it out, did what had to be done, and put it to work. That wheel is cast iron, and I would hate to drop it or bang it on something to put a dent in an edge. This might be an interesting read: http://www.solowoodworker.com/mm/bandsaw.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 More info on Minimax. This is an email from Sam Blasco, their US sales guy. I looked into Minimax before buying my PM1500. Ultimately it came down to price for me. Hello Michael,Thanks for your inquiry about this fine line of Italian-made bandsaws... Mini Max is a division of the SCM Group, the largest manufacturer of precision woodworking machinery in the world! Here are some some details you might find useful. As you can probably guess, I regularly answer questions like, "What makes the MM-Series bandsaw stand-out in the crowded field of available machines?" Well, there are lots of special things Mini Max offers you that you simply can't get from any other bandsaw in the US market.Here's a quick run-down... and then be sure to click on the link below to see the in depth video demonstration I did.-These are the only saws in the USA sold by the manufacturer. Mini Max does not rebadge and repaint other companies' bandsaws. Because they do everything in-house and aren't stuck having to re-package and re-paint somebody else's saw for you, you get a higher performance machine without having to pay the dealership or a middleman.These of bandsaws are the heaviest and strongest you can buy. Since Mini Max uses the SCM foundry, they can afford to spec' out a thicker castings, like the wheels and tables, and heavier gauge steel chassis and beefier components. No other bandsaw offers triple-boxed beam column for absolute rigidity when using high-tension blades like the excellent Lenox Woodmaster and Tri-Master blades.The Minimax bandsaws are the most advanced in the US market. The quick tilt table tilting unit, for instance, was CAD-designed in order to provide both the quickest tilting action as well as the most stable mounting platform. The guidepost assembly is also the most sophisticated available. The more common rack-and-pinion guidepost movement is fine until you add dust to the mix, but not on these max-duty resawing machines. Instead, they use a chain and sprocket like you'd see on a forklift: Self-cleaning, very precise, and never wears out. And rather than simply passing the guidepost through the upper cabinet's sheet metal, like every other Italian saw, we reinforce it with a milled cast-iron block that is bolted through a reinforced plate and makes any adjustments you might want to do easily accessible from the upper cabinet's exterior. How productive is a bandsaw if you're fighting with it all the time? The Carter Micro Precision guides have a 50 year proven track record, and the MM-Series of bandsaws utilizes an industry wide standard guide mounting post, so if you prefer your favorite aftermarket guide system you're not stuck shelling out another couple of hundred bucks for a conversion kit just to put them on the Mini Max. They just slip right on. And for tire changes, instead of making you pull one of the flywheels and take it to your local machine shop (we all have one of those just around the corner, right?) when a blade lets go and cuts the tire or it's just time, they use a tongue-and-groove rubber system that you can replace, yourself, in five minutes.The MM-Series of bandsaws are designed with safety in mind. Our Soft-Touch footbrake, for example, will stop an MM16's flywheels in less than one revolution with just mild toe-pressure. Banging your forehead or hitting your shin with the door panels is no fun, so Mini Max bandsaws have doors that open independently, not together. Of course, there is a separate safety micro-switch on each one. And, less dust in you shop means healthier lungs for you, so they optimized dust extraction to pull it all out right under the lower guides, instead of letting it fill up the bottom of the cabinet, first. Lastly, the SCM Group has been around a long time and isn't going anywhere soon. In the United States Distribution Center in Atlanta, GA, they have a spare parts room dedicated to bandsaws and stock all the common wear items here in the USA so you don't have to wait for a part to come from Italy; In other words, you will be take care of you. This is just a small part of what makes Mini Max #1 in customer care surveys year after year.Anyway, I hope that shows a little bit of what makes Mini Max bandsaws so special. Call me, or I'll call you soon to touch bases and follow up with you. Thanks again, and please keep in mind: questions are always welcome, and don't forget to check out the video here:http://www.minimax-usa.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=37\I have attached info and current pricing. The annual year end sale is on right now until December 31st and those prices are as follows:MM16 ... $2,995MM20 ... $4,045MM24 ... $5,125Each saw will also include for free two steel blades and the mobility kit ($250 value). Please let me know if you have any questions.Sincerely,Sam Blascosblasco@scmgroup.com512-796-3036 (direct line)866-975-9663 (main office/parts/tech services)www.minimax-usa.com"The message you received and any attachments (the "Message") may contain confidential, proprietary or privileged information and are only for their intended recipient(s). Do not, directly or indirectly, use, disseminate, distribute, alter or copy the Message. No confidentiality or privilege is waived by errant delivery. E-mail transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late, incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, the sender, SCM Group USA, Inc. and their officers, directors, employees, affiliates, and agents (collectively, "SCM") do not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of the Message." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom Cancelleri Posted February 6, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I'll show the before table pic one more time... After 10 hours in nice clean evaporust, I pulled it out, and the table was almost this clean. I hit it with a scotchbrite pad, and then wiped the table off, coated it with crc-336 busted out my dewalt 5" ros, a 220 grit paper, and went over the whole table 3 times. Wiped down with mineral spirits to clean it, then crc 336 again. Then some butchers wax. Boom! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-MattK- Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Holy cow, Tom, that looks incredible! I hope you got some sleep! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 ==>I hope you got some sleep! He got the sleep -- it was the EvapoRust doing all the work... @tom - send them the before and after -- maybe they'll send you a free gallon... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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