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**ENDED** Need a rip saw

Ralph Muhs

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I have thousands of bd. ft. of lumber and two houses (maybe three) either under construction or being renovated, I have decided to use this lumber for paneling. New construction on a mountain top in WV and renovation in a beach house in CT. I need a fast way to make crooked lumber straight! The cost of a new rip saw is unacceptable. Unless I can find an affordable used rip saw, I may have to use a chalkline, a hand saw, a table saw, and a jointer. SLOW PROCESS! Anybody know where I can find the proper tool at an affordable price?
 
Ralph Muhs said:
... Anybody know where I can find the proper tool at an affordable price?
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In 2004 or maybe it was 2005 I bought a 1947 Oliver 270D for $650 - it has a 16" blade powered by a 7.5HP 3Ø 240V motor. It will rip through anything I shove into it and you can balance a nickel on it when it is running - literally. When Oliver shut its doors in the mid 90's this same basic saw was still being built and selling for $15,000 and there was still a backlog on them. This is what the guy at Eagle machinery told me anyway (they bought the remnants of Oliver).

When I was remodeling the house I took a 3" thick x 20" wide x 16' laminated beam and ripped two 4" wide "fences" with my Milwaukee 10 1/4" circular saw and rip gauge. I built two 18' long infeed/outfeed tables and mounted the fences with clamps to the factory fence, which on this model saw is a dream to move you'd just have to see and use one. I also installed two nails at the far end of each fence with a string tied to them, so that when I needed to move the fences (held with clamps at the ends) I could do so easily by myself and the string allowed me to quickly know when fences were lined up properly.

I would also group my boards so that I didn't have to move the fences any more than necessary but it only took less than 45 seconds to move them start to finish with just me, and less than 15 seconds probably when my wife or someone else was available.

You can find these old beasts still very easily as Roy said on CL and also auctions going on all the time. They are usually pennies on the dollar especially the 3 phase machines. You can also find large old machinery single phase if you don't want to mess with 3Ø and converters. This was the answer for me maybe it will work for you.



Hope that helps.
 
There are used woodworking tools for sale at online aution all around you, North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia and many others just check out this link http://www.irsauctions.com/index_search_results.asp?ind=50
 
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