Yesterday was a good day for me.. Got a TableSaw and a new Multimeter cheap!

Brett DiMichele · 05-19-2003, 01:51 PM

I went to the Flea Market on Sunday like I do most Sundays.
I usually go to buy die cast automobile miniatures which I
collect. But I happened upon an older gentleman selling
tools.

I walked off with a $300.00 Craftsman Professional Multimeter
that tests Caps, Diodes, Surface Temps, AC Voltage to 750 ,
DC Voltage to 1000, Ohms, uA's, Ma's and Hz/Duty Cycles
plus has an RS232 for PC Interface so you can record and
capture live data (plus a nice leather case and shock protection.

Price at Sears $299.00 I paid $45.00

I also picked up a Sears Craftsman 10" 3.0 (Maximum Developed
Horsepower) Table Saw for $150.00 brand new also.

This is a decent table saw. It's not the best in the world
but it's a nice direct drive with an aluminum table, rip
extension, side extensions, intregal dust catcher, cam lock
rip fence etc.. Very nice.

I did good!

Michael R Price · 05-19-2003, 03:07 PM

Nice! Now, the more important question is: what are you going to use them for?

Brett DiMichele · 05-19-2003, 03:13 PM

Mike,

Well, I need the Table saw for my audio rack project which
I have been designing and scrutinizing and trying to get
someone to machine me parts for! I am going to order everything
I need and start doing the parts that I can do myself while
my friend tries to locate me the material to machine the
parts I can not buy (sorry perfection doesn't happen over
night and this ain't no flexy rack)

And my Mother also wants me to build her a simple naked oak
audio stand for her Onkyo mini system (she can't buy anything
she likes so I came up with a design for her).

And my friend also needs to use it.. He's letting me use
his brand new 2200 PSI Pressure washer so I am letting him
use the TableSaw

The Multimeter has a million uses (none of which I will
probably ever use) but hey I just needede something that
will read 330 Millivolt so I don't FRY anymore tubes! And
why waste 20 dollars on a basic multimeter when I can have
something an EE would own for $45

Chris Tsutsui · 05-19-2003, 11:39 PM

It's Craftsman Power so go easy on them.

Brett DiMichele · 05-20-2003, 12:37 AM

Chris,

Are you pickin on my equipment boy????

Ya know that jus
ain't right!

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Allen Ross · 05-20-2003, 10:31 AM

actually my audio buddy had almost that exact same table saw, i think, direct drive and all. When he was ripping down his 1 inch MDF for his loudspeakers he got about 3/4 of the way done and the direct drive seized on him, it was still under warrenty but still it took about a month for them to get it back to him. I think it was all the dust gettinging into the direct drive which caused the problem. oh well, good luck with it though

Brett DiMichele · 05-20-2003, 10:57 AM

Allen,

That could happen.. That's one of the plusses of belt drive
that and they can stuff a larger motor in there since they
don't have to worry about table clearance issues. But then
there are belt issues also.

For what I will use it for, it will work just fine

Allen Ross · 05-20-2003, 11:16 PM

yeah he was ripping down 2 4x8 sheets of 1 inch MFD into about 10 pieces so he was really working it, he did have a 60 tooth cabide blade though.

JoelTW · 05-21-2003, 12:02 AM

We just got the same table saw... works great on 3/4" MDF and the blades it comes with