Brett Luna
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- Peters Creek, Alaska
I dropped in to see my local wood monger last week in search of some sandpaper. While I was waiting to check out, I overheard a customer picking up a new bandsaw...the very model I wanted. When it was my turn, I joked with the clerk about loading it up in my vehicle. He told me if I was serious that now was the time to get one because the manufacturer was going to start charging freight with their next order. I hadn't planned to buy until maybe this fall but what does Brett do? He goes home, hammers on the budget a bit, sweet talks The Wife®, then plonks a stack on a new Laguna 14|12 bandsaw.
I picked it up yesterday afternoon on the way home from work. Since it was just me and The Wife® at the house...and the animals are useless for heavy lifting...I unpacked as much as I could while the box was still in the truck bed...in the driveway...where it was dark...and -12°F (-24°C). With that done, I partially backed into the garage where we could tip it off the bed and onto a low, wheeled finishing bench I had made for another project. Fortunately, the saw was about 100 pounds lighter than the 375 lbs guesstimated by the salesperson, so it wasn't quite the gut-busting chore we anticipated.
Assembly is on hold until my mobile base kit arrives from Woodcraft. Woohoo!
I picked it up yesterday afternoon on the way home from work. Since it was just me and The Wife® at the house...and the animals are useless for heavy lifting...I unpacked as much as I could while the box was still in the truck bed...in the driveway...where it was dark...and -12°F (-24°C). With that done, I partially backed into the garage where we could tip it off the bed and onto a low, wheeled finishing bench I had made for another project. Fortunately, the saw was about 100 pounds lighter than the 375 lbs guesstimated by the salesperson, so it wasn't quite the gut-busting chore we anticipated.
Assembly is on hold until my mobile base kit arrives from Woodcraft. Woohoo!