The family and I took a little vacation to East Tennessee to pick this sweet gem up. Everything works and I'm hoping it can be the solution to my board edger desires!
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Looks like a great find.. congrats...
Can you still get replacement blades for it? Sweet, would love to own one.
Thanks y'all. You should have seen the look on my wife's face after we drove 6.5 hours to get it. I think that's how we ended up here last night... http://www.margaritavilleislandhotel.com/
Yes, I Calle timbering and they sell the split bales with a new arbor. Everything else looks pretty basic, almost simple enough for me to make a replacement part if needed. :-\
Nice find! Looks like fun trip for all!
Looks similar to one I bought 4 or 5 years ago, also in TN near Nashville.
Mine has a rounded top, New, old stock. Never been run but everything
still moves freely. I have not used it either, still as I found it.
Does your blades have the insert teeth? This one has the 12 inch fixed
teeth blades.
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Charles ... sling_shot
It does have the insert teeth. It looks like a really simple design.
Kipper, We were in Pigeon Forge this week and ate supper one night at Paula Deen's restaurant across the street from Margaritaville hotel. If I had seen your rig in the parking lot, I would have stopped to check it out.
Wow! We walked right passed Paula Deen's! The girls wanted Margaritaville so we went there instead for dinner. I had to park out in the "D" section which seemed like half a mile from the hotel. It was really nice, kinda crowded but I guess that's to be expected for a holiday week. What did you think of Paula Deen's? I think we will eat there when we go back in February.
I cut some this morning with it and made some adjustments, not sure how impressed I am with the accuracy just yet but I think after playing with it some more and some more adjustment t it should get better.
I have one just like it,and used a piece of 1/8" thick x 1" x1" angle iron about 3' long and positioned it on the outfeed side in alignment with the fixed blade. This helped guide the lumber and made the trimmed boards run straight.
Loggah,
Mine has one already there. After about the third cut I noticed the out feed roller was sliding side to side. I adjusted the stop collar and it seemed to cut straighter. Do you have a spanner wrench for changing the blades? How do you determine where to position the infeed Spurs?
What kind of horsepower is needed, I just picked one up, it has the insert tooth blades, but I need to power it
Mine is powered with a 10hp Techemuseh gas engine. The previous owner said it would cut 2" material before slowing down. I have only tried 8ft long 1" material and it did great.
Glad to see this post. I purchased one of these a year ago with my mill, but have never even laid eyes on it. All I know is it is a bellsaw and has no power at this time.
It is just a few miles from me, I reckon I should at least go see what I bought. lol
I got one as well works all right for what I do,didn't realize there were that many around. Mine is a Bellsaw unit fixed teeth not split.
Well, I got to try it out a little more today. It feeds the boards with ample speed and does not choke down, granted I only cut 1" thick stuff but they were about 9 ft long.
The issue comes with the cut, it cuts the same width all the way down the board however there is a curve to the wood. I think the adjustable blade is a little loose and is causing the board to wonder some. Anyone else ever had this type of issue?
Thanks!
Are the blades sharpened the same?