Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> item
>
> If that company was still around, I'd be all over it like white on rice.
>
Are they really gone, or is it just the US suppliers? Garrett Wade, IIRC,
said something about declining quality as a reason for dropping them. There
also used to be a west coast supplier in the LA area.
Hello there!
I saw an Inca saw on ebay and did some research... My concerns (and reason
for not bidding) was 1) parts and 2 ) parts... As near as I could tell, the
arbor wasn't the standard 5/8, which makes sense, since its a euro saw... I
didn't want to risk not being able to get a blade at Safeway, Wal Mart, etc.
if the need arose...
As for Garrett Wade, I don't think it was a quality issue, it had to do with
safety regs. The saw, as you see (there's a limrick here somewhere) has a
tilting table, rather than a tilting arbor, and I think that new saws with
tilting tables were illegal for import or distribution. Low sales were an
issue too, I am sure... Cutting a bevel on a board looks to be a real PITA
on a saw like this....
Anyway, hope this helps. Didn't Inca also make Bandsaws??
John Moorhead
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:6rYGd.1851$CI6.205@trnddc06...
> Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> item
>>
>> If that company was still around, I'd be all over it like white on rice.
>>
>
> Are they really gone, or is it just the US suppliers? Garrett Wade, IIRC,
> said something about declining quality as a reason for dropping them.
> There
> also used to be a west coast supplier in the LA area.
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "John Moorhead" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Didn't Inca also make Bandsaws
>
> Yup. One of the peculiarities of their bandsaw was that the blade ran on
> the edge of the wheels with the teeth hanging over the edge. I can't
> find a thing about them in Switzerland either. Me thinks they are gone
> the way of Elu...
>
They moved their woodworking operation to France. My bandsaw was built
there.
In article <u4%Gd.5881$HT6.717@trnddc04>,
Lobby Dosser <[email protected]> wrote:
> They did. I have their Euro 260 model - 8" with 6" resaw. Blades are
> appx. 72" and readily available. It is a great saw. Older printings of
> the Duzginski (sp?) Bandsaw book use the Inca in many of the resaw
> photographs. Got mine years ago from a supplier in LA whose name I can't
> recall.
Mark Duginske and Karl Eichorn wrote a book called The Inca Woodworking
Machinery Handbook. 1984 ISBN 3-906495 01 9
I'm looking at an original as I type. Best book I have seen on the
topics it covers. I bought it from Lee Valley 20 years ago and have used
it as my main reference.
The book covers an Inca 20" three-wheeler bandsaw as well as a smaller
two-wheeler.
I always dreamt of owning an Inca shaper, a real sweet piece. I guess I
can now put that dream in the same box as that Bentley Continental R.
In article <[email protected]>,
"John Moorhead" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Didn't Inca also make Bandsaws
Yup. One of the peculiarities of their bandsaw was that the blade ran on
the edge of the wheels with the teeth hanging over the edge. I can't
find a thing about them in Switzerland either. Me thinks they are gone
the way of Elu...
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:
> item
If that company was still around, I'd be all over it like white on rice.
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:03:58 -0500, Robatoy wrote:
> Yup. One of the peculiarities of their bandsaw was that the blade ran on
> the edge of the wheels with the teeth hanging over the edge. I can't
> find a thing about them in Switzerland either. Me thinks they are gone
> the way of Elu...
You mean Black & Decker bought Inca & painted everything yellow?
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"John Moorhead" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello there!
>
> I saw an Inca saw on ebay and did some research... My concerns (and
> reason for not bidding) was 1) parts and 2 ) parts... As near as I
> could tell, the arbor wasn't the standard 5/8, which makes sense,
> since its a euro saw... I didn't want to risk not being able to get a
> blade at Safeway, Wal Mart, etc. if the need arose...
>
> As for Garrett Wade, I don't think it was a quality issue, it had to
> do with safety regs. The saw, as you see (there's a limrick here
> somewhere) has a tilting table, rather than a tilting arbor, and I
> think that new saws with tilting tables were illegal for import or
> distribution. Low sales were an issue too, I am sure... Cutting a
> bevel on a board looks to be a real PITA on a saw like this....
Their newer saws had a tilting arbor, so I don't think that could be the
issue. And yes, a tilting table is a PITA. I have an old Shopsmith. I
don't think tilting tables can be illegal, since Shopsmith still makes
their machines and the table on the Shopsmith *has* to tilt, since it is
direct drive and there is no way to tilt the motor.
FWW reviewed the newer Inca TS about five years ago.
Just checked the Garrett Wade site - the issue was cost.
<http://www.garrettwade.com/jump.jsp?lGen=detail&itemID=102279
&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=0&iSubCat=0&iProductID=102279>
>
> Anyway, hope this helps. Didn't Inca also make Bandsaws??
They did. I have their Euro 260 model - 8" with 6" resaw. Blades are
appx. 72" and readily available. It is a great saw. Older printings of
the Duzginski (sp?) Bandsaw book use the Inca in many of the resaw
photographs. Got mine years ago from a supplier in LA whose name I can't
recall.
>
> John Moorhead
>
>
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:6rYGd.1851$CI6.205@trnddc06...
>> Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> item
>>>
>>> If that company was still around, I'd be all over it like white on
>>> rice.
>>>
>>
>> Are they really gone, or is it just the US suppliers? Garrett Wade,
>> IIRC, said something about declining quality as a reason for dropping
>> them. There
>> also used to be a west coast supplier in the LA area.
>
>
>