Christina Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 My hubby has been helping our elderly neighbor, whose wife fell recently, breaking a hip. They are going to be putting in a wheel chair ramp for her. Well my neighbor was showing my hubby around his shop...........he restores fishing reels and reties rods......makes a few lures.........my hubby noticed he had an old Delta Scroll Saw that looked as if it were brand new. Our neighbor drove over today to complain about not being able to get through to us on the phone, lol.............I'm on the computer! I asked him about it. He said he bought it from a fella that needed some money and it is brand new never had a blade in it...........he paid $20 for it and if I want it that's all he'll take for it. WOOHOO. Bargain! Ben says it's smaller than mine.......mine's a 16" Rigid. Probably needs a bit of maintenance if it's been sitting there as long as I think it has but WOOHOO. I get it payday. I don't know the model or anything but it can't be all that bad for the price. I probably will be asking questions if I can't figure it out on my own lol. Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 That's a heck of a deal! Congrats! That will be really nice to have an extra saw...one for each hand! Can't wait to see all the cool stuff you make with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blame Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 congrats Christina time to put ur hubby to workin one. what a deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chkorte Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Now you know how the guy who is going thru an old barn and finds an old corvette thats been stored in the corner for years feels. Its kind of like an early Christmas present, can't wait to get it home and play with it. Have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Thanks Travis and Blame. I haven't seen it yet but my husband says it looks like new and our neighbor isn't the kind of guy to stiff you for any price. So I'm pretty confident it will be a good one with a little maintenance. I'm sure it needs cleaned and oiled at the very least. If it's as old as I suspect, I may have problems getting parts for it. But it still is a bargain for $20.............I spend more than that a month on Diet Dr Pepper lol. Ben, my husband, makes a lot of noises about wanting to learn but he has the attention span of a 2 year old at times and if he doesn't get immediate satisfaction from something he will never stick with it at all. If he screws up even one project he'll never do it again. The only hobby he has ever stuck with is video games lolol. He has infinite patience with those............I can't stand them. We are total opposites in most things. So most likely it'll be me and my tools............him and his PS2 and 3, XBox and whatever other game systems they come up with! Which is fine with me.........we don't work well together! LOL boy would I love to find that old corvette in the barn! Woohoo now that would be a dream! Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Christina, wow, I am so proud for you. Nothing like a new toy to make your day. As soon as you get it running take a picture for us. Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Thanks Fran............you bet I will! I'm so excited I don't know how I'll stand it until Monday or Tuesday! LOL. Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blame Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 lol i dont blame ya Christina i would be too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirNationalGuardMom Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Congrats on the new saw Christina. Hope you make alot of sawdust. Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Hey Christina that a great deal you got. Good luck with your new saw. Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Thanks Blame, Linda and Mac. Hopefully I get it tomorrow and we'll see what kind of bargain I got lol. Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Well I got my saw. It's about like I figured. It doesn't look like it's ever been used but since it's been in his shop so long it's pretty rusted. The table especially. But it still runs pretty good. It's a lot quiter than my other one. It's a Delta 40-130 13" single speed and takes pinned end blades only. So it's not much good for fret work but it still has it's place lol. I really like the little feller. I did find out I can get all the parts for it still. So that's a great surprise. Now if I can just find a manual. All in all, for the price, I'm very pleased with it. But I'll still keep saving for a good one! Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Well, at least it will be good for roughcutting. I think it would be nice to have a saw with an agressive tooth blade to rough some blanks out. Plus, you can't beat the price! I did the rust removal and waxing of my tools a few weeks back. Wow, what a difference that made. A little TLC and some elbow grease, she'll be humming along like it was right off the showroom floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasemonkeyredneck Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 It's a Delta 40-130 13" single speed and takes pinned end blades only. So it's not much good for fret work but it still has it's place lol. Congratulations! A new saw is alway a great thing. Check with Wildwood Designs. They have a conversion kit that I bet will work on that saw to use plain end blades. I used the kit on an old Craftsman and it works great. However, you may decide to do what I've done now. I have a Delta that I do fretwork on. Then I have the old Craftsman that takes only pinned end that I use strictly for rough cuts, or cutting larger pieces of wood down to smaller size for fretwork. Also, the old Craftsman (pinned only) is the one I use for cutting most of my motorcycle pieces. Whatever you decide to do, for the avid scroller, you can never have too many saws. I'm up to five now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 I got the saw but can't take pictures right now. It's a Delta 40-130 13" single speed and it takes pinned end blades. Not thrilled with that part. But it's a nice little saw anyway. I'm very pleased with it. It's been sitting in my neighbors shop all this time without being used and as a result the table and a few other parts are really rusty...........but it started right up no problem. I did a little checking and found that I can order all the parts for it so that's a great thing! My laptop is down.........it needs a new fan and until I can get it fixed I can't take any pictures. This desktop I've got is slow as molasses and not compatible with much of anything but mostly my digital camera! Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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