Jimmy_B
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Bought this today.
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My not quite free score
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I think that is an awesome saw, good buy.
mikester
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Those saws were all over the place where I used to work. They were great. Took a little practice to make the blades though.
Wingnut65
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Red Leader mentioned a DoAll one time and I lost an hour-and-a-half on Google. Great tools. I just wish I had room for one.
I see one now on eBay for $2450. So, you just earned a You ****! for that score.
DoAll is still in business and may have access to a digital manual. Check here www.doallsawing.com
Glad to know your work will hold up for 25 years and beyond.
I see one now on eBay for $2450. So, you just earned a You ****! for that score.
DoAll is still in business and may have access to a digital manual. Check here www.doallsawing.com
Glad to know your work will hold up for 25 years and beyond.
Rory Bellows
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Nice saw! I don't know much about Doall saws. I know they are top quality though. If you can overcome the 3 phase that saw will serve you well. I like the blade welder. You should look on ebay or craigslist for blade stock. Be patient and deals will be found. $300 is a spectacular price for that saw. Great score!
rwhite692
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That is a nice saw. I'll bet that caster-mount setup has skinned a few ankle bones and set off a few streams of choice words, in the last 25 years.
jcp907
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I worked with a do all for several years when we were racing. You definitely ****.
Apmech restored one and has a thread. Is it three phase?
atotalnincompoop
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i'd love to have that 
ddawg16
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Just in case you didn't get the memo.....
YOU ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doctor_Ink
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Very nice! used these at school once in a while.
Provincial
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You ****! The blade welder is worth more than your purchase price!
The company I retired from also had a DoAll band saw in the sheet metal shop. It also was equiped with a blade welder, I might add I never seen the welder used. Ours had a small air line that constantly blew on the blade when the saw was turned on.
Thanks for the official suckage title. That tells me I did better than I thought. 
I used this saw daily for about 13 years. It doesn't run like brand new, but considering it's 60 years old and the environment it came from, it is bulletproof.
The company bought this saw in 1960 for $1200 and was offered $800 for a trade-in in '99 when they bought a new DoAll. I offered the trade in price at that time. They accepted the offer. The new saw came in and before I could get this one out the door, another department decided they wanted it. They kicked it around for a couple of years but never used it. Then our maintenance department claimed it for a couple of years until they realized they never used it. Well, they did try to use it but were only successful at destroying blades. I guess speeds and feeds DO make a difference. Go figure. It's been sitting in different areas at work ever since. I offered $800 for it again a year ago, but the owner's brother thought he might like to have it for his airplane hanger. That's when I decided to give up on this forever.
A week ago one of the management types asked if I still wanted it since the owners have decided they won't use it after all and just wanted it out of the way. I said yes, I was still interested and was even willing to give them the $800 I originally offered. Owner sends me an email to say that $800 would be way too much for an employee. He said how about $200? After my free score from them last week I felt bad about this price, so I told him I'd go $300. 50% more than he wanted but still a screaming deal for me.
Here's my thread from last week's free score....
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138820
It is 3 phase, but I have a rotary converter on the back of the mill sitting next to saw in the pic. I have already plugged it in and fired it up. It all works. I haven't tried the welder yet, but it did work years ago when this thing was parked, and I expect it still does. It is a very touchy welder. Took me a while to figure out how to make it work. The new welders are much easier to use than this one, but I'm glad to have anything. This welder is also set up for etching too. Not fancy, but it works to scratch your name into tools or whatever.
And rwhite692 you are correct. My roller cart has unleashed some very creative vocabularies. It hasn't quite extracted a pound of flesh from my ankles, but now that it's in my garage I am sure it will eventually get the entire pound. 'Ergonomics' wasn't really on the radar back then. I'd never get away with this design today. Maybe that's why they sold it to me? So I can experience the pain I have inflicted on others?
This did used to have the vaned chip blower assembly on it, but it didn't work when I first used this saw. That was removed years ago and a regulator connected to shop air was added. Still there.
Here's a shameless plug for Lake Region Medical, the company I work for. We are an OEM device supplier for the big companies. X&X, **, ***, Xxxxxxxxx and many more. We have a few branded products of our own too. We do mainly cardiovascular and neurological guide wires and devices, so if you've ever had angioplasty, a stint placed or a pacemaker installed, Lake Region Medical probably had something to do with it.
My project for the last three years was developing the machines, tools and processes for manufacturing a mystery component for a *** pacing lead. It makes the lead and pacemaker completely MRI compatible, up to 1.5 Tesla. It's a huge game changing technology for the pacing industry. It was released in Europe last fall, with releases in Australia and India planned for next month I believe. It will be coming to the US in another year or two. You can thank the FDA for the rest of the world getting this technology before the country that developed it, but that gets into politics and I won't go there.
To say LRM treats me well would be an understatement. I hope all of you like your job as much as I do. It makes going to work everyday much easier.
I used this saw daily for about 13 years. It doesn't run like brand new, but considering it's 60 years old and the environment it came from, it is bulletproof.
The company bought this saw in 1960 for $1200 and was offered $800 for a trade-in in '99 when they bought a new DoAll. I offered the trade in price at that time. They accepted the offer. The new saw came in and before I could get this one out the door, another department decided they wanted it. They kicked it around for a couple of years but never used it. Then our maintenance department claimed it for a couple of years until they realized they never used it. Well, they did try to use it but were only successful at destroying blades. I guess speeds and feeds DO make a difference. Go figure. It's been sitting in different areas at work ever since. I offered $800 for it again a year ago, but the owner's brother thought he might like to have it for his airplane hanger. That's when I decided to give up on this forever.
A week ago one of the management types asked if I still wanted it since the owners have decided they won't use it after all and just wanted it out of the way. I said yes, I was still interested and was even willing to give them the $800 I originally offered. Owner sends me an email to say that $800 would be way too much for an employee. He said how about $200? After my free score from them last week I felt bad about this price, so I told him I'd go $300. 50% more than he wanted but still a screaming deal for me.
Here's my thread from last week's free score....
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138820
It is 3 phase, but I have a rotary converter on the back of the mill sitting next to saw in the pic. I have already plugged it in and fired it up. It all works. I haven't tried the welder yet, but it did work years ago when this thing was parked, and I expect it still does. It is a very touchy welder. Took me a while to figure out how to make it work. The new welders are much easier to use than this one, but I'm glad to have anything. This welder is also set up for etching too. Not fancy, but it works to scratch your name into tools or whatever.
And rwhite692 you are correct. My roller cart has unleashed some very creative vocabularies. It hasn't quite extracted a pound of flesh from my ankles, but now that it's in my garage I am sure it will eventually get the entire pound. 'Ergonomics' wasn't really on the radar back then. I'd never get away with this design today. Maybe that's why they sold it to me? So I can experience the pain I have inflicted on others?
This did used to have the vaned chip blower assembly on it, but it didn't work when I first used this saw. That was removed years ago and a regulator connected to shop air was added. Still there.
Here's a shameless plug for Lake Region Medical, the company I work for. We are an OEM device supplier for the big companies. X&X, **, ***, Xxxxxxxxx and many more. We have a few branded products of our own too. We do mainly cardiovascular and neurological guide wires and devices, so if you've ever had angioplasty, a stint placed or a pacemaker installed, Lake Region Medical probably had something to do with it.
My project for the last three years was developing the machines, tools and processes for manufacturing a mystery component for a *** pacing lead. It makes the lead and pacemaker completely MRI compatible, up to 1.5 Tesla. It's a huge game changing technology for the pacing industry. It was released in Europe last fall, with releases in Australia and India planned for next month I believe. It will be coming to the US in another year or two. You can thank the FDA for the rest of the world getting this technology before the country that developed it, but that gets into politics and I won't go there.
To say LRM treats me well would be an understatement. I hope all of you like your job as much as I do. It makes going to work everyday much easier.
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onewaydave
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Search A_Pmech. The fellow is OCD on his rebuilds and writes good posts. He did a rehab of a big DoAll band saw. I hope it is still posted because it was classic but it was a couple of years ago, I think.
Dave, $300! Sheesh! You otta be feeling guilty for grand theft right about now.
Dave, $300! Sheesh! You otta be feeling guilty for grand theft right about now.
onewaydave
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Ah ha!. Found it. Check this out. Have a coke, coffee and a sandwich ready 'cause its a long post.
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34928
Dave.
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34928
Dave.
TennesseeZ
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Yep, You ****!
That thing is way, way too nice and original to "restore", in my view, I'd just clean the tape residue off, clean it up, give it a coat of wax and use the **** out of it.
That thing is way, way too nice and original to "restore", in my view, I'd just clean the tape residue off, clean it up, give it a coat of wax and use the **** out of it.
charged355
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That is a awesome score!! I just seen one on CL for $2400.00
I hope that MRI safe peacemaker tech comes quickly, that would be a big help to the medical field.
Wingnut65
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Jimmy B, Great story on the saw. Glad they finally came to their senses and your wish.
Well, rwhite692's comment got me thinking...how to eliminate flowerful vocabulary due to the base, and save any medical needs...
How about a 1x4 wood frame around the base like this? Another piece can go over the top as a shelf, step, etc and can keep the cutting debris managable. The sides don't have to go all the way down to the floor so it can still be movable.
Just a thought. Cograts again on the score!
Well, rwhite692's comment got me thinking...how to eliminate flowerful vocabulary due to the base, and save any medical needs...
How about a 1x4 wood frame around the base like this? Another piece can go over the top as a shelf, step, etc and can keep the cutting debris managable. The sides don't have to go all the way down to the floor so it can still be movable.
Just a thought. Cograts again on the score!
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CaseyJoes.
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Very nice, "you ****"! I dont see any need to restore that unless its mechanically, that is in really nice condition!! Bandsaws are great for fab work.
Red Leader
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I'm just now seeing this thread.
Whoa. $300 for a Do-All? That is awesome!!!!!!!
Talk to Nighttrain. He is the man here when it comes to Do-Alls and has a drop-dead gorgeous one that he restored himself. It should be in a museum it is so nice.
Whoa. $300 for a Do-All? That is awesome!!!!!!!
Talk to Nighttrain. He is the man here when it comes to Do-Alls and has a drop-dead gorgeous one that he restored himself. It should be in a museum it is so nice.
MBfreak
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The DoAll´s are great machines.
I worked in an instrumentation industrial workshop at a very large tire factory from 1963 to 1975. It was the kind of company that ran 24/365 and the range of production and lab equipment was very varied.
And, everything was repaired. All repair shops had shift work, and we got bonuses based on downtime reductions!
The instrumentation dept had a fully equipped mechanical shop and an even more complete electronics shop. The foreman in the mechanical shop was a master watchmaker and only the very best machines, like a Schaublin lathe, were approved by him. And , he bought a DoALL like yours and it became the workhorse of the shop. I left the place 1973, and visisted there 30 years later. Most people were "new", but they somehow remembered me. This was a nice feeling.
The Schaublin watchmakers lathe and the DoALL bandsaw remained, everything else was replaced. As far as the electronics shop goes, there was not ONE piece of "my stuff" that remained.
So, take good care of your purchase!!
Best regards
Ola
I worked in an instrumentation industrial workshop at a very large tire factory from 1963 to 1975. It was the kind of company that ran 24/365 and the range of production and lab equipment was very varied.
And, everything was repaired. All repair shops had shift work, and we got bonuses based on downtime reductions!
The instrumentation dept had a fully equipped mechanical shop and an even more complete electronics shop. The foreman in the mechanical shop was a master watchmaker and only the very best machines, like a Schaublin lathe, were approved by him. And , he bought a DoALL like yours and it became the workhorse of the shop. I left the place 1973, and visisted there 30 years later. Most people were "new", but they somehow remembered me. This was a nice feeling.
The Schaublin watchmakers lathe and the DoALL bandsaw remained, everything else was replaced. As far as the electronics shop goes, there was not ONE piece of "my stuff" that remained.
So, take good care of your purchase!!
Best regards
Ola
darkk
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You really really ****! Great score....
Zeke
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No one mentioned what kind of transmission the thing has. I'd like to see inside the bottom.
Jaguar Fan
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You got taken & you over-paid. Because I'm a nice guy, I'll take it off your hands for $290. 
Do you have 220 3phase at home?
Do you have 220 3phase at home?
mrbreezeet1
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there was one on craigslist a few years ago for $100.00!
I'm sure it didn't last long.
I'm sure it didn't last long.
SweetD
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Here's a shameless plug for Lake Region Medical, the company I work for. We are an OEM device supplier for the big companies. X&X, **, ***, Xxxxxxxxx and many more. We have a few branded products of our own too. We do mainly cardiovascular and neurological guide wires and devices, so if you've ever had angioplasty, a stint placed or a pacemaker installed, Lake Region Medical probably had something to do with it.
My project for the last three years was developing the machines, tools and processes for manufacturing a mystery component for a *** pacing lead. It makes the lead and pacemaker completely MRI compatible, up to 1.5 Tesla. It's a huge game changing technology for the pacing industry. It was released in Europe last fall, with releases in Australia and India planned for next month I believe. It will be coming to the US in another year or two. You can thank the FDA for the rest of the world getting this technology before the country that developed it, but that gets into politics and I won't go there.
To say LRM treats me well would be an understatement. I hope all of you like your job as much as I do. It makes going to work everyday much easier.
Small world...I have been speaking with an engineering manager from LRM over the past few months...initials are "TH". I sell a well-known (in the manufacturing engineering world) design and manufacturing engineering software...and there has been some inquiry / interest.
Great to hear you love your job and the company you work for - so do I!
Love that Do-All - what a great piece of machinery.
Dave
The Practical Machinist web site is another treasure trove of information on the DOaLLS. There are a couple of rebuild over there that are mind dropping gorgeous.
And that is a heck of a deal on a great saw. Bearings, bearings replace the bearings (saw and motor) and it will run another 50 years with out trouble.
And that is a heck of a deal on a great saw. Bearings, bearings replace the bearings (saw and motor) and it will run another 50 years with out trouble.
lowbucktruck
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Another good resource for the DoAll is Vintage Machinery web site: http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=257&tab=4
And I don't know HOW I missed this thread. Really nice machine for the 300 bucks! Great that you got to take it home.
And I don't know HOW I missed this thread. Really nice machine for the 300 bucks! Great that you got to take it home.
langss
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You are a very lucky man. Yes you really do ****, but wear that title proudly. That's a great saw and an even greater price.
mrbreezeet1
Banned
And you didn't drag it home?!?!?!?!?!?
I didn't have room for it, or a way to get it here.
I'm sure he had a million calls by the time I saw it.