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03-17-2008, 11:19 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Bandsaw Blade Grumpage!
So I break my last .020 gauge bandsaw blade a couple weeks ago......think I can get another one anywhere??!! NOPE! So I over night a few from McFeeley and they send the wrong gauge and do not stock the size I wanted even though they are who I got them from before......so $40.00 shipping down the toity! I go online to every tool seller I can find including the factory that makes them and I can't get them!!! The factory does not even list the size on their website even though they make the damn things!!!! I called everywhere I knew of around here, Woodcraft, Beaver WW, Black Bear Tool,.......finally I find a place in Texas that sells them and I place the order 10 days ago........so I wait.......and I wait........and........I.......wait! So I call today.......its been 10 days and I want to know where my blades are?!?!? "Oh".....the girl on the phone says....."Those are backordered for another 7 days"............................................. .......................................  ....so I calmly say......"Don't you folks let a customer know either by phone or on my online customer account that an item is backordered?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" So she replies......"Well......we usually do!"???????????? Well thanks a crap-load and have a nice freakin' day!!!!!!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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03-17-2008, 02:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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Larry,
Can't win can ya,
So did that first company knowingly take your order and ship you the wrong, but close blades without letting you know. I'd call them and get a return label from them and also reimburse you for wrong mechandise. You shouldn't have to pay for getting incorrect items.
I have a feeling 7 days from now the place in Texas will let you know that the blades are no longer available.....oh and sorry for not letting you know sooner.
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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03-17-2008, 02:49 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Lucky for me Beamie I called the manufacturer and they told me just that! They were discontinued! While I was on that call the Texas company called to tell me the same......why couldn't they tell me that 10 friggin' days ago??!!?? I found someone else and will hopefully see them Wednesday! This has been a chore! Customer service absolutely sucks every place I have called!!!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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03-17-2008, 03:50 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Whats the blade you're looking for?
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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03-17-2008, 04:05 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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All set....I think!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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03-17-2008, 05:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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sounds like
you need a back up ban saw
in case one goes down
i try to have two of everything
tool wise, something my wife has
convinced me about over the years.
but i'm glad your problem is solved
gee now i have to get a second lathe 
Doh! |
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03-17-2008, 06:04 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
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dunkin donuts sells them
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03-17-2008, 06:14 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Maybe you should stop breaking them, or learn how to weld them back together
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03-17-2008, 06:40 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Hey it happens.  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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03-17-2008, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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ahh ha ha ha
Quote:
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
dunkin donuts sells them
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thats how they cut the bagels...  |
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03-17-2008, 07:20 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Hey it happens. |
I know
and it scares the crap out of me when it happens |
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03-17-2008, 07:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
Maybe you should stop breaking them, or learn how to weld them back together
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Slip,
Is welding them recommended ??? |
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03-17-2008, 09:01 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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03-17-2008, 09:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Larry - try Ocean Welding. They can weld the blade if it is still worth fixing. Or any shop with decent equipment can repair them for you. A lot cheaper than a new blade.  |
low & slow 37
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03-18-2008, 04:01 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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thats amazing larry
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Originally Posted by BigFish
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don't they even have a micrometer to measure thickness.
tell them next time to go down to home depot and buy one for crying out loud...
i'll remember this grumpage when i finally get to buy "my" bandsaw
and i'll buy extra blades .... so thankyou for posting it |
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03-18-2008, 08:57 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Call MSC.. 1-800-645-7270... they should have the blade in stock...unless it's a real odd ball length.
I've got the book in front of me... they list 1/2"X.20 from 3'8 7/8 to 5' 4 1/2".... if your big time stuck and the blade is repairable and not bent... I might be able to help you out...
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03-18-2008, 07:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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The first bandsaw that I ever saw had a welder built right into the side of it. The tech operating it was repairing a blade that had broken. I thought that they all came that way. C'mon I was only 12 at the time...
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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03-18-2008, 08:22 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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nope
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03-19-2008, 09:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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When I had a bandsaw at my business I would buy 10 at a time and reoorder when I still had 3 or 4 left.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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03-19-2008, 12:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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I've never broken one, but the thought of one snapping really has me wondering where my hands would be if/when one breaks. Thats gotta be scary...
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03-19-2008, 12:44 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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DJ....most of the time when they snap the blade stays stationary while the wheels spin.....most of the time!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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03-19-2008, 02:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake
The first bandsaw that I ever saw had a welder built right into the side of it. The tech operating it was repairing a blade that had broken. I thought that they all came that way. C'mon I was only 12 at the time...
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It probably looked like this old beast here.... the devise on the left is for cutting, welding and annealing blades.. |
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03-19-2008, 03:23 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Can't hurt you just scares the sh*t out of you. Karl you should see the ones they have down at WHOI. A couple have a 4 foot throat on them. Cast iron and weigh a ton. They hardly ever use them. Mint condition. The one I use is a little larger than the one Joe posted. A pleasure to work on. The sky is the limit with what you can do.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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03-20-2008, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Health Food Store run
yeah i was heading over to the Hanover health food store
the other day to get a couple things... ya know...
and i'm so glad i had my camera with me...
as it turns out Mr Bigfish isn't just working on only plugs!!
in FACT he took a whole tree and made a huge plug
and turned it into a pretty cool lookin roadster
it runs on mojo
...and he has single handedly solved the gas crisis
here's the photo 
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03-20-2008, 06:30 PM
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Moderator
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Location: Marshfield, MA
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that is priceless...lmfao..  |
Live at Leeds
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03-20-2008, 06:49 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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03-21-2008, 08:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Thats a riot - scales too!  |
low & slow 37
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10-31-2008, 06:12 AM
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Larry I just broke my favorite blade. This blade is over 2.5 years old and has cut thousands of lip slots.
I don't know why but after I jumped out of my pants I thought of you  |
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10-31-2008, 07:24 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Don't you hate that Scott! That blade I broke in the spring was about a year and a half......probably did not cut near as many slots as you though!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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10-31-2008, 08:25 AM
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Funeral services at noon today. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Bigfish band saw blade memorial fund |
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