My TS-200 table saw bought cheap on ebay is home:) *pics*

[RobertMP]

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At least I might have done if the seller ever replies to my emails.

this is it took a bit of a punt on it as it looks like a TS-200 and even if it needs a new motor it might still work out as a reasonable price for a year old machine. if I'm wrong then at least it was only £51.

I've long thought I don't need a table saw but somehow that never stopped me looking at them. think it was Toms (wizer) thread with a picture of someones saw in a cabinet with the router in the extension that made me realise it might be practical.

Anyway just posting here because i can't do anything without contact from the seller

got the phone number out of ebay so I'll give it till the morning then call them.

 

[MickCheese]

You may find that the price was too low so the seller is just going to try to ignore you and hope you go away.

I assume you have not paid for it yet.

Mick

 

[woodsworth]

If it doesn't work and he hasn't replied within a few days of your contacting him then i'd put in a claim for refund. I bought a thicknesser and it turned out to be bunk and because i paid a £100 for delivery it was iffy to put in a claim as i'd have to ship it back. But the pipper had no intention of taking it back or doing anything so i actually paid the return trip just so he'd not get away with selling junk. I lost big time on that one but at least i wasn't stuck with a piece of rubbish.

If you actually picked it up I'd defiantly get your money back and give it back to him. I also think that ebay should enforce that the seller be responsible for shipping the item back if it doesn't work as it is fraudulent to sell something as working when it doesn't.

 

[frugal]

I thought that they had ruled that EBay was not an auction house and as such the sellers were still bound by the distance selling regulations.

 

[head clansman]

hi

have you actual tried by passing the switch with a power supply to see if the motor will fire up just to see if it is possibly a switch at fault . hc

 

[wizer]

If he doesn't want to sell it to you then he won't and doesn't have to. If you've paid via PayPal then you will (eventually) get your money back. But more's likely is that he is a bit rubbish and will make contact soon enough.

Good price. Needs some work, as you know. But it can be a nice saw. I have had a chance to use mine since I've 'fettled' it and am happy. I still need to finish a few things like dust extraction, I'll (probably) get there in the end.

 

[Racers]

Hi,

He might be away or his computer is down. You just might have a bargain, I got a secondhand rear shock for my motorbike for 99p as no one else bid on it, it should have been £70 to £100.


Pete

 

[RobertMP]

Not paid anything yet. Intending to pay cash on collection... if I ever find out where to collect from.

Too early to say if they are dodging it yet. Good high 100% feedback. I'll reserve judgement until after I've spoken to them.

Description is all so vague I can only look on it as a gamble anyway.

 

[cambournepete]

I'd give the seller a chance - it only ended yesterday afternoon :roll:

 

[Digit]

That TS Robert will have a brush motor, if the vendor has no electrical knowledge, or has and is less than honest, I would suspect that the slow running is due to an armature/brush fault.

Roy.

 

[RobertMP]

That TS Robert will have a brush motor, if the vendor has no electrical knowledge, or has and is less than honest, I would suspect that the slow running is due to an armature/brush fault.

Roy.

Bit disappointing I thought it might be a TS-200 with an induction motor?

It is all so vague it could even mean the adjustment handles or the sliding table run slow!

 

[wizer]

It is an induction motor

 

[RobertMP]

Couldn't wait so I phoned... I seem to have a bargain

Spoke to the guy that owns it. his wife did the advert hence the inaccuracies. It is a TS-200 and he's not sure if there is a problem or if it is just the blade being blunt! It will still cut 1" Oak OK as it is.

He works at various sites around the London area and will bring it with him one day in the next week and I'll go and collect from there.

He was a bit shocked when he found out the price but is happy to go with it :lol:

 

[joiner_sim]

I've long thought I don't need a table saw but somehow that never stopped me looking at them. think it was Toms (wizer) thread with a picture of someones saw in a cabinet with the router in the extension that made me realise it might be practical.

When I had a small workshop at home, I thought the need for a table saw not so nessecary, but I've been using an SCM and wadkin table saw at work and realise there are really a good bit of kit to have!
Hope your ebay item turns out to be good.....

 

[head clansman]

hi

a workshop with no table saw :roll: nah never . hc

 

[joiner_sim]

space in my private workshop, when i had one was very limited! In my old job, the workshop where I was had a dodgey old knakered wadkin table saw, which never really showed me what a t/s could do. But where I work now I've seen how good they can be.

 

[Digit]

It is an induction motor

In that case you could be on a winner. Best of luck!

Roy.

 

[Chems]

Life with out a table saw, I really got on well with my cheap one I had for 2 years, but my new SIP is like heaven.

I think you've done well there for sure!

It makes your lovely sideboard you made even more impressive that you didn't use a tablesaw to do it!

 

[wizer]

You really can get on well with just a bandsaw. But once you have used a TS then you can't go back to easily. The other thing about tablesaws is that they feature heavily in US woodworking media. Which is what we see the most.

 

[big soft moose]

That TS Robert will have a brush motor, .

assuming it actually is a ts200 it will have an induction motor. The smaller BTS10PP has a brush motor - but that picture looks like a TS200 to me.