Hawk saw in Minnesota

[OCtoolguy]

I was just scouring the Bushton/Hawk website and came across this. It sure looks like a good deal. 

Ray

http://www.hawkwoodworkingtools.com/Scratch-And-Dent-1.html

 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2018 by octoolguy

[NC Scroller]

I have that Hawk that I bought used in 2008 and paid $750 back then.  Will sell for $500 but you need to come get it.  

[OCtoolguy]

6 minutes ago, NC Scroller said:

I have that Hawk that I bought used in 2008 and paid $750 back then.  Will sell for $500 but you need to come get it.  

Thanks Scott but I have no desire to come to the "cold country".

Ray

 

[kmmcrafts]

Unfortunately these saws don't really bring all that great of money considering what they cost new.. Maybe just my opinion but I feel that saw is a little on the high price side.. If I could get $600 for mine.. I'd sell it in a heartbeat if I was looking to sell it... and mine was brand new still boxed in May 2017.. I have the VHS, box of pattern books, blades, and 10 blade clamps, original sales slip, etc that I received from the original owner.. he bought it new in 1998 and before it got mailed to him he had a stroke.. never opened up the box... by the time he went through the therapy etc he had lost interest in sawing.. or couldn't do it.. not sure.. either way he sold it to me.. gladly paid his asking price without even trying to talk the price down..  

The best reselling saw in my opinion is a DeWalt..  old type 1 saws selling at $300 still.. while new that saw may have only been 300-350, LOL I think mine was ( on sale ) priced at $379 or something.. (less than $400 shipped ) with stand and light from Grizzly during the "Holiday" sales back in 2009.. Betting I could sell it for $275+ still.. even though I've used the crap out of it and rebuilt the thing a couple times.. and quite honestly still think the DeWalt saw is really the best bang for your buck.. really they are quite hard to beat for the money..and quality isn't too bad either for the pricing you pay.. Now.. not to say that there aren't deals on used DeWalts.. just saying the majority of them sell at more than I'd pay.. Hawks and most other higher end saws just don't seem like they hold the value.. in my area.. most all the Hawks are priced around $250 - 400 for a 220 and the 226 seem to be mostly in the 350 - 600.. most of the $600 ones seem to be listed for many months before they are taken down or sold..   with that said.. even though I gave $400 for mine still boxed.. I don't feel I could get much more if any than that out of it...unless I sat on the thing for several weeks / months.. 

[OCtoolguy]

18 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said:

Unfortunately these saws don't really bring all that great of money considering what they cost new.. Maybe just my opinion but I feel that saw is a little on the high price side.. If I could get $600 for mine.. I'd sell it in a heartbeat if I was looking to sell it... and mine was brand new still boxed in May 2017.. I have the VHS, box of pattern books, blades, and 10 blade clamps, original sales slip, etc that I received from the original owner.. he bought it new in 1998 and before it got mailed to him he had a stroke.. never opened up the box... by the time he went through the therapy etc he had lost interest in sawing.. or couldn't do it.. not sure.. either way he sold it to me.. gladly paid his asking price without even trying to talk the price down..  

The best reselling saw in my opinion is a DeWalt..  old type 1 saws selling at $300 still.. while new that saw may have only been 300-350, LOL I think mine was ( on sale ) priced at $379 or something.. (less than $400 shipped ) with stand and light from Grizzly during the "Holiday" sales back in 2009.. Betting I could sell it for $275+ still.. even though I've used the crap out of it and rebuilt the thing a couple times.. and quite honestly still think the DeWalt saw is really the best bang for your buck.. really they are quite hard to beat for the money..and quality isn't too bad either for the pricing you pay.. Now.. not to say that there aren't deals on used DeWalts.. just saying the majority of them sell at more than I'd pay.. Hawks and most other higher end saws just don't seem like they hold the value.. in my area.. most all the Hawks are priced around $250 - 400 for a 220 and the 226 seem to be mostly in the 350 - 600.. most of the $600 ones seem to be listed for many months before they are taken down or sold..   with that said.. even though I gave $400 for mine still boxed.. I don't feel I could get much more if any than that out of it...unless I sat on the thing for several weeks / months.. 

Can you tell me what the "ultra" means? I know that the "VS" means variable speed but other than that, I don't know what the names mean. Am I making sense?

Ray

 

[kmmcrafts]

17 minutes ago, octoolguy said:

Can you tell me what the "ultra" means? I know that the "VS" means variable speed but other than that, I don't know what the names mean. Am I making sense?

Ray

 

Ultra I think just is a name they came up with to change from the VS.. But.. the I.D tag will still say VS.. as mine says 226VS.. but it's actually an Ultra.. The Ultra saws was a redesign with a different lower blade clamp and... the the lower arm has two positions for the blade aggressiveness.. otherwise.. I think it's probably the same saw.. I'd like to have a BM226 simply because the blade can be fine tuned exactly how you want it.. ( variable adjustment rather than the two positions ) I think I read somewhere about the G4 being variable adjusting? anyone?