Hegner sale

[rjweb]

Got a email today from Advanced they are having a black friday sale, 200.00 off the saw and get 300.00 off any  add on's,  stand and what ever, RJ

[OCtoolguy]

I'd still have problems spending that much when there are so many good used Hegs out there for less than half. 

[Scrappile]

Just like buying a new car versa a used car... I am fine with either, but the boss, my wife say there is a reason someone got rid of a used car.  True, but not always a bad reason.  I will look at either.

[TAIrving]

15 hours ago, rjweb said:

Got a email today from Advanced they are having a black friday sale, 200.00 off the saw and get 300.00 off any  add on's,  stand and what ever, RJ

I also got that email.  My TAS (Tool Acquisition Syndrome) is twitching.  But I don't know where I would put another tool in my small shop.  

[rjweb]

Ray, The only saws you get around here are porter cable, HF, and other junk, RJ

[OCtoolguy]

4 hours ago, rjweb said:

Ray, The only saws you get around here are porter cable, HF, and other junk, RJ

Buy a new one. I guarantee 6 great used ones will pop up across the road from you. Lol 

[kmmcrafts]

36 minutes ago, OCtoolguy said:

Buy a new one. I guarantee 6 great used ones will pop up across the road from you. Lol 

Yeah, that happen to me, LOL... I bought the new BM-26 and a month later one popped up for $700 that was never really used in the next town over.. I needed to use it as a tax deduction anyway but. 

On the other hand I was offered a Hegner Mutimax 14 with stand, foot switch and magnifier light for $40 at a estate sale and I walked.. It was old and didn't have any of the comfort things on it.. I kinda kicked myself for it but then 4 years later ( this spring ) I had that newer model Multimax 18 with foot switch etc. given to me. I almost walked on it as there was no blade holders with it so I couldn't even try it.. but that was a good thing because I would have happily gave him the $200 he was asking but since it was missing stuff he said take it or it was going in the big dumpster.. I said I'll take it.. he even carried it up the hill and loaded it in my car, LOL He was just cleaning out the house as quick as possible for a house sale as his parents just went into a care home. I could of had the whole shop.. but most other tools was cheap stuff.   

[OCtoolguy]

11 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said:

Yeah, that happen to me, LOL... I bought the new BM-26 and a month later one popped up for $700 that was never really used in the next town over.. I needed to use it as a tax deduction anyway but. 

On the other hand I was offered a Hegner Mutimax 14 with stand, foot switch and magnifier light for $40 at a estate sale and I walked.. It was old and didn't have any of the comfort things on it.. I kinda kicked myself for it but then 4 years later ( this spring ) I had that newer model Multimax 18 with foot switch etc. given to me. I almost walked on it as there was no blade holders with it so I couldn't even try it.. but that was a good thing because I would have happily gave him the $200 he was asking but since it was missing stuff he said take it or it was going in the big dumpster.. I said I'll take it.. he even carried it up the hill and loaded it in my car, LOL He was just cleaning out the house as quick as possible for a house sale as his parents just went into a care home. I could of had the whole shop.. but most other tools was cheap stuff.   

You seem to always be in the right place at the right time. I've never been given anything of any value. Most everything that I get for free is junk or way beyond repair. That 14 in saw would have been neat though. They have become valuable just because of their size. There is a guy down in the San Diego area that has had one for sale in mint condition for over 3 years. He's asking $925 and won't budge.

 

[Matt B]

I saw this sale too.  I have a 1996 18” that I bought new back then.  It has the quick release update.  
I had two quick thoughts.
 1) At the sale price, it is not much more than I paid in 1996. 
2) My current Hegner is still so solid, that I don’t know what I would gain in buying a new version.  
 

[kmmcrafts]

31 minutes ago, Matt B said:

I saw this sale too.  I have a 1996 18” that I bought new back then.  It has the quick release update.  
I had two quick thoughts.
 1) At the sale price, it is not much more than I paid in 1996. 
2) My current Hegner is still so solid, that I don’t know what I would gain in buying a new version.  
 

You would gain a lighter wallet.. other than that nothing... lol 

[kmmcrafts]

Anyone know when they came out with that up front tension lever and the quick clamp? Mine is a 2002 if I remember right and it has it.. I often wondered when they came up with the latest design stuff. Mine doesn't have that dust collector horn thing below the table. I also know that they changed the front of the base slightly at one point.. one style has a angled part on the front and the other is more squared off. Mine also has the metal tube for the air bellows / blower that goes through the front part of the upper arm and blows the dust off the project.. the newer ones have a flexible air hose.. 

Edited November 24, 2023 by kmmcrafts

[Matt B]

There is a person on Facebook that services Hegner saws and wrote yesterday about the changes with the saw.  
He is hard to find because of his unusual name.   “A Saw Subject”

https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?id=61553162265142&story_fbid=122112633236105408

[kmmcrafts]

That's a nice write up.. I should do similar write-up for the hawk saws.. they made small and some larger changes to improve the scrolling experience.. Much like Heger.. the people see a big orange saw and the Hawk nameplate that makes them think it's a great saw.. which most were but there are some better than others.. unless you have a trained eye to know what to look for in a hawk one would think they're all the same..  

[Scrappile]

But he left out a magor one.  Putting the tension release in the upper arm was a huge improvement,  I has always curious as to when they changed the spring in the back from the flat square one to a round normal one and why.

[kmmcrafts]

Mine is a 2002 and has the regular spring, front tension release and quick clamp.. I also would be curious as to when some of the features were introduced.. He has a decent write up but I did notice there was a lot left out.. Kind of why I have never done one for the Hawk.. There is a lot of changes that I probably don't even know about.. Over the years of reading the forums / looking at used saws and calling Hawk about saws I find and was interested in buying.. I've learned quite a lot.. Just never followed the Hegners as closely because used ones around my area are more than any used Hawk.. and in some cases just as much as a new Hawk, so.. I've just never really looked a lot at the Hegners like I did with Hawks