Is this a good/reasonable price for a rpbs12 bandsaw?

[Agent_zed]

Hi,

looking at a recordpower rpbs12 bandsaw which has come up locally for £150

Is that a good/reasonable price?

thanks

 

[Fitzroy]

Cracking price so long as it is fully functional!

 

[niall Y]

Yandles price for the new model BS300E is £700 . so at under a quarter of this it could be construed as reasonable. Subject, of course to condition

 

[Agent_zed]

Thanks both, I've sent a message so hopefully it hasn't gone already. Its only been on a short while but these things tend to move fast.

Annoyingly I got given a Dewalt bandsaw recently but it had water damage and I think the windings in the motor are trashed. I got a quote for ~£200 for a rewind so sadly not worth repairing.

fingers crossed on this one.

 

[Agent_zed]

I picked it up yesterday (literally - it was very heavy even with 2 of us).

It needs a bit of work to get it back up to full glory. The drive belt was trashed so I've got another coming soon but that was only £9 so not too bad.

Deck needs wirebrushing but its mostly light surface rust.

Doesn't have a rip fence, which is a shame. I'll probably look to make one, shouldn't be too hard. I've got the mitre slider though which is good.

It's missing the thrust guide. The clamp is still all there, so I'll need to make one of those. Shouldn't be too hard - I'm thinking 10mm bar with a 10mm bolt welded at the end so it's an L shape. I can then put a bearing on it and shim it left or right with washers to line up properly. The bearing will then be inline with the blade so will roll like it should.

Motor runs and sounds fine and all the wheels move smoothly, so I think all the bearings are good. Tyres look ok.

Most likely needs a new blade but thats a consumable anyway and about £15.

So all in should be around £175 and a little bit of work, if all goes well

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Hi,

looking at a recordpower rpbs12 bandsaw which has come up locally for £150

Is that a good/reasonable price?

thanks

I believe it cost me £85 to change the tyres, wheel bearings, guide bearings, capacitor, blade and Bristol lever on my rpbs 14, so working on that if the whole lot needs doing it'll cost you £235.

 

[scooby]

£85 for all that sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Not bad - that was decent bearings and tyres, too.

 

[simisworkshop]

£150 sounds pretty fair for the Record Power RPBS12 if it’s in good condition. I’ve seen these go for around £250 new, so you’re getting a decent price. I’d just recommend checking the usual stuff like the blade, motor, and any signs of wear. If it’s been well cared for, it could be a solid buy!

 

[Agent_zed]

Just for completion - Bought a new blade and drive belt. Cleaned up the machine and gave it a bit of a wax. Checked all the bearings etc and all good.

Had to make a thrust bearing carrier that was missing

This was just a 10mm bolt that I cut and welded at 90degrees. Cut a nut in half to be able to clamp the bearing in the correct position.

I broke the alloy clamp for the side bearing so had to make one of those too. In hindsight I shoudl have cut a thread rather than weld a nut on the bottom as it would be 5mm less clearance but not really a problem (need to also cut off the thread sticking out).

Did a bit of setup. Realised I'd put the top wheel on the wrong way around. It's only about 5mm difference but it scrapes on the door lock when you try and close it. so flipped that around, problem solved.


Did a test cut on a piece of redwood 120mm wide. Pretty pleased with the outcome. Especially as i don't have a proper fence and just clamped that large piece of wood to the deck (can be seen in pics above).