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It followed me home potential Gloat - JamesR - 08-29-2016
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I saw it on a facebook group for sale yesterday and brought it home tonight. I swear it had the factory blade still in it.
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - fredhargis - 08-30-2016
Nice, but to be a gloat you have to divulge the details.
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - Bill Wilson - 08-30-2016
You have a very nice saw there. Whether or not it's gloat worthy depends on what you paid for it.
I don't know a whole lot about Hawks, other than they are very well made saws. Bushton Mfg recently purchased the business and by most accounts have done a good job with making improvements to design and customer service. Do you know how old it is? I think they recently improved their blade clamps. Any idea if this one has the newer clamps?
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - JamesR - 08-30-2016
I paid $150 for it. It has the old style blade clamps but I plane to update them
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - Bill Wilson - 08-30-2016
I'd say you did well. Gloat at will!
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - packerguy® - 08-30-2016
Thats a screaming gloat. You will be VERY happy with it.
I got the same one last year, with the magnifying lens and light for $150 and I felt like a thief.
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - Unisaw A100 - 08-31-2016
A gloat? I disagree. The problem is the mis-interpretation of what a Gloat is. As it was originally used on The Old Tools List, a gloat was when you found something of extreme rarity, something much sought after or something extremely inexpensive. Any combination of the three ran the gloatage up and/or increased vacuum. Also, cool factor and gizmosity played into all of this.
What we have when we buy something that's still widely available is best described as a Neener, as in "neener, neener, neener" (you wag your finger and your head rocks back and forth when you say that).
Please, don't cheapen the gloat by applying it to everything.
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 09-02-2016
(08-31-2016, 07:02 PM)Unisaw A100 Wrote: A gloat? I disagree. The problem is the mis-interpretation of what a Gloat is. As it was originally used on The Old Tools List, a gloat was when you found something of extreme rarity, something much sought after or something extremely inexpensive. Any combination of the three ran the gloatage up and/or increased vacuum. Also, cool factor and gizmosity played into all of this.
What we have when we buy something that's still widely available is best described as a Neener, as in "neener, neener, neener" (you wag your finger and your head rocks back and forth when you say that).
Please, don't cheapen the gloat by applying it to everything.
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - cvillewood - 09-02-2016
Silly me, i thought a gloat was a great find at a really great price.
RE: It followed me home potential Gloat - Admiral - 09-02-2016
(09-02-2016, 10:51 AM)cvillewood Wrote: Silly me, i thought a gloat was a great find at a really great price.
Definitions morph over time. IMHO, a very worthy tool at a great price qualifies, perhaps not on the OTL, but certainly on WoodNet. Suckage quotient rises the lower the price. For example, a 90's vintage pot metal Craftsman saw would not qualify, even at $25.
By the way, JamesR, let me be the first, you suck! Very gloatworthy.