| Almost everyone who enjoys woodworking as a | | | | production needs of commercial woodworking, and |
| hobby imagines what it would be like to earn a living | | | | the result is always the same: the machines work |
| by operating a full-scale commercial woodworking | | | | wonderfully for a little while, then they start breaking |
| company. But the path from hobbyist woodworking | | | | down with increased frequency, eventually burning |
| to commercial woodworking involves lots of planning | | | | out. If you feel tempted to buy a rip saw in a |
| and purchases. If you decide to take your passion | | | | cheaper grade than you ideally need, a better idea is |
| for woodworking into the commercial realm, chances | | | | to shop for an industrial gang rip saw used. |
| are that most of wood working machines that you | | | | When woodworkers are first cutting their teeth in |
| see in your woodshop today won't be there when | | | | the commercial woodworking business, many of |
| you finally open your commercial production line. For | | | | them don't know about the value of used industrial |
| example, instead of using hand saws and circle saws | | | | woodworking machinery. Unlike domestic grade |
| for all of your cutting needs, you'll eventually need an | | | | woodworking machinery, industrial machinery's long |
| industrial grade gang rip saw; a radial design power | | | | life span and sturdy construction mean that it can be |
| saw with its blade mounted to its motor that cuts | | | | "used" and still perform like new, especially if its |
| wood both across the stock and above it. | | | | former owner kept it properly maintained. In addition |
| Industrial grade gang rip saws simplify a variety of | | | | to startup woodworkers, commercial woodworking |
| cuts that take significantly more time and effort | | | | companies also buy machines used in order to save |
| when made with other types of saws. But to bring | | | | money; and when you learn how much new industrial |
| the power of top grade gang rip saws to your | | | | woodworking machines cost, it's easy to see why. In |
| production line, you could be looking at spending | | | | order to make sure that they get a quality machine |
| multiple thousands of dollars. Although taking your | | | | for the money, woodworking companies follow two |
| woodworking to the next level can put lots of | | | | simple rules when buying used machines: they |
| money in your pocket, getting to that level can take | | | | research the seller's reputation and they ask to see a |
| lots of money out of it. Faced with the expense of | | | | copy of a machine's official maintenance record. If |
| industrial wood working machines, some aspiring | | | | you follow the same rules as you shop for used gang |
| woodworkers try to compromise by buying a grade | | | | rip saws, you'll end up with the saw that you need at |
| of machinery that isn't designed to stand up to the | | | | the price that you need. |