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   djHSL | Jan 21, 2006 05:30am | #1

   Buying an Inca machine is a (very) brave move.

   I recently inherited a couple of Incas - a 340 Bandsaw and a 570 Jointer Planer - and trying to find resources and parts for them is a major worry.

   Example - having tracked down the correct blade length with the help of this forum, and acquiring a couple of blades, the saw threw the top tyre at the first start. Only Garrett Wade appears to have tyres, and ordering from them has been a mess of confusion (they appear to be having great troubles with their web site and eMail).

   Given this experience I'm scared to turn on the 570. If it broke something inside, I'd probably never be able to get it fixed.

   I know my uncle regretted having bought specialised, low volume machines, because of the cost and complexity of maintaining them. He often said he would have been much better off having bought products from a mass-market manufacturer (ie, DeWalt) with a wide range of service and supply options, and little risk of corporate failure.

    

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   bakesale1 | Jan 21, 2006 06:01am | #2

   Sorry to hear about you difficulties. Have you contaced Eagle Tools? Jesse there was the West Coast distributor for Inca and knows everything about the machines. I think he has many custooomerrs with the machines and still tunes them up. Si I think he must know how to get parts. I have the jointer/planer and can get blades through my lock blade sharpener. There's a company in the US that makes Tersa blades for the US. Minimax uses Tersa for some machines I believe. So those parts are available. I also have the 220 table saw, which is not fragile by any means and jsut a table saw with a great design.