Price range of Inca 341 saw (7″)
I usually don’t ask this kind of question here, but this saw is so hard to get information about! I’ve finished restoring the little Inca saw (7″ version, not the big one), and it is going to help grow my New Tablesaw Fund by getting sold. Rather than put it on eBay, I’d like to sell it on Craig’s list to a local buyer. Does anyone out there have good information on what the price range is for these little dudes?
Here it is before clean-up, accessories not pictured (read below):
It has the horizontal mortising table, 2 wings, all kinds of accessories (miter gauge and add-on; molding head with one set of knives; 3-part hold-down safety thingie; tenoning jig, all kinds of clamps and stuff (sorry, no pics, still resurrecting data from dead computer). Three blades, 3 throat inserts, a fence and an auxiliary fence. On and on.
If you’ve seen these for sale and have info, please fill me in! Thanks!
forestgirl — you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can’t take the forest out of the girl 😉
Edited 11/12/2007 11:09 pm by forestgirl
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There's one listed on eBay right now with a $900 Buy It Now price. That seems high to me.
There are two ways of setting a price for older machinery like this that probably comes up for sale infrequently.
The first is to set a collector's price, which will be fairly high, and it may take some time to sell if the right buyer isn't out there.
The second is to set a price based on what the machine can do. In this case, I'd add up the cost of a 7-8" table saw, a mortiser, and a shaper (all used prices), and base your selling price on that.
Just to illustrate, I have an old Walker Turner 16" bandsaw. If I was to try to get a collector's price on it, I'd shoot for selling it for $900, since it's in good shape and has the cast iron base. If I was to sell it based on what it can do, I'd sell it for about $500, based on the price of a new 16" bandsaw with 10" resaw capacity. Not that my bandsaw is for sale -- you'll have to pry this thing away from me from my cold dead fingers.
Thanks for the heads up. That saw is the 10" model, mines an 8" (may have my model # wrong). They go easily for $800. The smaller saw is more for model makers and the like.
I had a search set up at eBay for inca (saw,tablesaw) and am supposed to get an automated email when something shows up. For some reason it didn't happen this time. Last week or so, a miter gauge sold for $150!! Got a notice when that one was listed.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Edited 11/13/2007 11:28 am by forestgirl
The smaller saw is more for model makers and the like. Just a thought.. In my mind that should bring a premium price because these saws were probably not sold in numbers that the larger saws were. You know, supply and demand!And do not forget all the rehab you have done. I'd bet most being sold now look like what you had to begin with.Just my opinion. Don't sell it on a whim.. Why not use a bit and see how 'you' like it and what it can do. May give you some prospective on it's worth.Just me...
Forestgirl,
You can also do a search on ebay for only auctions that have already ended to see what kind of prices things have brought in the past. I believe you go to an advanced search, type in the tool and click the box right under that for "ended auctions only" or something similar to that.
Good Luck, Rob
Hi, Rob. Yep, those are called "completed items" and I use that search function often to check out what various items are selling for. What's amazing to me is how very seldom any Inca table saw or accessory shows up. If it doesn't appear on eBay, it is indeed a rare thing, LOL!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Hang in there Gurl, With your 'gift of gab' and a good story about it's history (Wink Wink) and the fact it was fully restored by Forest girl and the help of most of the Knots forum...
(That's called 'Provenance')you'll command top bux. Describe all the features and accessories and some projects made with it
Hobbyists will beat a path to your door once word get's out
Wipe it down with mineral oil and take photos from all angles with indirect light (No flash) The fact that it's a multi use machine and saves valuable space for those "Discriminating Craftpersons of quality
Add a selection of wood scra er ...selected samples of various wood species and the offers will come rolling in.
Ed from Ct.
I had one of those saws. Fantastic tool, unbelievably well made.
I think I sold mine for around $500, less the mortising table. Kept that and made a budget MultiRouter by attaching it to a horizontal jig for a router.
If you don't have a setup for mortises I really recommend keeping that mortising table to use with a router. You'll still get a great price for the saw and you can't replace the productivity the mortising table will give you for what you would get from selling it. As is that table does about 80 percent of a Multi-Router and with a little extra work you can duplicate the Z axis function and get an excellent tenoner as well as a mortiser.
I just bought more or less the exact same saw as this one this past fall. It was in pretty good shape and was also the 8" model. Actually my wife walked by when I opened the post and thought I was selling mine. It didn't have the mortising attachment and the only accessory it came with was the miter guide and a couple of extra sawblades. I paid $400. That being said, I searched for it for some time and found prices ranging from what I paid all the way up to $900 (all for the 8", I didn't even look at the 10"). Hope this helps.
FG - I know you like to do your homework. What new saws are you looking at?
Joe, I'm hoping to get a SawStop. Probably won't be able to pull of the cabinet version, but the contractor saw should be within reach. forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Not to jump your thread, but is there any news on the SS Contractor? I've had one on preorder for years. Seems its been about to ship for about 2 years.I've left the order open but beginning to think its like Bigfoot at this point.
Last I heard from Sarge, who's the closest thing we have to a direct pipline, they're now thinking toward the end of this year. Hope springs eternal!!!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
I was wondering the same thing the other day, so I checked their site. It now says "Spring '08 -- Preproduction planning in process."
That's cool -- just give me a little more time to put pennies in the piggy bank. ;-)
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
Darn! Cool for you, not so for moi. My old Jet needs to be replaced. Oh, well.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
My guess is that my old Craftsman "needs replaced" more than your Jet! ;-)
Even so, I'm willing (tho' not happy) to wait, and I'll make do until SS either gets around to selling the contractor's version or my piggy bank gets fat enough to spring for the cab saw.
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
"...or my piggy bank gets fat enough to spring for the cab saw." Mmmmmm, I can hope!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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