Lost a weekend and maybe 800 bucks on a used cutter head that was way too worn

Picked up a used cutter head off Kijiji from a guy outside Winnipeg. Said it had light use. Got it home and the teeth were practically ground down to nubs. Spent Saturday trying to get it to bite into anything and it just bounced off. Had to call around Sunday to find a rental to finish the job. Lesson learned I guess... anybody else get burned by a bad used part lately?

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charles50816d ago

My buddy drove two hours for a used table saw once. Got there and the guy was like "oh yeah the fence is kinda off but just tap it straight with a hammer." He tapped it for two hours back home and still couldn't cut a straight line.

smith.blair16d ago

800 bucks and a whole weekend? Look, Kijiji is a gamble, you knew that going in. Buying used tools is always a risk. I've gotten stuff that looked perfect in the photo and was junk in person, and also stuff that looked beat up and worked great for years. This is just the price of doing business on the cheap. You saved maybe 50% on the cutter head, and it cost you the weekend and a rental. You probably would have spent close to that on a new one anyway after tax and shipping