| From: N. Y. Yankee
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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I have seen a couple of times that the Woodchuck is no longer being made? Anyone know for sure?
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| From: Sawtooth (Original)
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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That’s the rumor........ Nolz has one that needs a place to go. Or did yesterday anyway.
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| From: 4nolz@work
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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no longer being made I was told
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| From: 4nolz@work
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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I have one on the swap thread but the photos are gone
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| From: Dan In MI
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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Definitely out of biz.
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| From: Kevin Dill
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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What did they cost new...$150 maybe? I had one many years ago and the truth for me was it didn't do such a great job. Anyway I sold it and never missed it.
Just the other day I was in Lowe's and noticed a Porter-Cable belt/disc sander for $219. Nice unit...cast iron base...good setup. About 50 times more useful for me than a Woodchuck. I'm going to get one and build a simple taper jig for broadheads and nocks.
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| From: JusPassin
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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You won't be sorry Kevin, it'll give you the best tapers ever.
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| From: strshotx
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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I have a Woodchuck and think it is one of the best taper sanders out there.You can make small taper adjustments to get a perfect flush fit on my wood arrows.Bought one many years ago and still works great.I paid $129.95 for mine new back then and have done many dozens of wood arrows over the years.
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| From: strshotx
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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I have a Woodchuck and think it is one of the best taper sanders out there.You can make small taper adjustments to get a perfect flush fit on my wood arrows.Bought one many years ago and still works great.I paid $129.95 for mine new back then and have done many dozens of wood arrows over the years.
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| From: Jon Stewart
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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A guy gave me a like new one. I don't care for it much. Guess that is why he gave it to me as he didn't like it either.
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| From: newell38
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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Gotta tweak it a bit. Once you get it adjusted it’s as good as any of them. I couldn’t stand the woodchuck at first and continued to use my horizons but once I made some adjustments to the woodchuck I stashed away my horizons and use the woodchuck exclusively. I’d like to pick up a spare woodchuck if anyone wants to sell one.
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| From: Gnombre
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| Date: 18-Oct-18 |
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I have one and love it. Much nicer then doing it by hand or using a ghetto drill attachable.
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| From: aromakr
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| Date: 19-Oct-18 |
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I think some don't realize that when the leave the factory they are not adjusted, that is the task of the buyer. There is not that much to do, the angle of the motor might need to be tweaked and the stop set to the proper depth, then there is a short learning curve of how fast to feed the shaft, etc. Its not fast enough for the commercial arrowmaker, however for the guy making arrows for himself there the best on the market.
Bob
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| From: trad47
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| Date: 19-Oct-18 |
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I got one for cheap on the classifieds a couple of years ago. There is a learning curve and the stick on sanding disc can fly off unpredictably. You learn to roll the arrow shaft quickly as the sander will whittle down the point to nothing lol.
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| From: Bill Rickvalsky
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| Date: 19-Oct-18 |
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They were a great tool but as someone pointed out you can do the same thing with a bench top belt/disc combo sander. And that can be used for lots of other stuff. You can make a jig for use on the disc sander table that does pretty much exactly what the woodchuck did. It can be made from scrap wood and won't cost a thing. Lots of folks on here have done it.
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