[TheForge] BANDSAWS? more than you wanted to know

Thu Dec 5 13:05:03 2002

IF i had the money-
Ellis probably has one of the best American made saws around. The mitre features are very nice and I believe they use a 1" blade which is perhaps oversized for the saw but the benefit is that they last much longer than 'competing' models. Most metal people I know run the cheapest thing they can find (no offense, Steve) like the 159$ ENCO saws (Harbor Fright, Foremost, Grissly- all the same thing) and then rip the sheetmetal base out from under them and fab up a new base that can take some abuse. Just don't expect good mitres from saws like these. Most don't have a need for greater accuracy.

For portable: Who hasn't bought a porta-band and not used it everyday in the shop since? For vertical cuts, I throw mine in the vise, wrap a bungee cord around the trigger (real safe, I know) and you're off to the races. Of course I'd love a large vertical bandsaw but it's 1000 bucks I can put into something else, 
Personally, I love big, nasty, noxious chop saws. How can you pass up a 400lb Boeing Surplus mitering Delta for 300$ Heck- they are practically giving them away. I LIKE being able to hack through a piece of railroad track in 30 seconds and I REVEL in the dust cloud knowing that all that noise and debris is the sound of somebody actually MAKING something.

Steve Howell
Seattle

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Now that you open up that can of worms.

What is the collective wisdom on looking
for a metal cutting bandsaw?
Brands? Manner of construction? Blade
length?
Whatever?

This may very well be on next years wish
list.

Mike Graf
Gladish Family wrote:
> 
> I have a bandsaw for cutoff work- what's the cheapest best chopsaw that will
> EASILY  do miter angles?
> Thanks,
> Andy
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