[TheForge] BANDSAWS? more than you wanted to know

Thu Dec 5 13:23:05 2002

        Steve,  a friend owns one of those Ellis saws and loves it.  Bob
Bergman brought an early version with him to work on setting up the ABANA
conference.......Nice saws, totally agree with the Ellis.  I need to replace
my 30 year old shop saw soon, and I've been looking at the Ellis
also.........so I'm still saving up.  :-)

Ralph


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From: "Howell Steve" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 1:07 PM
Subject: [TheForge] BANDSAWS? more than you wanted to know


> 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
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> 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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