[TheForge] New Bandsaw question

Steve Smith sos at alum.mit.edu
Tue Nov 2 20:26:09 EST 2004



Ries Niemi wrote:

> 
> On Tuesday, November 2, 2004, at 04:03 PM, Chris Kilpatrick wrote:
> 
>> Hi Dan,
>>      Not having any problems, just getting ready to buy one.  It is a 
>> central machinery one that can tilt to with  pressure or stand 
>> vertical so you can cut on a table.  I have read online that they are 
>> actually good machines for the money, but needed better bushings out 
>> of the box and have worked with these kind of bandsaws with coolant 
>> and really like the cutting ability and really hate the mess that 
>> sometimes accompanies colling systems.
>>
>>
> 
> I thought you already had one- spend the extra hundred bucks, and buy a 
> jet, or second to that, a grizzly- much better saws, actual humans who 
> know what a tool is at the service phone number, and parts in stock in 
> the US. Harbor Freight has an exchange it if it dont work policy, but 
> its easier just to get one that does work to begin with.
> 
> ries

Plus, you won't have to listen to HF try to sell you...magazine 
subscriptions? That's what I got when I ordered my drill press.

Steve


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