[TheForge] replacement 4X6 horiz band saw

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer artgawk at thegrid.net
Tue Oct 13 19:42:38 EDT 2009


I used to think that..I had an old American Duro with the same design. 
It lives on in Rong F in terms of organ donation.
But there are differences in details and quality, on closer inspection, 
in the ones i've seen.

James Davis wrote:
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> from what I've see of 4x6 band saws they ALL appear to made by the same company in China just a different paint job.
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>> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:38:56 -0700
>> From: artgawk at thegrid.net
>> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] replacement 4X6 horiz band saw
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>> My doughty Rong Fu bandsaw is worn out and not worth fooling with any 
>> longer..it has 500,000 miles on it and the gearbox bushings are too worn 
>> to align the the bottom wheel any more.
>> I was looking at the Grizzly G0622 4X6 horizontal offering at $340..
>> Looks like $100 leaps to go up from there in quality.
>> I don't mind used, but i'm out here in the sticks.
>> Any suggestions for better low budget options would be appreciated..pf
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