Whats a good bandsaw

[egon]

Thank you all for your informative replies.

I went out and layed my money down for an industrial 14 inch King three speed with extension. It will take a 3/4 inch blade. Most of the brands mentioned are not stocked in the stores here.

The fence will be heightened and a carrige for the first cut on the logs made. There will also be table extensions added to add support.

The saws that were really attractive all started around the $2000. mark but those are not in my buget.

Egon

[egon]

My Bandsaw finally arrived. I made table extensions but have not yet installed the rizer block. Figured I could use lots of practice before that happens. The saw came with a 3/8 blade which was replaced with a 3/4- 3 teeth per in. blade which really changes the ability to cut to maximum depth. I am happy with it so far.

Now if only my knee gets better I'll be able to make proper use of it.

Egon

[Burner_Can_Man]

Egon, The Grizzly model GO555 has been getting some good press. It appears to be good value @ $375.00.

[bws]

www.grizzly.com think these are real good saws.

[fivestring]

Well, Egon.....
Have you had much practice with the bandsaw yet?

I'm leaning toward the 14" Grizzly with the 6" riser.
With shipping, $485. [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
I've cut timber (cherry, maple, walnut, sycamore and poplar) that I need to mill and was going to use the bandsaw for that purpose. Nothing real big.
Trying to find a sawmill around here is like waiting on the flat rate income tax and the gummit to get smaller! [img]/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/blush.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

Right now, preparing the garden soil and flower beds is eating up my time!

[egon]

Gary:

Gone through quite a few blades so far. So far all is good. Almost all the work has been on wet lumber trying to get it into resonable shape before drying.

Been on a learning curve so really can't share any gems of wisdom. Can tell you a lot of things not to do though.

I've got a King 14 in. with the 6 in. extension. It's a three speed . I've attached extension tables, 4 feet, on the feed and out feed side. They can be folded up. Gonna change them sometime as they look like blinkety blank and figure I can put together a better system.

Real happy with it so far. But then being the first one don't know the difference.

Egon

[Boondox]

I love my bandsaw, but that rock maple sure is tough on blades! I finally bit the bullet and bought a Lenox carbide tipped bandsaw blade. Wow! That's all I can say. Wow!

Pete

[fivestring]

<font color="green">"Wow! That's all I can say. Wow!" </font color>

WOW from the <font color="green">cost $$$$ </font color>? [img]/forums/images/icons/blush.gif[/img]
Or WOW from the difference in the way it works?
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[Boondox]

Both. At first the cost stunned me as it was three times the cost of the old Timberwolf blades I used. But so far it's cut 10x more wood than the old blades and is still sharp! So it now appears to be a great deal.

Pete

[egon]

What size bandsaw blade do you use for resawing Pete.

Egon