Dear Lance, I have a Mark V Shopsmith, with the bandsaw, and it has been magnificent. You might check out the cost of buying just the Shopsmith bandsaw with an auxiliary power station. Good luck, Susan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- At 10:08 PM 11/5/97 -0600, you wrote: >Dearest List, >I am shopping for a new bandsaw and thought I had made a decision, but >after a bad report from the owner of the saw I had decided on, I'm not >sure. I am looking for a good saw that I don't have to spend lots of time >adjusting. I plan to use it for various shop procedures and some medium >duty woodworking. I had hoped for a Delta 14", but the cost for it ($750 >plus attachments) is a lot of money to me. I've heard Bill Spurlock and >others praise the Grizzly that is comparable in many ways($300) but tonight >I got a bad report from a friend who said his kept going out of alignment, >etc. > >I KNOW Delta is good, but three times the price good? How 'bout other >brands? The Delta will run me $1100-$1200 after a miter guide, guides, >fence, etc. How 'bout best prices around? I've got other things I'd like >to get and hate to sink more than I have to on one of them. Thanks! > >Lance Lafargue, RPT >New Orleans Chapter >Covington, LA. >lafargue@iamerica.net > > Susan Kline P.O. Box 1651 Philomath, OR 97370 skline@proaxis.com "Enormous amounts of information are available, including, however, very little reliable data on what it all means." -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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