Bandsaw Advice

[w sikora]

Lance, 

I've been happy with my Sears Craftsman 12", but I'm not a rebuilder--it
gets fairly light duty.  I have, however, sliced veneer out of a 4" block of
hornbeam with it using the 1/2  inch blade, which is the largest it will
take.  It cost $269 on sale.

Walter Sikora, RPT

Chapel HIll, NC


At 04:08 AM 11/6/97 +0000, 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
>