Bandsaw Recommendation

[Farrell]

Hi Newton. Thanks for responding. From the feedback and from what I have gleened from my catalogs and the web, my choice is between the Inca Model 340 10-1/2 inch and the Delta 14-inch (either the 3/4 hp or the 1 hp unit). I am not bandsaw-savy, but I know that cheap tools are just that - cheap! I have never used a bandsaw. My uses will be aimed strictly at piano rebuilding. Cutting bridges and bridge caps, soundboard ribs, pinblocks and the like. Will the little Inca cover all this in style? For piano rebuilding, please compare/contrast the Inca with the Delta (was your Delta a 14-inch - or are you familiar with the Delta 14-inch?). I suspect my needs are more closely aligned with finess rather than brute strength. Thanks

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: Bandsaw Recommendation


> Hi have an Inca 10.5 inch table bandsaw.  I love it.  Small and very
> precise but not cheap.  It is Swiss made and green.
> 
> Do not get the larger 20 inch Inca.  It is a three wheeler and blades do
> not last as long but otherwise it is a very nice machine.
> 
> Feed is with the post to your right not your left like most other
> units.  I had a Delta at the same time I had the Inca.  One was like a
> Mack truck the other like a Miata.
> 
> This one cuts anything and has enough power for pinblocks.  It is
> intended for lighter precision work not resawing logs.
> 
> Newton