Bandsaw Recommendation

[Farrell]

Dern tootin' good point! I don't know. A Delignit double is 18.5" wide and Bolduc and the Pianotek multilam double pinblocks are 17" wide. Actual blade-to-throat spec distance is 10-1/2" on the little saw. The furthest into each side of a Delignit block I would have to go is 9-1/4" - that would give me 1-1/4" to spare and I would have 2" clearance on the other blocks. Although I realize that these clearances would actually be less because the block would be on some sort of angle. But I would think if you go one half of the way from one end, and the other half from the other end you could do it? 

Newton? What has been your experience with this? Are there any other piano-related applications where the 14-inch would work, but the 10-1/2-inch size might not?

The cost for the two machines is in the same ballpark. I've read enough to be convinced that the Delta is way above the other clones, etc. in quality that will lead to better blade tracking, stability, etc. My assumption is that this Inca would be another full step up in quality. Must admit though, I'm just guessing at this point. I can't imagine that I will find myself felling a sugar maple and wanting to run it through my bandsaw - at least not down here if Florida!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcel Carey" <mcpiano@globetrotter.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:39 AM
Subject: RE: Bandsaw Recommendation


> Terry,
> 
> The only question I would have with the Inca is the size of throat. If you
> intend to do a lot of rebuilding, you probably will buy the pinblocks in
> double size. I not sure if 10 1/2" would be wide enough to do this job.
> Maybe others know.
> 
> Marcel Carey, RPT
> Sherbrooke, QC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Farrell
> Sent: 23 mars, 2002 20:12
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Bandsaw Recommendation
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
>