Yeah, and then there is Laguna..... Terry Farrell On Aug 11, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Mark Purney wrote: > Valuable advice. I'll avoid Grizzly. But I'm finding it difficult to > find a bandsaw that doesn't have some negative reviews or complaints. > > Interestingly, I'm seeing many positive reviews on the $800 Rikon > 14" bandsaw. There are certainly some complaints, but most of them > seem to be minor or correctable issues. As for the 14" Powermatic, > which is a little more expensive (but it already has the Carter > setup installed), it seems like the reviews are mostly stellar. The > people who are happy with it are extremely happy, but quite a > handful of people were very unhappy because they received defective > units with misaligned or improperly welded parts. So the Powermatic > seems like it is potentially the best $1000 saw, as long as you > don't get one of the "bad" ones. > > > On 8/11/2010 6:43 AM, Bill Costanzo wrote: >> >> I second Joe’s opinions on cheap is not the way to go. When I >> first started putting my woodworking shop together I bought a lot >> of Grizzly tools based on perceived reputation, I mean they >> advertise everywhere so people must be happy with there tools, >> right? Well, a 3rd of what I bought had to returned and replaced >> immediately because of manufacturing defects. I also bought their >> 14” “Ultimate band saw” with the riser package and within months of >> using destroyed the quick tension release, replaced it with the >> Carter system and it works ok now, but I wish it had a little more >> power. The last tool I purchased from them (and ever will) was an >> air filtration unit. It had the same specs as Delta and Jet but was >> about $100 cheaper. After about 13 months (one month out of >> warranty), it stopped working. They sold me a new Capacitor…didn’t >> fix it, they sold me a new circuit board…didn’t fix it, and they >> wanted to sell me a new motor which was out of stock and would cost >> me $100 when it came in. At that point I trashed it, and bought the >> Jet, which I’ve been happy with ever since. My bottom line is; I >> will never but from Grizzly again. >> >> My motto is: but the best you can even if it hurts the wallet now, >> because if you buy only what you can afford, it hurts a lot worse >> down the road. >> Peace >> Bill Costanzo > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100811/cef370bf/attachment.htm>
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