[pianotech] Grizzly 17" wood/metal bandsaw

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Wed Aug 11 17:30:53 MDT 2010


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
>
>

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