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Re: [Shop-talk] small band saw?

To: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] small band saw?
From: "David C." <cavanadd@frontier.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:25:44 -0700
Who's ratings?  While I have bought my share of stuff from Harbor 
Freight, I would take the "ratings" on their web site with a very large 
grain of salt.  There is a lot of stuff on the web from people who have 
posted negative ratings on HF stuff only to never see them posted.  I 
haven't seen very many negative ratings there.  The ratings I tend to 
trust most are on Amazon.

As for the saws, I'm a full size tool guy; I haven't heard many good 
things about the small band saws.  They aren't heavy and strong enough 
to tension a blade properly.  I suppose for light hobby use they could 
be OK but the smallest I would personally consider would be a full sized 
14" saw like the Delta or one of it's clones.  They show up on CL around 
here all the time.

BJNoSHOV8 wrote:
> I used a friend's band saw for a small hobby project recently and I
> decided that I would like to have one for my own use. I see 10" and
> larger models for sale, they cost more than what I would want to spend
> and most of these require mounting on a floor stand. I also see 9"
> models that sit on a table and are less expensive. Skill and Delta make
> one model (appears to be the same unit with different names), Ryobi
> makes one, Sears makes on and Harbor Freight sells one. The Sears unit
> gets real low ratings, the Skill/Delta not much better, the Ryobi gets
> medium ratings, and the HF model gets good ratings.
>
> Should I get one of the small inexpensive models and take my chances, or
> should I try to find a deal on a used larger model? I would still need
> to set it on a bench which might be a problem with some of the larger
> models.
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