I'm in the market for a miter saw, a drill press, a band saw, and a belt/disc
sander. I'll be using them for home projects - Nothing with a high level of
difficulty though. I went out shopping today at Home Depot, Lowe's, and Sears
and found the following that caught my eye:
Belt/Disc Sanders:
Ryobi BD4600 $99
Craftsman 231536 $120
10" Drill Presses:
Ryobi DP101 $99
Craftsman Z1909 $120
9" Band Saws:
Ryobi BS901 $99
Delta BS100 $99
Craftsman 21413 $120
10" Miter Saws:
Ryobi TS1352DXL $149
Rigid MS1065LZ $199
Craftsman 21253 $199
All the miter saws I looked at have laser guides. However, I don't know for
certain that I even need one. I will tell you I've never owned a miter saw
before (or any of the other tools listed), so I'm no expert. I'd appreciate
comments not only on the models I've listed but also others you may know about.
Responses can be posted here or sent directly to [email protected]. Thanks in
advance for your help.
All of the brand names you've listed are low end, low grade, low
quality pieces that produce low quality projects. If you're going to
build a deck then what you've listed will suffice but if you want to
make furniture you'd be way better off buying used machines such as
an Oliver Table Saw, Band Saw, and floor mounted Disk Sander.
Oliver is top of the line machinery.
I've been a woodworker since my youth and have used nearly every brand
name there is and nothing on earth can compare to Oliver when it comes
to table saws, band saws and such.
You should mention the purpose for which you intend to use the
machines you want so someone can better point you in the right
direction... I'm guessing that you are not into precision work since
none of the machines you mention are made to do precision work.
Sears is the bottom of the heap, a step lower is anything, repeat,
anything made by Ryobi. Porter Cable is shamefully low grade. Delta
is no better. All are made for intermitant use by the weekend
woodworker... if thats your purpose ( which seems a good guess ) than
such as you've named will get you by for homeowner type
non-professional jobs.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:17:07 GMT, Randy Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm in the market for a miter saw, a drill press, a band saw, and a belt/disc
>sander. I'll be using them for home projects - Nothing with a high level of
>difficulty though. I went out shopping today at Home Depot, Lowe's, and Sears
>and found the following that caught my eye:
>
>Belt/Disc Sanders:
>Ryobi BD4600 $99
>Craftsman 231536 $120
>
>10" Drill Presses:
>Ryobi DP101 $99
>Craftsman Z1909 $120
>
>9" Band Saws:
>Ryobi BS901 $99
>Delta BS100 $99
>Craftsman 21413 $120
>
>10" Miter Saws:
>Ryobi TS1352DXL $149
>Rigid MS1065LZ $199
>Craftsman 21253 $199
>
>All the miter saws I looked at have laser guides. However, I don't know for
>certain that I even need one. I will tell you I've never owned a miter saw
>before (or any of the other tools listed), so I'm no expert. I'd appreciate
>comments not only on the models I've listed but also others you may know about.
>Responses can be posted here or sent directly to [email protected]. Thanks in
>advance for your help.
"Randy Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> 10" Drill Presses:
> Ryobi DP101 $99
> Craftsman Z1909 $120
I took $125 and bought for a refurb'd Delta 12" benchtop. With drill
presses - you'll find out that Size Matters more often than not.
> 9" Band Saws:
> Delta BS100 $99
Got the Delta. Am pleased with it for what it did/does.
> 10" Miter Saws:
I'd say grab a cheaper Delta ShopMaster series.
> All the miter saws I looked at have laser guides. However, I don't know
for
> certain that I even need one.
I haven't found the overwhelming need for a laser. I'd take the $$ that I'd
spend on the laser-doo-dad and apply it to getting a bigger/better
non-laser'd miter saw.
> comments not only on the models I've listed but also others you may know
about.
Table Saw???