"Jim Weidenfeller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am in the market for a new bandsaw. Looking for 14". Minimal resaws
> although
> there may be some in the future.
> Recommendations so far include: Delta, Powermatic, Grizzley and Laguna.
> Would like to
> stay in the $1,000 price range.
>
> Any suggestions from anyone.
> Thanks
>
>
You should also consider the MiniMax S14 (about $700 plus shipping, with 8"
resaw) and the Jet 16" ($775 delivered into your garage from Amazon). The
Jet has 10" resaw capacity, not as many bells and whistles but seems pretty
solid.
Denny
"Jim Weidenfeller" <[email protected]> wrote
> I am in the market for a new bandsaw. Looking for 14". Minimal resaws
> although there may be some in the future.
> Recommendations so far include: Delta, Powermatic, Grizzley and Laguna.
> Would like to stay in the $1,000 price range.
> Any suggestions from anyone.
> Thanks
Jim - If $1000 is your max. I'd go with the Grizzly GO513 17" saw. 12"
resaw and the beef of a 2hp motor. I have the GO555 14 inch and love it. But
if I had a $1K max then the GO513 would be the best value for the money.
Leaves some money to buy some good Timberwolf blades. Check it out at
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?itemnumber=G0513
Jeff
The most recent issue of American Woodworker magazine has a review of
bandsaws. It is the first of two parts, the second to appear in the next
issue.
I thought their material was very good.
"Jim Weidenfeller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Pgbjd.472893$mD.255333@attbi_s02...
> I am in the market for a new bandsaw. Looking for 14". Minimal resaws
> although
> there may be some in the future.
> Recommendations so far include: Delta, Powermatic, Grizzley and Laguna.
> Would like to
> stay in the $1,000 price range.
>
> Any suggestions from anyone.
> Thanks
>
>
"Denny" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> "Jim Weidenfeller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:Pgbjd.472893$mD.255333@attbi_s02...
>> I am in the market for a new bandsaw. Looking for 14". Minimal
>> resaws although
>> there may be some in the future.
>> Recommendations so far include: Delta, Powermatic, Grizzley and
>> Laguna. Would like to
>> stay in the $1,000 price range.
>>
> You should also consider the MiniMax S14 (about $700 plus shipping,
> with 8" resaw) and the Jet 16" ($775 delivered into your garage from
> Amazon). The Jet has 10" resaw capacity, not as many bells and
> whistles but seems pretty solid.
If you don't need the resaw capacity, the Minimax seems a better saw. I
own the Jet 16. The lower blade guides are difficult to reach, without
removing the table.
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>
> "Jim Weidenfeller" <[email protected]> wrote
> > I am in the market for a new bandsaw. Looking for 14". Minimal resaws
> > although there may be some in the future.
> > Recommendations so far include: Delta, Powermatic, Grizzley and Laguna.
> > Would like to stay in the $1,000 price range.
> > Any suggestions from anyone.
> > Thanks
>
> Jim - If $1000 is your max. I'd go with the Grizzly GO513 17" saw. 12"
> resaw and the beef of a 2hp motor. I have the GO555 14 inch and love it.
But
> if I had a $1K max then the GO513 would be the best value for the money.
> Leaves some money to buy some good Timberwolf blades. Check it out at
> http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?itemnumber=G0513
I can't speak to the G0513, but the G0555 works very well for me. Installed
the resaw kit, everything still dead on. I've resawed 8-10" stuff(slabs of
quilted material from a Norway Maple stump slab) with it, only bogged down a
couple times when I fed too fast. This was with a Griz 3/4" 3 T.P.I. blade,
no skewing of cut, fence dead on as delivered.
--
Nahmie
The law of intelligent tinkering: save all the parts.
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 21:22:55 GMT, "Jim Weidenfeller"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am in the market for a new bandsaw. Looking for 14". Minimal resaws
>although
>there may be some in the future.
>Recommendations so far include: Delta, Powermatic, Grizzley and Laguna.
>Would like to
>stay in the $1,000 price range.
Whew... for under $1000, you could get one of those 17" Grizzleys-
possibly a 19", with S&H and all. I don't have one *yet* myself, but
a fellow woodworker in the area has one, and I was checking it out
when helping him build his shop- they're nice peices of machinery for
the price! So far, I don't like Delta for bandsawing, but I only have
a 9" benchtop, so there may be a signifigant increase in quality when
you move to a larger model.
>Any suggestions from anyone.
>Thanks
>
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
Jim Weidenfeller wrote:
>Any suggestions from anyone.
I'd start by camping out on this auction, or one similar
close by you (1).
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57124&item=3851096259
If it goes in the $200-$600 range you can pretty much feel
you've done very well. With the left over money you could
either set yourself up with a rotary phase convertor or
re-motor it. Later, if you wanted to sell it, you
could/would re-coup what you have/had in it and buy
something else.
>Thanks
Not a problem.
(1) They aren't always close by but I'd not ever not
consider a one day "out and back" for that "just right"
machine. For instance,
Some Machines Considered "Just Right"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57124&item=3851199309
or
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57124&item=3851280185
or
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57124&item=3850384903
It may look as though I favor the Powermatic (I like mine)
but really it's just a matter of available (at this time)
inventory. The underlying theme here is, if you buy a used
machine you can usually recoup your investment and sometimes
more. Buy new and it depreciates before the nice lady at
Master Card/Visa/AmEx charges the charge against your
permanent record.
In My Humble Opinion/Your Mileage May Vary/Don't Ask Me How
I Know This.
UA100