I was in a friends resaw plant this week and noticed a bandsaw in the corner that looks pretty hefty. Just wondered if anyone uses one of these and whats good and bad about it.
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20 years ago
Anyone have any experience with a Mini Max S45 Bandsaw?
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20 years ago
S45 is the cheapseats saw from MiniMax. The real hefty saws are the MM16, MM20, MM24, etc.
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I am very statisfied with my M>I was in a friends resaw plant this week and noticed a bandsaw in the
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I've had an S45 for about 15 years now, and I can tell you it's not a cheapseats saw. It doesn't have the resaw capacity of the MM saws, but it's a rugged smooth running saw with more than enough power for resawing 10" stock. It has cast iron wheels and as strong of frame as the MM saws...
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20 years ago
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$1795, I could hardly call this a cheapseats saw.
Bob
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20 years ago
Call it what you want, it is still several hundred dollars CHEAPER than the MM branded saw. I call that the cheapseats version, you can call it whatever you like
John
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20 years ago
Wow, they just raised their prices big time. That saw used to be around $1000. Looks like the price of the MM16 went up, also. Probably because of the weak dollar.
Mark
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20 years ago
As far as I know, this was the original "Mini Max" bandsaw. When I bought mine in 1989, there were no other SCM bandsaws branded as MiniMax. IIRC, I paid about $1200 for mine.