I agree - I have a 10" bandsaw now, and a 14" wouldn't take up much more space in my tiny shop, wouldn't have been that much more expensive, and it would be useful for a lot more things. The 10" is workable, though. If you really want the Craftsman 10" (and it looks like a pretty good deal at $129 on the website), you'll want to get good blades (i.e. timberwolf, from
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and they are all made to order any size you want. Call them up, tell them what you'll be using it for, and they'll recommend what types of blades to get. When I ordered from them, they had a buy 3 get 1 free deal. Andy