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
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" wrote
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
"Denny" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:
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.
I'd start by camping out on this auction, or one similar close by you (1).
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"
In My Humble Opinion/Your Mileage May Vary/Don't Ask Me How I Know This.
UA100
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.
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.
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