Jet bandsaw mods

[Mark Howell]

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[bluemax1811-newsgroups]

If your stock bandsaw rated 3 on a scale of 1-10 (10 being perfect), where would you rate it now after you have done all the improvements. I'm impressed with your practical approach and thank you for making the effort to share it - especially for the high quality, appropriate pictures.

Bob Davis Houston, texas

[firstjois]

Yep, very nice, thanks, I'm going to see your dust collection ideas will work for me.

Josie

[Patriarch]

"Mark Howell" wrote in news:Xm0Vd.46140$t46.33935 @trndny04:

Nice work on these mods. I have this saw, and have never felt really comfortable with it, thinking it was just me.

Thanks for sharing the experience.

Patriarch

[TeamCasa]

I have the Jet 16" as well. Like you the original blade went with the packing material. I have not experienced the flexing you described but I did however, build my own mobile base for it and I find it to have a very stable base. (Made using the same style and some parts from the mobile base that came with my Unisaw.) I will take a closer look tonight.

Dave

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[TeamCasa]

Here is the mobil base I made for the Jet bandsaw.

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[Larry Jaques]

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:22:28 -0600, the inscrutable Patriarch spake:

And people think you only have to do those mods to Griz and HF bandsaws. That's a real eye-opener, wot? What are Jets, about $200 more than Griz and $300 more than HF? Har!

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[John Thomas]

Larry Jaques wrote in news: [e-mail]:

HF doesn't make an 18" do they? I've only ever seen the Delta clone at HF.

I think you're comparing apples to oranges here (much different configs of saws ....)

Regards, JT

[Larry Jaques]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:51:27 +0000 (UTC), the inscrutable John Thomas spake:

Neither does any more. I think I got the last of Griz' 18s and HF never did make one. But for comparison, the concept that Jet, being more expensive yet no better, is valid. I've watched the guys here buying Jets and Deltas for a decade now and the majority of them are not fully pleased. It's sad to see.

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[Mark Howell]

I give it an 8. I think there are 16" saws out there with more resaw capacity, and better tables.

[Mark Howell]

Thanks, I was thinking I was the only one who felt like that.

[Mark Howell]

Threre's nothing sad to see. You want to put a price on Jet's customer service, which is probably even better than Delta's? There's alot of quality in a Jet, *for its price point* , than cheaper machines. It wasn't my intention to put down Jet, I mean c'mon, did you look at my equipment list? I spent $20.00 on fixing what *I* think was a problem, and it probably is not a problem at all to other people. And since you-get-what-you-pay-for is a truism, how much happier do you think I'd be with a cheaper machine?

[Mark Howell]

Thats a nice sturdy base, is that C channel? I see that you used the cast iron feet, mine is kinda tippy without them.

[Teamcasa]

No, is square tubing, .0125. The same as the original Delta mobil base. Yea, the feet help with establishing a wider base and lower CG.

Dave

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