Band saw suggestions

[CosmoQ]

Not yet. I'm thinking of the Sears Craftsman 10" 1/3 hp band saw. The price is good ($179.00 on sale) and I believe it to be much better than the cheaper ones I first posted. I really only want this band saw for coping my carvings.
Thanks for asking.
Dave

[SeaLeveler]

I have a 10" Craftsman and it does OK after some fine tuning.Wish the table was bigger and had more capacity,4 5/8 is the max.
Tony

[Dull Knife]

Originally Posted by Bill102M

I agree about the old Sears saws and most of their power tools that were made say 15 - 20 years ago. They were made to last and last. Their newer versions are made off shore and the quality is just not there. Unfortunately this is the issue with most of the tools made today. I would absolutely pay more for a tool that I only had to purchase once. I still have and use quite often a 3/8 drill and a skill saw given to me by my father, he only used them for 25 years.

Bill

This reminds me of the tilt head band saw that I bought from Sears a l-o-n-g time ago.......most of the case was plastic and after tilting the head to cut an angle, it would not go back to 90 degrees and lock.......so one day taped all the plastic, so that it would not fall off and took it to Good Will. That's when I bought my Delta.

And Sears is still selling some junk......in September of this year I purchased a new vise for my work bench. The anvil was not hardened. I needed to bore a hole thru a piece of electrical conduit, so I first punched it with a nail set, and low and behold, I saw that I had dented the anvil.....now, how retarded was it that the factory that made this vise did not harden the anvil.

[rickm]

i got a sears 10 inch about a year ago, bit more money but worth it. check it out

[Terry Murphy]

The local Ace has the Craftsman 10" for $139.