Re: About band saws

Other replies explain the key dimension.

I cannot say what you should look for in a band saw.

My first band saw was a 14 inch unit. I eventually replaced this with an 18
inch unit since I wanted :

Greater ripping capacity. I found that I wanted to rip wider than the
14inch unit could accomodate. Although I have a table saw, there are times
I do the first rip of a wide board on the band saw, due to the board being
warped, or showing signs of internal stresses which could result in kickback
when ripped on the table saw.

Larger blade width capability. The 14 inch could handle up to 3/4 inch. I
wanted to be able to use 1inch for resawing.

Deeper resaw capability and rack and pinion adjustment method. The 14inch
unit was clamp, move, measure, unclamp, move etc.

Ability to untension the blade between uses. Although there are kits to
allow this, I wanted it built into the desigh.

More rigid table mount. The 14inch trunnion was attached to the steel frame,
but this was not reinforced enough in my view causing flexing when I would
be cutting long boards.

Fence with single clamp mechanism. The 14 inch unit had a fence which
required screwing/unscrewing. More time than I wanted. The 18 inch
replacement has the single clamp fence. These are also available as
retrofit.

My replacement happens to have 2 HP motor. I was not looking for motor size
increase. This size happens to be 110V/220V. I wired 220V since I had a
run a 220V circuit in the workshop. If I had left using 110V, the closest
110V circuit did not have the desired amperage.

Dave Paine.

"SBH" <Meanie.Brat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:a856c326-0c1f-41c3-994c-55be79fbcbcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just curious about the dimension of band saws. When a band saw is
listed as a 10, 11, 12 inch and so on, are they referring to the depth
of the blade to the back of the unit or something else? Does the
height play a role in that dimension? What should I look for in a band
saw?

Thank you


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