profchris
Established Member
I've just got a better bandsaw.
TBH this is a fairly awful machine, but I got my money's worth (£25 s/h) wrestling with it and learning how to use a bandsaw. I doubt it will ever be brilliant, but someone might find it useful for cutting thin stuff.
Needs a new blade (kinked the old one trying to cut thicker stuff).
The blade guides are rubbish - if I were keeping them I'd knock up some new ones, even a block of oily wood with a slit in it would be better!
No idea if the tyres are past it - again, were I keeping it I'd build them up with electrical tape. And the tracking adjustment I never understood, I suspect some modification might be in order.
I know I'm not exactly selling this, but I'd hate anyone to make the drive and feel obliged to take it!
TBH this is a fairly awful machine, but I got my money's worth (£25 s/h) wrestling with it and learning how to use a bandsaw. I doubt it will ever be brilliant, but someone might find it useful for cutting thin stuff.
Needs a new blade (kinked the old one trying to cut thicker stuff).
The blade guides are rubbish - if I were keeping them I'd knock up some new ones, even a block of oily wood with a slit in it would be better!
No idea if the tyres are past it - again, were I keeping it I'd build them up with electrical tape. And the tracking adjustment I never understood, I suspect some modification might be in order.
I know I'm not exactly selling this, but I'd hate anyone to make the drive and feel obliged to take it!
