Mickfb
Established Member
Hi all.
I have had my BS12 for a while now so I thought I would give my experience of using it.
I have no experience of other bandsaws apart from the professional one at work. Once you got the stand made (the worst bit to do) it worked straight out of the box but it soon became clear that some fettling was in order. First job was to get some blades from Tuffsaw, wow what a difference . The cast iron table is not the flattest out there but It seems to cut square okay and the fence is basic but again it does the job. I found that the support column for the guide bearings was not parallel to the blade this was sorted out with using washers to pack it out. It is now spot on to the blade.
There is a guard of some sort below the table, this was the worst bit of the saw. It fouled the back bearing so I brought it forward to only find out it stopped the table tilting. So with some grinding and filling that was sorted out.
I deeped some 3 inch sapele today and the saw took it in its stride all be it a little slow. The timber stayed square and no drifting was it experienced.
As I said I have had no experience of the more quality bandsaws that you can buy for the home workshop, but I have to say that I am pleased with it.
So if like you could not afford the bigger ones, you won't go far wrong with this saw.
Mick
I have had my BS12 for a while now so I thought I would give my experience of using it.
I have no experience of other bandsaws apart from the professional one at work. Once you got the stand made (the worst bit to do) it worked straight out of the box but it soon became clear that some fettling was in order. First job was to get some blades from Tuffsaw, wow what a difference . The cast iron table is not the flattest out there but It seems to cut square okay and the fence is basic but again it does the job. I found that the support column for the guide bearings was not parallel to the blade this was sorted out with using washers to pack it out. It is now spot on to the blade.
There is a guard of some sort below the table, this was the worst bit of the saw. It fouled the back bearing so I brought it forward to only find out it stopped the table tilting. So with some grinding and filling that was sorted out.
I deeped some 3 inch sapele today and the saw took it in its stride all be it a little slow. The timber stayed square and no drifting was it experienced.
As I said I have had no experience of the more quality bandsaws that you can buy for the home workshop, but I have to say that I am pleased with it.
So if like you could not afford the bigger ones, you won't go far wrong with this saw.
Mick
