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resophonic1 Guest	Band Saw May 14, 2009 17:42:46 GMT -7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by resophonic1 on May 14, 2009 17:42:46 GMT -7 Any suggestions for a decent bench top band saw. I'm looking at a Craftsman, Skil and Ryobi. They are all about the same in price, what do you use?
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Band Saw May 14, 2009 21:03:30 GMT -7

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I have the Ryobi 9 inch. I got it as a fathers day gift, and it does what I need it to. Make cars and ledges for my wife's chinchilla cages. I woudn't reccomend it for cutting anything intricate, as I have yet to fighure out how to make it work with any blade but the one it came with, however, if it's just for basic cutting, you can't go wrong for the price.

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Band Saw May 19, 2009 20:17:15 GMT -7

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Fat Daddy,

I wound up with the Ryobi 9" Band Saw after looking at all the models and talking with a few people. I bought a 1/8" 59 1/2" Scroll Blade (15 Teeth Per Inch) to go with the saw for fine cutting. I could not get the blade to track right upon first assembly of my saw. So I put the original 1/4 blade back on and fine tuned the tracking and cut some wood. I then gave the 1/8" blade another try using the same tention and tracking set up for the 1/4" blade and it works fine. I noticed the upper wheel has a healthy amount of lubricant out of the box, you may need to wipe some of that off, it may help with other blades. I hope you have better luck when you try a new blade.

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May 19, 2009 20:17:15 GMT -7 @resophonic1 said:

Thanks Res, I'll eventually get a newer blade to try it out again. Where did you get your 15tpi?

Shade Racing SUPER MOD DON'T HATE THE PLAYER HATE THE GAME [Mo0:7] Posts: 1,034	Band Saw May 20, 2009 14:05:05 GMT -7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shade Racing on May 20, 2009 14:05:05 GMT -7 I have a delta from lowes

resophonic1 Guest	Band Saw May 20, 2009 14:28:58 GMT -7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by resophonic1 on May 20, 2009 14:28:58 GMT -7 May 20, 2009 14:05:05 GMT -7 Shade Racing said: I have a delta from lowes Shadtreeracing is on the money.....$7.95 for a 1/8" x 59 1/2" blade.

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