bandsaw recommendation

[Thos. D. Carpenter]

Hi Ron,
I read a review a few years ago in the "American Woodworker" on band saws.
On the Grizzly G1073.....their opinion was......with a little tweaking it`s
as good as any 16" out there.......some selling for 3 and 4 times the price.
Haven`t used one yet but have been planning to purchase one soon.  Who
knows.......maybe I`ll get one for Christmas......I`ve been dropping that
hint for few years now....along with the tractor,ski boat, sail
boat.........
later,
Tom Carpenter

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Sunday, December 19, 1999 5:31 PM
Subject: bandsaw recommendation


>Hi Gang,
>I've been out in the shop ripping what seems like miles of maple into
>strips, and find I've got a problem. Judging from the slop in the lower
>wheel bearings in my old Sears 12" bandsaw, I'm quickly coming up on making
>a decision to just replace the bearings and put up with it for another
>twenty years, or replace the saw altogether with something of better
>quality in the first place. Since I know about what to expect with the
>bearing replacement (come to think of it, I remember having done this once
>already), I'm looking for recommendations for a replacement saw. So far, I
>haven't been able to talk my retired industrial arts teacher/semi-retired
>piano technician friend out of his old Oliver (which I'd cheerfully
>rebuild), so I'll probably be shopping soon. What's the consensus out there
>for a good solid general purpose bandsaw?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ron N