Bandsaw

[Joseph Garrett]

Terry said: "....IMHO tools usually work better when they are not pushed to
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limit."

Terry,
Because of my "esteemed" title, I just have to chime in.<G> I agree with you
100%! Better to have a little more than what you anticipate. A personal
experience: A tuner friend had to make a skid board for his Behemoth
Chickering 9 footer. He planned on using oak and didn't have a table saw to
do the cutting. So....he used mine, which at the time was a Montgomery Ward
Direct drive 10" Table Saw. It had a fairly new/sharp blade. I stepped out
of the shop for a little while and when I returned and entered the shop, the
air was literally Blue! My friend, (who shall remain nameless.<G>), was
fussing and fuming because the darned saw had a built in circuit breaker.
This device was tripping every 6", or so of the cuts he was making. The oak
was very hard and in retrospect, would have been difficult to cut on a
really high end saw. The blade was, by this time reduced to a very dull
combination blade that would emit copious quantities of blue smoke when
asked to cut the oak. It did protest mightily!<G> The job got done, but only
after several hours of nursing the saw along. End of the story: I
immediately went out and bought a Craftsman, (Olde/Used), 10" w/a 2 H.P.
motor on it. This is my tool today. Even tho it is adequate for most of my
needs, I wish I had gone out and really gotten the best, ie PowerMatic with
all of the neat precision table stuff.(ain't hindsight wunnerful?<G>)
Best Regards,

Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
Captain, Tool Police
Squares Are I