<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dale,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One bad service experience with Jet was all I needed.  I will never buy another Jet tool.  Based on a colleague's satisfaction with his Jet drill press, (and my own evaluation after using his several times) I bought one from the local Rockler.  There's a notice in the manual:  "if you have a warranty issue, don't contact the dealer, call Jet at 1-800-blah blah..." .  Since my colleague's press had been manufactured, Jet had chased the lowest bidders down through several tiers of developing countries.  Quality sucked, and service was provided by independent mechanics on contract to Jet, also a lowest bidder situation.  My complaint was runout and vibration in the quill, and the guy who showed up to fix it didn't own a dial indicator.  Bottom line, shipped it back to Jet for full refund.  Won't go there again.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>----- Original Message ----- </DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 18, 2006 2:43 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Check out Bandsaw Specifications</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><A href="http://www.jettools.com/magazine_ads/710751/info.cfm?CFID=7379783&CFTOKEN=44638542">Bandsaw Specifications</A> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Mike Morvan suggested a jet.  I have a 14 " already.  This is a larger saw with many ergonomic features that the Laguna doesn't. Less money too. Any one experienced with this larger saw Ie. seen it cut etc.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>