<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I bought the Laguna HD16 <A href="http://www.lagunatools.com/lt16hd.htm">http://www.lagunatools.com= /lt16hd.htm</A> . I use it a lot and like it quite a bit. I added the Laguna ceramic = guides and use their 1-inch Resaw King blade for much of my work. It has a = 3-horse motor. It is likely more saw than you require from what you mentioned, = but IMHO tools usually work better when they are not pushed to the = limit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jackhouweling@dccnet.com = href="mailto:jackhouweling@dccnet.com">Jack Houweling</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 16, 2004 = 11:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> bandsaw</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am in the market for a new band saw = and would like some opinions</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will be cutting pinblocks and = bridges and would like to know which band saw would be sufficient. I want to know what = size motor, blade, brand and minimum requirements.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack Houweling</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>