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mapdude
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 Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: Rigid Band Saws? |
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Did some searching for reviews of the Rigid 14" bandsaw. Not too promising.
Are they really as bad as the posters are saying or is this just the
people who have been unlucky to get bad units? |
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Edwin Pawlowski
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: Re: Rigid Band Saws? |
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"mapdude" <mapdude@comcast.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Did some searching for reviews of the Rigid 14" bandsaw. Not too
promising.
Are they really as bad as the posters are saying or is this just the
people who have been unlucky to get bad units?
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Do you really want to take a chance? If I have doubts, I just move on.
There is nothing special about Ridgid that another brand does not offer. |
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Lowell Holmes
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: Re: Rigid Band Saws? |
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"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> wrote in message
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"mapdude" <mapdude@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:SdudnaimWLQN0NvanZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
Did some searching for reviews of the Rigid 14" bandsaw. Not too
promising.
Are they really as bad as the posters are saying or is this just the
people who have been unlucky to get bad units?
Do you really want to take a chance? If I have doubts, I just move on.
There is nothing special about Ridgid that another brand does not offer.
Except price. |
Michael Fortune has a 3/4 hp Rigid that he uses to resaw 12" oak on
according to one of the articles he wrote
about tuning a bandsaw.
I tuned my 14" Jet in accordance with his suggestions and it does great.
There is no blade drift and I can resaw 12" oak.
I cut tenons on it instead of my tablesaw. I very seldom rip a board on the
tablesaw.
The Rigid looks a lot like the Jet. |
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John Horner
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: Re: Rigid Band Saws? |
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mapdude wrote:
| Quote: | Did some searching for reviews of the Rigid 14" bandsaw. Not too promising.
Are they really as bad as the posters are saying or is this just the
people who have been unlucky to get bad units?
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The ones I have looked at in person certainly had that made to a low
price Chinese look to them. I'm very happy with my Made in Canada
General woodworking bandsaw and I'm glad I bought a heavy duty unit at
the time instead of one of the lighter ones. I expect to still be
using that saw 20 or more years from now. |
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