Looking for a little bit of opinion here...
My wife knew I was looking for a band saw, so today she purchased me a Ryobi 9" (BS903) as an early fathers day present..
It's considerably smaller than my last saw (14" craftsman) and i'm a bit torn on it.
Am I going to be happy with this smaller saw, or will I constantly wish I went for the larger saw?
It will be used mostly for pen blanks, but will also get used for some other woodworking projects.
I've heard this is unreliable with anything more than 3/4 of an inch? Can anyone confirm?
Can anyone throw their couple of pennies at this?
She let me know right away that if I exchanged it for a larger saw, it was absolutely fine, so I have the go ahead if I need to exchange..
Help?
My wife knew I was looking for a band saw, so today she purchased me a Ryobi 9" (BS903) as an early fathers day present..
It's considerably smaller than my last saw (14" craftsman) and i'm a bit torn on it.
Am I going to be happy with this smaller saw, or will I constantly wish I went for the larger saw?
It will be used mostly for pen blanks, but will also get used for some other woodworking projects.
I've heard this is unreliable with anything more than 3/4 of an inch? Can anyone confirm?
Can anyone throw their couple of pennies at this?
She let me know right away that if I exchanged it for a larger saw, it was absolutely fine, so I have the go ahead if I need to exchange..
Help?