Honey I Shrunk The Bandsaw

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I like to leave the 1" 3T resaw blade in my big saw, and that's not too good for nipping a little off a pen blank. So I bought the Rikon 10" benchtop bandsaw.

What a nice little unit for $150. All metal, hinged doors, roller guides, dust port, 1/3 HP. I made a couple quick cuts with the junk blade it came with and it's got plenty of oomph for small work.

I got it at Hechinger, drop shipped by Rikon.

I'm going to mount it on a larger plywood base and set it on the extension table of my tablesaw. I'll post some other pics and my impressions of the saw soon. For the moment, I'm impressed! I have to be sure not to lick it, though, as it's made in China and that's lead paint for sure.

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Unless you have been in the habit of licking your, China made, Grizzly and Jet, I don't think you will have a lead ingestion problem. [;)]
Looks like a very useful addition to your shop. I agree, changing band saw blades is a real nusiance, time consuming project.
 
Originally posted by Gary Max
<br />Would you please come down and clean my shop?????????
Please
cute saw Jeff---is it belt drive or direct??
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[}:)] It's so clean because it probably gets little use. [;)]

That saw is also sold at Woodcraft and I believe Sears has it re badged to the Craftsman name.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00921400000P?
 
Jeff, nice deal and you'll have to post how you like it after a while.

I just returned from picking up a used Grizz 20" band saw and am currently in the process of restoring a 1955 Delta cast iron base BS. I am getting a 1" carbid resaw blade for the Grizz 20" and going to outfit the 14" Delta with a smaller 1/4" blade. It will be nice working big stuff on the larger, lower table and saving the higher table for the small stuff.[8D][8D][8D]
 
I have the same little Rikon and it works great after I got a decent blade for it, but this past week I bought a Craftsman that is the same size and was on sale for $99. The only difference between the two is that the craftsman can resaw at 4 5/8" which is over an inch more than the Rikon. The strange part is that when I put them side by side, I had to think that they are made by the same company. Almost everything is the same down to the way the shafts are mounted. The Craftsman did come with a fence that works and a blade that is sharp and cutting well. Does the same company make both saws?
 
Originally posted by Rifleman1776
<br />Looking again at that picture, I have to wonder...Jeff, does that little bitsy, teeny, tiny shop vacuum setting there operate your d/c system for the big Grizz? [:p]
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No, but that little vacuum is really handy.

My DC1200C way too noisy to have it inside the shop.
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It's on the other side of a cinder block wall. Wireless remote.
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Jeff here's a pic of Margie's bandsaw---saw was built in the mid 1940's---wheels are 7 inch. Sorry about the mess but it's show season this little saw runs several hours everyday.

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