What you really should be looking for in a band saw for woodworking
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2020
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Hi James I just bought a Grizzly G0555 14''. It's still in the crate in my garage. Was that a mistake? The price was right for me.
Hey stumpy what site did you tell us to buy planer n jointer knives? And you think the jet shopline 6"jointer is worth putting carbide blades in? Tks
I saw the title of the video and almost didn't watch it. I figured I have no need of a band saw but Stumpy's videos are always entertaining and full of useful information so I'll go ahead and watch. After watching the video I decided I now want a band saw. Dang you Stumpy.
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@2:52 That's the happiest rough lumber I've ever seen
Great job James, really appreciate your information on the bandsaws. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.
I’m so thankful for your videos. You have helped me so much. Thank you!
Stumpy - thanks for producing sentient videos on woodworking topics.
As always, clear, informative, educational, and upbeat; excellent explanation of the unique features and role of the bandsaw in the shop.
Great advice! Thank you for sharing. Love how many useful tips you have in each video!
Really appreciate the info. I’m currently looking to upgrade my bandsaw so this couldn’t have come at a better time. Thanks, James!!
Considering a band saw and knew Stumpy would have a great video (or three) on the topic. Always quality, useful stuff on this channel. Thank you, sir!
Good video! I have 3 band saws, 2 for wood and 1 for metal and I'm glad I have them. Thanks for the video!
I just found your channel and learned in half a day that i used most of my workshops machinery in wrong or suboptimal ways 😄. Count me in as a subscriber and fan! Really great and straight to the point Videos! Thanks a ton for putting so much thought in them! 💪
Thank you for directly addressing resawing with riser blocks vs steel frame. Great info!
Yay! Turns out Harvey Woodworks is close to me. This information is just in time for my bandsaw purchase decision. Thanks!
Excellent video once again. Really gave me a clear idea of what I need in a bandsaw. Thank you!
Thank you for the informative video Stumpy. Got a large shed, got some tools, got to clear a lot of crap out of said shed and buy more tools. Bandsaw definitely on the list.
Glad I found this video. I'm currently looking for a 14 inch bandsaw and everything you pointed out is just what my wife needed to hear!!
Stumpy has been my teacher for years! Thank you
Totally agree about blade changing and adjustment. I have a Grizzly 14" band saw and it's nice, but I really hate changing the blade and for that reason I don't do it as often as I should.
James, mine is a little Shopsmith attachment, but it works really well for the small things I ask of it.
I really very much appreciate this video and soooo many of the ones you’ve been making for us during these times when most of us are home twiddling our thumbs- haha.
You're videos are so informative! Thank you!
I really appreciate your info regarding choosing the right Bandsaw.
Lots of good information, thanks as I was looking to purchase a bandsaw and you might have saved me from buying the wrong one for my needs and wants.
Great video! I also love my bandsaw, as mediocre as it is. And what you say is very true about inconvenient blade changing and how that affects our woodworking. Namely, our tendency to avoid blade changes and try to get by with what is on there. Ultimately, our finished work and, importantly, enjoyment of the process, suffers. Thank you for doing these!
Wow. One of the best educational videos I've ever seen and I watch A LOT of UA-cam videos to learn new things. THANK YOU!! GREAT JOB!!!
thank you stumpy, for giving me the posibility to learn. awesome vids
Hi Stumpy, Just came across one of your vids today for the first time. The one about expensive tools. Really enjoyed it and will subscribe to view more. I like your delivery of words in an unhurried way. Thank you for the video. Kind regards. Ted
Excellent summary of considerations. Thanks.
I watch pretty much all of your videos and some of them more than once. You are a good teacher with good delivery. Your old comical delivery was not as good as you are now at what you do. I respect the heck out of you and your team.
I've checked out some of your videos over the last few months as I'm new to this wood working thing. Just subscribed, great job on the videos. I hope to get some tips and tricks. I'm learning how to make good joints that fit well on my scrap pieces then completely mess up my work pieces. Totally awesome. We've been looking to add a band saw and the info in this video really helped. Don't settle save up for a quality saw was invaluable. So when my wife asks why I spent $1800.00 on a sweet Harvey, gotta be honest I'm dropping your name! Thanks again for the great videos.
Thanks for your wisdom and videos. Much appreciated.
James, Another great tutorial as always. Slowwwwly building up my shop, mainly for guitar building and got my hands on a 1906 36" Crescent band saw with a tilting table. It's a monster and probably overkill for my purposes but I really enjoy the challenge of rescuing old machines. Definitely planning on upgrading the guides and installing safety features not original, like wheel and blade guards..just to start!
This is the video that convinced me to go with a Harvey. I just finished setting it up yesterday, even though I bought it a year ago along with my Harvey Alpha 4hp table saw, and what a sweet machine. Now I just have to finish dust collection hook up and I'll be ready to go. But right now, it's on to Stumpy's blade video to get the right blades for what I want to do.
I sooo appreciate your videos. I'm a new....ugh.. Very challenges woodworker. Please keep advertising too. Your reviews of tools are spot on. I know that because I've bought some of your reviewed or sponsored stuff. Thanks!
Nice to see you stay busy and make the best of the circumstances.
Love this guy. Always has a beer in the coozy on stand by. 😂🤣
You're absolutely right about 'not settling' on a band saw.....and I'm learning that the hard way. Looking back, I shouldn't have settled for anything less than a 1 hp motor. Also, great advice on the blade guides....I wish I'd done more research on them before I'd made my current purchase. Thanks for the video!
OMG, your example about cutting short pieces of wood on a table saw and creating kickback was spot on. This happened to me two weeks ago and took off the tip and side of my left index finger. I never heard of this to be an issue. Live and learn I guess. Love your videos. 👌
Thanks for this video. I am thinking about purchasing a band saw and now I have some things to go by.
Good info for people. I own a small 9" delta, and the jewel of my shop, a 20" INCA. It cuts like a laser and I can't imagine working without it. Proper set up is critical, and that's what most people don't do.
James, thank you for a video in plain easy to understand English, I and actively shopping for a replacement bandsaw and supply here in the uk is proving an issue as the good machines are mostly sold out but your tips will make my choice easier.
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Michael
Thank you so much Stumpy Nubs!!! Absolute wonderful info! Been yearning to carve wood for DECADES, and I'm just able to buy an electric saw! Been thru a skill saw, circular saw, jig saw ...nothing was working like I'd imagined ...THIS looks like EXACTLY what I would like to use. Your enthusiasm, and the fact that you have 5!😂 is fantastic! You REALLY love a band saw!!!!!!!!! Thanks man
Absolutely awesome stumpy. I’m in the market a few months down the line.
Thanks for the great video. You're very knowledgeable. I just bought the Grizzly G0803Z - 9" Benchtop Bandsaw with Laser Guide and now I'm kicking myself for going too small. Oh well. Now at least I'll have something to cut small corners instead of the jig saw. Thanks again!
Great advice! I have been looking to replace my Craftsman 14" with something bigger and badder. Harvey is on the list. Nice equipment. Great value for what you get.
You can go the used industrial route too. The stuff they built in the 60s and 70s is outrageously robust and they are everywhere. You can easily get a 3-5hp machine with a 20" throat and 12"+ resaw capacity from anywhere between 300-1000 depending on the condition and location.
I snapped up a Powermatic 87 out of a metal shop for 400 bucks a few months ago. Usually the only differences between the Metal versions of these bandsaws and their Woodworking brothers is that the guides are usually steel, theres no Tslot on the table and there is no dust collection port....but they are literally a dime a dozen, they are everywhere and they can be bought pretty inexpensively.
Always great to to hear your information... my next investment is a bandsaw.... going to check out video 9n bandsaw blades now .... thank you again
Thank you for this video, I am in the process of choosing a band saw for home. I had narrowed it down to two models, one is a 12" and the other a 14". I had almost decided on the 12" but after seeing this video I may reconsider the 14" now. The difference in price isn't much anyway. Cheers from Australia.
Thanks for posting these!!
I'm close to buying a band saw and am on the fence between Harvey and Laguna, thank you for all of the great content!
I always listing to to what you say. a good leaning opportunity for this sixty-seven year old beginner!
As a new woodworker I spend a lot of time watching wood your wood working video. Great quality. I would like a ban saw but unfortunately I am not sure exactly what I would need it for. Keep,up,the good work
Great info, James. Thanks. I'm working with a gifted 1970 Powermatic "Gumby". 300lbs+ of cast iron love. I only had to have an armature/electric motor shop near me refurbish the motor ($75), and it purrs along like a content kitty. So, I'm not in the market for a new one, and I don't have room for another, but your info is valuable nonetheless. Cheers.
Thanks for the great video James!
I’m getting ready to buy myself a bandsaw for making my blanks for bowls. After watching this video I’ve changed my whole thought on what I want. I really wanna thank you for placing this video because it has kept me from making some serious mistakes in my choices
Another thing to look into if you are using it primarily for cutting wet bowl blanks- some turners prefer ceramic guide blocks instead of guide bearings on the sides of the blade because wet wood can start to stick to the bearings and cause vibrations while guide blocks tend to scrap themselves clean better. I prefer bearings, but I don't cut much wet wood. Just something to look into...
I'm sold. I was already 97% there because I have a bunch of walnut and cherry that I want to make veneer with but this video confirmed that I was on the right track. Thanks!
Hey great content I just looking for a bandsaw at the moment and this was really helpful
Thanks. I have been doing hand tool woodworking. A bandsaw is the one machine tool I'm thinking if getting. Mostly for resawing to get wood to desired thickness. Easy to hand plane one side flat. Major pain to then use hand plan to go from 3/4" to 1/2" thick wood.
Thank you. I wish I would have seen this a month ago! I bought a Grizzly 14" band saw. It cuts through stuff like butter. I do scroll saw work and I only had a SKIL 9 inch band saw. I got the 14 inch because I want to do some limited resawing (meaning not huge logs or really big stuff) and want to make band saw boxes. I guess I'll just have to see how the saw works out for those purposes. PS. Down the road can you give us an update on what will be done about the empty reservoirs. The news out of area only covers the disasters, not the recovery. Thanks, Dennis
I bought the Craftsman 14" three years ago and out of the box it wasn't working well. I did a lot of research and set things up by trial and error. I wish I had this when I was looking to buy! Awesome and informative as always!
Good video with some great info.
I'm looking at buying one soon and your video and a recent one by Wortheffort have given me loads of things I would never have thought about to consider!
Keep them coming dude. 👍👍👍
Your selection of topic/content is always well thought out and I keep cruising by to see what your up to. Will you consider a suggested difficult instructional topic please? How to Adjust the fence and align a Bandsaw to avoid drift. As we know there are many ways to do this and your approach of researching the many ways to do things and provide the information on various approaches to things might just be a nice video. I realize this is a little off from your "General Content" approach vs. but I think its a good topic and would be curious on how well you could crush that one.
Great tutorial, thank you.
As ever, the best first class acknowledge from JIM HAMILTON. Thanks fro your contribution to the Woodworking Community.
I upgraded from a cast 14" Delta wit Riser block to the Rikon 14 -326 DVR inch with the new DVR motor - & have been very happy with he results. The Resaw setting increased the blade speed = more momentum. Motor also adjusts torque based on load . Able to resaw 13 inch hard maple to within 1/64 to to bottom of the cut.
Thank you for posting this video!!!
I bought a big old Parks no2 18" bandsaw from a cabinet maker in Ohio a couple years ago. The model with the emblem cast into the riser cover. (1960's maybe, I don't know). 12 1/2" resaw capacity with 17" throat depth. That's been the biggest game changer ever to find a spot in my shop. A good bandsaw opens up so many more possibilities for any project than nearly any other tool. Detroit Bandsaw can weld and mail a blade for any size saw if you're stuck with an odd one. Vintage Machinery website has old publications for those great Craigslist finds. Cheers!
Got a Grizzly go513a40 40th anniversary this year its now my favorite tool in my shop. Working with mostly reclaimed wood it cut alot of projects in half (no pun intended).
Stumpy. Thanks for these tips. I am looking for my first personal Bandsaw. Harvey raised their prices right before this sale going on now. So I am back to the drawing board. I wish I could get an Axminster for US use. I am a guitar builder mainly, leaving a big co-op shop with 3 bandsaws. Trying to find a single unit to resaw and cutout 8/4 lumber guitar templates has me scratching my head.
very educational and enlightining video
Hey Stumpy! I always enjoy your videos....so much helpful information - thank you!
My question is: are there any bench top band saws that you would recommend for a beginning wood worker?
Thank you very much great job explaining everything 👍
Thanks this was greatly informative!
Very helpful video. Thanks.
Great discussion James, thanks.
James, excellent as usual. I'm one of those guys with a second hand, probably worn out smaller bandsaw with carbon block guides that drifts when I use it, so I almost never use it. Too painful. To see someone resaw veneer off wide boards is a thing of beauty, mystery and envy. But every one of your videos I've seen does a superb and concise job of ending the mysteries. Thanks!
If fixed drift in a used 14" bandsaw by simply changing a blade. It was night and day after, it is a pleasure now to work with the machine.
Nice video, I do segmented wood turning and I use my band saw to cut all my strips, this saves me enough of to pay for a saw in less than a year. The one thing that needs to be done is to add an extension to the back of the table so my long strips do not fall off while I'm cutting them.
I worked in a production cabinet shop for a number of years. After a series of health problems I had to step away from it. Missing the work dearly. Now I am building my own shop. As I plan to get into manufacturing as part of my business. Its been very apparent how much work my old boss put into setting up that very simple shop. With how he selected tools, and how they where setup for usability. While we only had two band saws in that shop. They where centered in locations that they where used constantly. In that way that you want in such a situation. Setup so perfectly that they fit the tasks at hand. With no fiddling or playing around. I really do miss that shop.
Good luck with your new shop and business!
I noticed your red wings cup! I’m from the Detroit area and just getting started. I really enjoy your videos!
Thanks! I learned a lot from this video!
I got an old Powermatic 87 from a metal shop auction for 400 bucks a few months ago. I think the only difference between the 81 (the wood working version of the same saw) is that it doesn't have a T-slot or a dust collection port and the 81 came with roller guides, it came with a little tray below the lower wheel to catch chips (which was cute lol) its a 3ph machine, but im going to swap its 3ph 5hp motor out for a similar 220 motor, I got new guides from Carter and I hole sawed a dust port. It came with a blade welder too.
I only mentioned it because this saw is an absolute TANK, its got a 20" throat, a 12.5" resaw capacity and I think will take a 1½" blade, and you can get them pretty cheap and they are everywhere, their competitors in that space and time are also all over, Do-Alls and Olivers and Tannewitz's abound in this size...its a good option for the mechanically inclined wrench turners among us (because they will all need at least some tlc to get up and running) and you can save a boatload of money.
Also....you can get something as robustly built, but you will spend 10k on it, this thing is so crazy beefy its kind of ridiculous....the guide bar is literally just a solid block of steel thats 2" wide by 1½"thick by about 30" long and it weighs about 40lbs....you could build a house with it lol
Nice vid. I will get one some day:] Back in my welding days I spent many hours on a hyd mech horizontal ban saw. Quality really does matter here.
Thx for yur great info on band saws! All good!👍👍👍😊🍺
Thanks i know a lot about tools worked for Delta Machinery and Porter -Cable for 20 yrs . I have 14ih delta with a height attachment
but like you said it is not great. I know that you get a lot of comments from people that do not really know what they are talking about
but that is good for you because you get to educate them . Do not stop.
PS still do not any info on my wood clamp rack that i ordered ,so bad so sad hope i do not get charged for something i did not get .
Julien Lamarche
Great job. Thank you.
I waited years to get a planer, then a jointer, now I will save up for a good bandsaw. Thanks
Great info. Thanks.
I’m very happy I found your series. Great , quality , useful information . I find myself writing down your recommendations, and have actually already purchases some items I learned about from your presentations . You come across professionally with out the bravado and untalented presentations like many of the UTube Wahoos who post their “ educational” videos .
For some reason I can never see the links you say are below the screen. ? Maybe my fault. .
Please consider doing a video on air compressor basics . I need a good tutorial on how to best use one in the shop . Thank you for taking the time and effort to make informative videos ,
Thanks for all of the great information. Going out on a limb of trust and ordered blades from sawblade.com hope they live up to the expectation. I just semi retired an old delta with a 5" resaw height for a new Laguna 14/12, it's not a Harvey but I sell them to my customers at Rockler daily, I love the large capacity and the horsepower. Drop in and see us when you're in Kennesaw Ga.
Thank you. I am in the market for a good bandsaw and every single review video I've found are for 9 inch bandsaws.
Thanks for the video your statement towards the end kinda hit home as a new woodworker I always believed in buying a quality tool instead buying a so called starter my miter saw for example the Bosch GCM12SD glide very nice saw I wanted it saved and have it the my table saw I have a Metabo 10 inch I like but my band saw for some reason I bought used it is a Craftsman 10 inch I just replaced the tires and couldn't get the blade to stay centered then I put on a new blade and it is fine but I really wanted the grizzly 9 inch but for now I am using this it seems om but I feel like I settled like you said,
Have you done a similar video about the Drill Press? Just curious.
This was a well done summary - Thanks!
I was on the verge of a buying a 2nd band saw since my current band saw (on sale over Xmas at lowes) is worthless. Thank God I watched this.
Thank you very much for the excellent guide to bandsaws. I bought a really cheap one about 4 years ago. I only paid £49 Sterling and it seemed okay to cut templates in 9 and 12 mm ply or mdf, but any attempt to cut in a straight line and the blade wanders all over the place. I won't be doing much re-sawing, but will want to cut curves and the occasional straight line, so am in the market for a better model. I don't regret the money I've spent on the cheap model, but am ready to spend more on something that will work well out of the box with minimal faffing around.
I'm looking forward to checking out your other tutorials on bandsaws.
Thanks for sharing.
I bought a 3 wheel bandsaw to "get by", and I instantly regretted it. The thing requires special blades that are expensive, and lasts maybe 2 weeks before it got dull enough to not cut straight at all. By the way if your bandsaw isn't cutting straight, it's because you have dull blades or the blade has damaged set (they need those set in order to have the clearance to not bind and drift). The big problem with 3 wheel bandsaw is that they can't take any blades thicker than what it has, or else it snaps instantly.
Always get the biggest bandsaw you can afford. If necessary (due to blade change issues) and you have the space, have two.
Stumpy!! Sorry, I meant, Hello Mr Nubbs! Bought my bandsaw before watching this but I am positive it’s going to be perfect! As always, your videos are full of good knowledge! Alright, time to go find more of yer bandsaw vids to check out. Then it’s off to go play with the Laguna!
Seems to be a hot topic. Thanks, Stumpy.
Thanks, James!!!
Such a good channel!
Thanks for the information. There is a lot to consider when selecting a bandsaw. I certainly don’t have the space or budget for 5. Are you planning to do product reviews or comparisons?
omg! this video. is sooo helpful! Thank so much! But it only want to make me watch the other ones about bandsaws... I would like to make my own veneers but have limited space and... cash of course. TRying to determine what will be acceptable for what I am trying to accomplish. I am so excited about bandsaws it's a bit... hum.. disturbing lol! cheers!
Interesting the Band saw you showed when talking about motors looks like a piece of cake to upgrade if you want.
The white one? I hate it. It's brand new. It vibrates way too much, the blade guides are junk, the dust collection stinks and every part of the saw is cheap. If it didn't saw Jet on it I would swear it was a Harbor Freight.