Oh man, did he have to use MY bandsaw for this??

[Dave Bagwill]

I like this guy, but yesterday he posted this, and the final scenes (at around 5:20) totally disrespect my pos bandsaw.
He does give a good hint about shim stock - hint: Canada Dry:-)

[Jim Ebert]

Half the tools, if you can even really call them tools, in my shop could use that Kind of treatment. I have had them for so long I have kind of grown attached to them though. So for now I will just keep fixin them up.... Although, those 17" Grizzlys sure look nice.

[Dave Bagwill]

Just got the new Grizz catalog - that anniversary 17" is looking good, and priced pretty good as well. Maybe we should all make a group purchase and get a big discount? :-)

[ken cierp]

I have a 12" Craftsman purchased about 45 years ago. In the past 30 years it has been used almost every work day! All original except for "cool block" blade guides. I made one change, I built a shelf onto the stand to hold a bag of sand. This added weight virtually eliminated all vibration. A good idea for any light weight stationary tool/machine.

[Dave Bagwill]

I bought mine used - very used - a few years ago. As long as I keep on top of the maintenance, it works just fine for what I do. I took a good bit of time to diagnose the blade drift - and it really does drift a lot - and then correct for it with a fence and shim; since then I've been able to resaw 5" wood, slowly, but it works.

[ken cierp]

Mine is the old fangled kind the little table tilts.

[Jim Ebert]

Unfortunately for me with all the other tools and shop building expenses right now, I am going to have to wait on the 17" grizzly. So yesterday I order some new tires and am thinking about some new guides.



Or maybe these



Anyone have any experience with this kind of upgrade?