I have had a 14-inch grizzly g0555lanv with riser block for a few years now.
It gets very little use because it seems like every time I want to use it, I need to change the blade and reset the guides and everything for the different blade. So it seems like it takes me an hour and a half to get this all ready to use for what seems like 2 minutes.
What am I missing? I can't imagine that everyone else deals with the same thing and yet the bandsaw is still as popular as it is. It makes me wonder if everyone else just picks one blade to do everything from cutting shapes in thin stock to ripping through 6in of hardwood just to avoid changing the whole set up for a different blade. Do they just practice blade changes with a stopwatch to try to be the woodworking equivalent of a NASCAR pit crew?
I'm at a loss torn between just giving up on ever getting any use out of the bandsaw or going out and buying a second bigger version just to leave one setup for ripping thick stock and the other for cutting shapes in thin stock. I'm short on space and not liking the idea of spending more money so it is seeming more and more like the first option.