justin sherriff
01-28-2019, 7:56 PM
I have been looking for a used band saw for a few weeks with out much luck. I was hoping to end up with a 14 inch with riser block fence and mobile base for around $600. Now I am thinking about upping my budget and buying new.
Now my questions
does the Rikon 10-324 go on sale very often? and for how much? It is $899 now at menards where I would like to buy it from since it is the only place I know of less than a hour away from me.
How is the dust collection? I only have a shop vac with a dust deputy cyclone.
This will be my first band saw I have a small more hand tool shop. So I think the saw will be for resawing and rip cuts mostly.
The fence rails on the saw are short and only on the inside. Do you think that not having a fence that can be used on both sides of the blade will be a problem?
To sum it up I am looking for encouragement to either keep looking for used or hold off for a sail and buy new.
Now my questions
does the Rikon 10-324 go on sale very often? and for how much? It is $899 now at menards where I would like to buy it from since it is the only place I know of less than a hour away from me.
How is the dust collection? I only have a shop vac with a dust deputy cyclone.
This will be my first band saw I have a small more hand tool shop. So I think the saw will be for resawing and rip cuts mostly.
The fence rails on the saw are short and only on the inside. Do you think that not having a fence that can be used on both sides of the blade will be a problem?
To sum it up I am looking for encouragement to either keep looking for used or hold off for a sail and buy new.