Hitachi CB 75F 14" bandsaw

[Randall J Cox]

Does anybody have any experience with this specific bandsaw? It has a 3.5" wide blade so it must be pretty strong to be tension a blade that wide. Any pros or cons? thanks. Randy

[Jim Becker]

No experience, although I actually touched one years ago. They were a decent dedicated resaw machine back in the day.

[Phillip Mitchell]

I have used one a bit in a pro shop where I apprenticed. I think if you are doing a lot of re-sawing within the limited capacity of that saw (maybe ~10” or less resaw height? Can’t remember...) and you replace the motor with something more robust, and you have the extra space for a dedicated resaw and you can get it fairly cheap, then ok, sure. Many of them came with 120v universal motors which were loud and underpowered.

Otherwise I didn’t feel like it did a better job than various Italian saws I have either used or owned and would much rather operate a Euro saw everyday of the week and have the flexibility and practicality of them over the single function Hitachi.

Do you already have a bandsaw and what would your use / expectations be for the Hitachi?