Steve Schnurbusch
06-10-2007, 1:11 PM
I found a used 18" Grizzly bandsaw for sale in the local area on Craigslist for $350. I have a bandsaw attachment on my old Shopsmith and it can't do any resawing.
I went and looked at it last night but not sure exactly what to look for. I think it was built in '86 from the stamp on it. It seems to run quietly. The guides were not set up properly on it at all but that would be easy enough to adjust. The tires looked in decent shape - the top one had no saw dust on it at all - the bottom one had a little bit. All his extra blades were rusty on the surface - don't know if you could clean them up and use them. They were from suffolk and never been used.
He's had 3 other guys look at it but no takers so that makes me wonder. He's pretty firm on his price. To get a new saw with decent resaw capability would be at least $600. I can buy an aftermarket guide conversion kit for it for about $160 if I felt that was an issue. This one has the older style blade guides.
I found the manual on the Grizzly website so that will help with all the necessary adjustments. Just not sure if there's anyway to tell if the bearings or bad or if the wheels are out of whack because I'm sure he's never released the tension on the blade - he's says he never uses it anymore so it's been sitting a while.
Any thoughts on what to look for if I go back. I brought a thick pieced of wood to resaw but then forgot to try it out.
Thanks
Steve
I went and looked at it last night but not sure exactly what to look for. I think it was built in '86 from the stamp on it. It seems to run quietly. The guides were not set up properly on it at all but that would be easy enough to adjust. The tires looked in decent shape - the top one had no saw dust on it at all - the bottom one had a little bit. All his extra blades were rusty on the surface - don't know if you could clean them up and use them. They were from suffolk and never been used.
He's had 3 other guys look at it but no takers so that makes me wonder. He's pretty firm on his price. To get a new saw with decent resaw capability would be at least $600. I can buy an aftermarket guide conversion kit for it for about $160 if I felt that was an issue. This one has the older style blade guides.
I found the manual on the Grizzly website so that will help with all the necessary adjustments. Just not sure if there's anyway to tell if the bearings or bad or if the wheels are out of whack because I'm sure he's never released the tension on the blade - he's says he never uses it anymore so it's been sitting a while.
Any thoughts on what to look for if I go back. I brought a thick pieced of wood to resaw but then forgot to try it out.
Thanks
Steve