Erik C. Hammarlund
11-20-2008, 8:46 PM
Hi all,
i haven't posted here in ages! Hope everyone doesn't mind my opening with a question...
I am trying to finally get around to setting up a hitachi cb75f bandsaw that i picked up used for a steal a while back. I haven't owned a decent bandsaw in many years.
I want to put a fairly thin blade on it--3/8" should do it, as 1/4 seems too thin--to do some work for holiday gifts and finer curves. I understand that the stock guides aren't really designed for thin blades, as it's a resaw and normally takes big blades. So i need new guides to make that work.
TWO OPTIONS; NEED ADVICE:
I can buy the hitachi blade guide set from amazon for $117 or so.(google 'hitachi 977974' for the part info)
I can buy some other set of similarly priced blade guides, as per the suggestion of the many bandsaw sages on this board. if so, i don't even know where to start. A Carter set like this one from lee Valley (http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=56056&cat=1,41036,56060), for $150? (and will it even fit my saw? Is Hitachi compatible with Delta or Jet?) Something else?
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Erik
i haven't posted here in ages! Hope everyone doesn't mind my opening with a question...
I am trying to finally get around to setting up a hitachi cb75f bandsaw that i picked up used for a steal a while back. I haven't owned a decent bandsaw in many years.
I want to put a fairly thin blade on it--3/8" should do it, as 1/4 seems too thin--to do some work for holiday gifts and finer curves. I understand that the stock guides aren't really designed for thin blades, as it's a resaw and normally takes big blades. So i need new guides to make that work.
TWO OPTIONS; NEED ADVICE:
I can buy the hitachi blade guide set from amazon for $117 or so.(google 'hitachi 977974' for the part info)
I can buy some other set of similarly priced blade guides, as per the suggestion of the many bandsaw sages on this board. if so, i don't even know where to start. A Carter set like this one from lee Valley (http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=56056&cat=1,41036,56060), for $150? (and will it even fit my saw? Is Hitachi compatible with Delta or Jet?) Something else?
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Erik