Cheap Bandsaw for Resawing

[Jimmy Harris]

I found a 17" Grizzly G0513ANV for a great price and picked it up yesterday (8 hours of driving a U-Haul trailer on back roads was no fun). The trunnion was broken, one of the thrust bearings was shot, and the bottom tire was torn up, but for the price he wanted, I can replace all of that and still come out way ahead! I am shocked at how cheap Grizzly's parts are. Most of the time I've bought parts from manufacturers, they want like $30 plus shipping for a single screw or whatever. Or they make you buy a giant assembly when all you need is a felt washer.

So I'm very satisfied with how it all turned out. Now I just have to get it all wired up and repaired and I can get to resawing!

[Edward Weber]

Sounds great, hope it works out for you

[Sam Force]

I think you will like your "new" saw. I do enjoy mine

[Jimmy Harris]

I think you will like your "new" saw. I do enjoy mine

I think I will too.

It's gonna take a while to get it set up. It's filthy. So I've got to do a deep cleaning. And there's some repairs I need to do. Plus, I need to run wires for the power and that requires going into the attic. And I've got so much junk in there above the garage that it's going to be a pain to do that by myself. But it's all stuff I can handle.

The previous owner said he bought it several years ago, put about 40 hours on it, and then got out of woodworking. So he was likely unaware of how much prices had increased recently, which is why I got such a good deal. He was only asking $750 for it. It was only listed for a few hours when I contacted him, and I was the second buyer. The first never showed up, thankfully. And the previous owner obviously didn't know what he was doing it with, hence why it had so many broken and worn-out parts after only 40 hours of use. The lower thrust bearing had a groove in it because he was using that to keep the blade from wandering on the tires, and burying the blade into it. The bottom tire was torn up from trying to feed wood too fast and locking the blade up. And the trunnion was broken from it being moved on its spine with the table still attached (the paint is heavily scratched on the back as well). But less than $100 in parts ought to get it back to good as new. And I was especially pleased to find out Grizzly still has touch up paint for it!

Now I just need to figure out dust collection. I don't have room or budget for a fancy, permanent DC setup. I'm gonna try it with my shop vac first and see how it goes. If nothing else, that'll give me an idea of what I need.

But it's just about the perfect size. Any bigger, and it wouldn't fit in my garage.

[Zachary Hoyt]

I'm glad you found a good deal. It sounds like you've got a lot of work to do up front, but I'm sure it will pay off. I had looked at that model of saw before I ended up buying a much older one, and it seemed like a nice machine. If you need a cheap dust collector you might be able to find about a 1 hp portable one that could be parked near the saw. They can often be had used for $100 or sometimes less, at least around here.