Got a new to me minimax bandsaw at a great price last month. Well I've been busy and finally this past week I got time to plug it in and use it. Wow. What a pleasure to use. I had a new 17" grizzly. And I hated everything about it. It was cheaply made, lots of plastic parts and things just randomly fell off for no reason.
Anyway back to the minimax. It's a 17" inch saw as well. It just cruises through all the logs and burls I sent through it. I'm a turner so I only use for bowl blanks. It's just such a pleasure to use after that grizzly saw I bought brand new 2 years ago.