Hello,
I have been looking for new/used bandsaw for a few months now. The used market in my area is not typically very good. At least not consistently. My budget was not very big and after looking for a while I had decided I needed to settle and get the Porter Cable 14" saw and add a riser block to it. I knew I was not going to be all that happy with the saw, so I held out a bit longer to buy it. I then saw this bandsaw on CL for $500 and jumped on it. The issue is that I know very little about it.
It is a 16" 1998 Laguna (made by Meber). Besides the obvious, Euro guides and the 1.5hp motor, that is basically all I know. I think, from my own measurements, that a 124" blade is what it needs? The saw is in good shape and runs well. The guy that was selling it for his father that had a stroke said that it was purchased 10 years ago and that his father never even put the 220 plug on the machine.
The information I am trying to get:
- The manual for this saw.
- Source for replacement parts.
- It has 2 dust ports, can I cap the lower one and only use the 4" port that sits just below the lower guides?
- Model number.
- Blade length (I imagine it is in millimeters but what would an imperial size be?
I went from an old 3-wheel Craftsman- King Seeley to this saw. My intended use is general bandsawing with some occasional resawing of up to 12" boards. I have never resawn, but I can see that I will need a modern fence for this function.
Thanks,
Joshua