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  1. 15th December 2018, 08:32 PM #16
    Spyro
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    Quote Originally Posted by PJM16 View Post
    Hi Spyro, I'm looking at getting a bandsaw soon myself.
    How have you found the Sherwood?
    Does the fence lock solid, or is there a bit of slop?
    I'm really enjoying it. I love the ease of access for tuning (although they did the stupid thing of painting some socket hex bolts and the allen key struggled to fit as a result, I hate it when they do that). The plastic knobs and levers have a bit of that light hollow feeling, but they are a bit oversized which makes them easy to use. The table same thing, it could be a touch beefier but it's solid enough and straight and I don't feel any vibration at all. The fence is pretty basic but it's actually two parts with adjusting knobs which is useful. It locks pretty tight, not going anywhere. If you take it out it takes a bit of convincing to slide it back on but nothing too serious.

    Overall good little saw for the money, easy to use, quiet and seems to hold adjustments just fine. I hadn't heard the best about Sherwood previously but I think this is a different range altogether.
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  3. 16th December 2018, 12:52 AM #17
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    Actually if you want to see a review just watch these, it's 100% exactly the same bandsaw.

    The only extra you get with the Sherwood is the circle cutting jig, which actually works, it just doesnt do very small circles.





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  4. 16th December 2018, 11:20 AM #18
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    Thanks for the feed back. I'm still not sure which one as yet, but it's good to have someone with firsthand experience share their thoughts.
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  5. 19th December 2018, 06:10 PM #19
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    There must be some factory in China pumping these out - I was looking today at one in a local importer, TopmaQ, which looks identical to the ones in the video but it went by the brand name of Doye.
    Quite a nice looking bandsaw with features like the rack and pinion for raising and lowering the top guide.
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