Thread: "Industrial/Taiwan" Bandsaws

Originally Posted by rsser

The 14" Jet with riser just copped a raspberry in a FWW comparo btw. Wheels not aligned and couldn't be even with shimming...

Just this week I used a 1/8th" 10tpi blade on a Jet 14" Bandsaw (the 1hp model not the Deluxe 1 1/4hp model) with 6" riser to cut the 6mm thick back off a 210mm high Australian Red Cedar bandsawn box.

The table I use is a 12mm MDF sheet (to enlarge the normal tablesize) with two metal rulers inlaid into the sheet. The fence was a piece of 50mm aluminium angle which was clamped to the homemade table.

The original square guides (not even cool blocks) were reasonably tight to the blade and the standard thrust bearings were in place.

There was no wander and the cut was accurate through the length and depth. Because the cut looked so good to the eye, I used verier calipers to see if there was any actual variation.

I appreciate that Red Cedar is not the hardest of timbers, however it just goes to show that even without using all the expensive guides and fences, a 6" riser on a Jet 14" can be used to make an accurate cut. But then again I don't do comparision testing for FWW Magazine, so my opinion probably doesn't carry much weight.

Just thought I would throw this in to balance the issue slightly.