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This photolink just seemed appropriate for this discussion.

Hesh

The thinner the blade the tighter the radius they will cut, so 1/2" won't cut a tight curve as easilt as a !/4" blade will.

Hesh,

I love this thread!

Have you considered splitting your braces the old fashioned way and then touching them up on your belt sander or with a handplane as needed? That would save a lot of money and space.

For cutting backs and sides, coping saws are cheap, very effective, and take almost no space.

It's fun to fill our workshops with big fancy expensive tools. But unless you are building for a living and need a production-type shop, it's worth remembering that there are often many alternatives that are far more cost-effective than a new fancy power tool.

If you are bound and determined to buy a new bandsaw, I highly recommend the Laguna 18". Which will require you to invest in a big new shop. But hey, as long as you're determined to spend money on stuff you don't really need, you might as well do it right!    Kelby38736.7118402778

In head to head with most of the frequently mentioned bandsaws FWW editors rated the Ridgid as the essential equal of Jets and Deltas. If you have a consumer credit card from them, right now it is no$- no interest 'til 2007. I have the latest 10" table saw from Ridgid and it is smooth, squares up quite easily and has very substantial cast iron tables. Ridgid is also making it for Sears and zero clearance plates are a special size, but available from Woodcraft and Eagle American. I have an Incra 2000SE miter guage/fence set up on it. It is the smoothest running non-cabinet TS I've worked with. I think it weighs nearly 300 lbs.The fence comes mighty close to the fabled Biesenmeyer for square and consistency. This weekend I am heading out to buy the 14" bandsaw. A riser is available.

That's Awesome, wish I could get away with that. Even has GFCI protection.

Hesh,

Nice little shop!

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Check the feedback for that tool on Amazon.com, it's usually pretty accurate. I have a Jet spindle sander and it's fine. Plus, Jet and Powermatic are made in the same plant in Taiwan now. We've gotten used to the idea that overseas products can be quality.

It's sad to see GM and the other US car companies losing all the business to foreign competition. Steel business too. But there is so much cheaper labor elsewhere for companies than the USofA, but that's another thread.... It does apply to guitars though.... my son's Ibanez, which one would think was made in Japan, nope, Crafted in China. That is way down deep in the soundhole, between the braces on the back centerseam and south of the soundhole braces.

Hesh, you must be single. Not many married men could get away with that. I have a couple of spare bedrooms upstairs that would make a great shop, but there's just no way the lady would have any of that.

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Hesh i hope you always turn the light on when you're goin' for no 1, you would not want to ruin a top huh ?

After seeing this, i'll never complain again that my shop is too small nor that i have no windows!

Take care

Serge