Are you talking about a porta-band portable metal cutting bandsaw, or a
small (maybe three wheel) woodworking bandsaw?
If the former, I have one of the H.F. models, too. It works OK, and I
have spare Milwaukee blades for it. I don't use it very much; I use my
stationary Chinese bandsaw almost all the time, and other than the motor
burning out (by leaving it on overnight) it works fine, too. If I was
going to use one full time like for a welding shop or other business I
would probably get a Milwaukee or Makita.
If the latter (woodworking bandsaw), I would go over to the Sawmill
Creek woodworking forum and either search the archives or ask around.
Dave C
Mark Andy wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Ok, following my normal practice, I bought a cheapie portable bandsaw
> from HF for $70 to see how it worked, if I liked it, and if I used it much.
>
> It worked well (while it worked), I liked it, and I used it pretty often.
>
> Of course, its from HF so the other night the fact that the blade
> doesn't hit the roller bearings finally meant the blade wore through the
> case enough to toss the blade and chew up the drive wheels. So now I'm
> wondering which 'real' portable bandsaw I should get.
>
> Any advice? I'm leaning toward the Milwaukee mostly by default. One
> reviewer I saw liked the DeWalt, but I've seen spotty quality on some of
> my DeWalt stuff and all the Milwaukee things have been bulletproof.
>
> Anyway... Recommendations or things you don't like about one of these in
> particular?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
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