Who's ratings? While I have bought my share of stuff from Harbor
Freight, I would take the "ratings" on their web site with a very large
grain of salt. There is a lot of stuff on the web from people who have
posted negative ratings on HF stuff only to never see them posted. I
haven't seen very many negative ratings there. The ratings I tend to
trust most are on Amazon.
As for the saws, I'm a full size tool guy; I haven't heard many good
things about the small band saws. They aren't heavy and strong enough
to tension a blade properly. I suppose for light hobby use they could
be OK but the smallest I would personally consider would be a full sized
14" saw like the Delta or one of it's clones. They show up on CL around
here all the time.
BJNoSHOV8 wrote:
> I used a friend's band saw for a small hobby project recently and I
> decided that I would like to have one for my own use. I see 10" and
> larger models for sale, they cost more than what I would want to spend
> and most of these require mounting on a floor stand. I also see 9"
> models that sit on a table and are less expensive. Skill and Delta make
> one model (appears to be the same unit with different names), Ryobi
> makes one, Sears makes on and Harbor Freight sells one. The Sears unit
> gets real low ratings, the Skill/Delta not much better, the Ryobi gets
> medium ratings, and the HF model gets good ratings.
>
> Should I get one of the small inexpensive models and take my chances, or
> should I try to find a deal on a used larger model? I would still need
> to set it on a bench which might be a problem with some of the larger
> models.
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