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I started out with some soft Western Red Cedar so I could get used to the machine, and was pleased. The blade guides wore out in a matter of days, and the bearings that the blade is supposed to ride against are loose causing the blade to skip off the side.
I bought the best blades that I could get and ruined more hard maple stock than I can count. The only way to keep the blade on the bearings is to over-tighten the blade which causes premature blade failure.
I make muskie fishing lures as a hobby, and when the dealer who cut my wood blanks for me was stricken with cancer, I had to make my own.My first purchase was a Black and Decker 9" band saw. If you want to cut nothing but soft woods, and never do any re-sawing, then this is the saw for you.
All in a matter of two months, it started screeching and the motor would bog down and not cut straight no matter how I tried to adjust it.If you want to cut soft wood, and not much of it, then you'll like this saw. It was assembled, and I had a riser to mount it on so I was cutting within an hour after getting it.
That's as long as my pleasure lasted.
nice form factor too.You have to set up the blade guides and adjust the blade wheel tracking.It's great for what it's designed for.light operation.Im happy with it. Portable light weight band saw for light projects.
I have done a lot of turns etc and its still with me. This new one,even tough one speed, is great. To me this is a great machine. I had a 3 real one before and blade dept coming off the pullys,repaired 3 times and still did the same thing. Could not make a slight turn in cutting.
The wobble doesn't affect cutting performance but does make the floor wobble. I have had a couple of band saws in the past where you could never adjust the alignment so they didn't slip their blade within about 15 minutes. I like this product and it has cut everything I have tried from plastic to wood and aluminum. It also seems louder than some similar saws I have used in the past. This unit has not had that problem and has been used for at least 20 hours of cutting. There is a wobble once the unit is up to speed almost like one of the wheels is out of balance. I have not been able to figure out an adjustment that affects the wobble.
There were not any assembly issues and the instructions were well written. I receive the Black & Decker 9-inch band saw soon after I placed the order. Out of the box it worked perfectlty and performed the relative simple cuts I required of it.
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