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New Toy - 1st in a long while


new2woodwrk

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Well, my Wen 3966T finally arrived yesterday!

Last night, the wife and I put it together - well actually it was mostly already together, we just put the legs on, the table and attached the accessories.

This is a very interesting saw for the price $741 no shipping charge from Amaz! It has quite a few options the more expensive saws have, but for 1/2 the price! 2 speeds, nice dust port as well as a dust drawer when the port is not connected, easy raising of the upper blade guard, LED light, circle jig, full cast iron table, reversible fence, miter gauge, 100 3/4" blade comes with 3/4" can take from 1/8" up to 1".

I used it a bit this morning, cut a few small pieces. Seems to be already tuned.

I did however, have to purchase the Wen mobile base, well didn't have to, but figured was worth my time not to make my own and focus on using and getting comfortable with the saw. I also ordered a new 1/8" blade $17 so I can do tight curves which is primarily why I wanted this,

Here are some pics - sorry some are blurry as my hand is shaking more these days and the tripod was inside.

Full saw - it's on a dolly at the moment, so it may seem a bit high

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Came with a push stick and you can see the guide rail - not a bad one for now

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Guide rail and base - 2 speeds adjusted from inside the bottom using the drive belt

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Nice cast iron table, easy to raise and lower the upper guide for larger/higher wood pieces

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Came with a circle cutting jig as well

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The reversible fence is a bit wonky, but easily usable for now

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And an LED light out of the way unless I want it, can reach around to the front easily

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That's about it for now

Thanks as always in advance for reading - sorry about the blurry pics

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37 minutes ago, octoolguy said:

Wow! That looks like a pretty nice saw. Let us know how it works out after some time. What is the maximum height of material that you can put through it.?

Here are the specs for the saw:

https://wenproducts.com/products/3966t-14-inch-two-speed-band-saw-with-stand-and-worklight

I believe the max height is 8 3/4". I did not buy it to resaw large boards however, I wanted it to make some of our products easier and quicker to make

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Thanks for posting this I was looking at this bandsaw and their newer scrollsaw last night.  My hawk is taking forever to get made and shipped and bandsaws are a few months from shipping.  And this one has a little dust collection drawer at the bottom and that was one big thing that sold me on it.  I don’t plan on using dust collection more than 115 cfm so that will help me quite a bit. 

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