New Band Saw

[Ron Johnson]

Replaced my old Craftsman bandsaw that served me well for over twenty years. Still working fine and gave it to my son. The new one is no comparison. 

[Sycamore67]

I have had that same bandsaw for a number of years and love it.  It does great on smaller pieces.  I do have a large bandsaw for resawing but this small one is great.  I looked at the current price and double what I paid.

Good luck with yours and enjoy it.

[Norm Fengstad]

I have a 14 inch Rikon that I bought used ,maybe six years ago,. works great although I did have an issue with throwing blades but a call  to the manufacture and was given excellent instructions to trouble shoot and make adjustments 

[rjweb]

Ron, congradulations on the new band saw, i have been looking at that same saw, I think they have a sale coming up, RJ

[jerry walters]

Ron, I have a question for you. You say the new one is no comparsion to the old Craftsman, did you mean the Rikon is better or worse than the Craftsman?

Jerry

[Ron Johnson]

15 minutes ago, jerry walters said:

Ron, I have a question for you. You say the new one is no comparsion to the old Craftsman, did you mean the Rikon is better or worse than the Craftsman?

Jerry

Better than the craftsman 

[jerry walters]

1 minute ago, Ron Johnson said:

Better than the craftsman 

Thanks Ron.

[flarud]

Very nice!  Nothing like a new toy.  I have its bigger brother, the 14" with the enclosed base.  A guy at work made me a rolling base for it so that I can tuck it away when I'm not using it.  Is yours light enough to move around or will it find a permanent home on a bench? 

[Ron Johnson]

On 10/25/2023 at 8:22 PM, flarud said:

Very nice!  Nothing like a new toy.  I have its bigger brother, the 14" with the enclosed base.  A guy at work made me a rolling base for it so that I can tuck it away when I'm not using it.  Is yours light enough to move around or will it find a permanent home on a bench? 

Thanks Barry. Has its own place on the bench unbolted so I can move it if need be.