My Rikon 14" Deluxe Bandsaw Journey #2: It has Arrived!!!

Sweet!

Congrats…. It’s a sweet saw.

this will help when i get mine in a few weeks. my only question is, if a driftmaster fence from laguna will fit?

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

A little heads up. When you start to put it together, you’ll find some fender washers in the nuts & bolts bag. There is nothing in the Owners Manual to tell you what these are for. You use them as spacers between the inside the cabinet between the shelf and the inside wall. When I assembled my 10-325 I had these parts left over so I called Rikon Customer Service and asked about them. The very helpful CS Rep knew immediately when I was talking about. It seems that some of the shelves, which are made of stamped steel, can be a little undersized. To compensate for this Rikon started sending out the fender washers to be used as spacers. If you don’t use these washers you’ll draw the outside walls of the cabinet in when you tighten up the mounting hardware.

By the way, I’m very happy with my 10-325. Enjoy your new saw.

Love my saw also. Take your time setting it up and make sure the guides are good, the tension is good, tracks square, table square both ways, etc and then you’ll love it. I thought the manual was a little overly simplistic, but it does cover all the bases. I have found the timberwolf blade I bought definitely works better than the one supplied by Rikon. The timberwolf website also does a great job of telling you how to find the correct tension for their blades.

-- Don, Saginaw Mi

syenefarmer, just got done assmbling base and mounting the saw. Came time to tighten everything down and noticesd the 1/8” space at the front of the shelf. The fender washers were the only thing left in the bag and they fit perfect so I just assumed that was what they were for. :)

On to the table/fence and handles.

-- John H. [To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. ~Edison]

I’m sure youre having great time by now. It’s always alot of fun to receive new toy. Didn’t you feel the day was too short because night was too long? LOL

In our country (Malaysia) we seldom (almost never) assemble machines on our own. We purchase machine readily assembled and set-up., except for machine we import through suppliers/stores we may opt to assemble ourselves. That’s why maybe the price here is double (some machines tripple) the street price in US or UK.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.