| Review by Woodshopfreak | posted 279 days ago | 892 views | 0 times favorited | 4 comments |  |
- Craftsman 10-Inch Bandsaw
- Brand: Craftsman | Category: Bandsaws
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This bandsaw is great. It allows me to cut curves, very thin peices, and resaw, and its only $150, thats right only $150. It is a great buy for the money. If your wanting one and you don’t want to spend a fortune for a huge bandsaw, then this is a nice substitute. It has about a 5 inch resaw compacity, which isn’t the best but alot better than the compeditors benchtop models. You would think for $150 it would be a plastic pile of junk, well that is certainly not the case here. The whole thing is made of steel. THe frame, the doors, everything. The wheels are cast aluminum, and the table is cast iron. It’s amazeing what you get for this small price. It even comes with a fence and miter gage. It comes with a blade, so the minuet you pull it out of the box it is ready to go. This bandsaw also fits just about anyware. I know that I don’t have enough space for a floor standing unit so with this bandsaw, when I need it, I just put it on top of my bench and when I am done I simply put it on the floor out of the way. It does sound very strange when the blade is perfectly in the center of the wheel, this is why I gave it four stars. It makes a almost rubbing sound when it’s in the middle, so you have to make it a tiny bit off center, which isn’t a problem really but just kind of annoying. THis bandsaw makes your life a whole lot easier, and it cuts alot more stright than a jigsaw. This is one product I would recommend to anyone in search of a good quality, low priced, benchtop bandsaw.
-- Tyler, Illinois
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4 comments so far
Zuki
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posted 276 days ago
I seen this one at Sears a little while. A little small for my liking . . . but it does appear to be a heck of a lot better than some competitors models.
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Bill Butler
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posted 275 days ago
My mother-in-law is a retired Sears employee so I have benefit of the employee discount as well as her procivity to buy me tools. She bought this for me two years ago for christmas.
While it is small and the resaw capacity is small, I believe it is closer to 4.5”, I found it to be a highly useful addition to my shop. The resaw capacity is the only limitation I see right now, and would be the only impetus to go out and replace it with a larger model.
I did make the foolish mistake of not going through the setup before using it and thought it’s cut was horrible, but once I made all of the appropriate adjustments, it seems to be highly accurate and I have experienced very little drift problems; perhaps this is due to the fact that it is only a 10”.
I haven’t done any resaw work with it yet, but I have a 1/2” blade ready and waiting to try. This experience may change my opinion of the tool.
Bill.
sanmarcoswood
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posted 209 days ago
I’ve had this saw for nearly a year. My wife owns a craft business which requires me to run a lot of scroll work through my saw. After a year’s worth of production work it’s still running strong. The small capacity is occasionally a pain as some of the pieces are fairly large and I have to be creative about how to get them through the throat. I’m usually cutting 1x pine double stacked. I’ve had a great deal of success with this little saw as a scroll tool and I caught it on sale for $99. If you’re looking for capacity and power, look somewhere else, but if you’re looking for reliability and a cheap, solid starter saw, this is the one!
TheDane
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posted 199 days ago
This saw was a great investment. I took the time to go through the setup details (the manual is actually quite good), and give it a little TLC after each use, and have been pleased with the results.
-- The Dane, Wisconsin