Gloat

[Vetteman9956]

I don't usually post gloats but in this case I will. Last night I put my Powermatic 14" bandsaw up in both the classified and craigslist. Had a response in less that an hour and sold it this morning to that person. Heres what I replaced it with. I can't believe what a joy it is to resaw on this saw. Bought it yesterday from woodcraft. It one of the last ones that came with a free 1" resaw king blade.

 

[Bas]

Congrats Brad! Definitely a step up! :tool:

 

[MarkE]

Nice.

See, I knew you had another gloat in you. :gar-La;

 

[bobby g]

Congratulations Brad. You'll love the blade too. My first one lasted for years and never required drift compensation.

bobby g

 

[Charlie]

Congratulations Brad.

 

[ScottM]

Congrats on the new toy.

 

[Canuck]

Congrats Brad! :icon_thum

Looks like a definate keeper and should last you a long time.

Wayne

 

[SubGuy]

**drooling**

 

[Jeremy Scuteri]

I wonder how much of this is the resaw king blade vs the bandsaw itself.

 

[CarvedTones]

Wow - congrats! and only 5 minutes away...

 

[Vetteman9956]

I wonder how much of this is the resaw king blade vs the bandsaw itself.

I don't know but put the 2 together and it's like night and day compared to my powermatic.

 

[Vetteman9956]

Congratulations Brad. You'll love the blade too. My first one lasted for years and never required drift compensation.

bobby g

I hope it lasts for years Bobby, at $216 ea it better.

 

[bobby g]

I hope it lasts for years Bobby, at $216 ea it better.

Brad,
It lasted 9 years and failed due to a stress crack. I sent it back to Laguna for analysis and they found several other cracks beginning to show. They attributed this to hard use (I did resaw a lot of very tough wood over the years) and not removing the tension when the saw was not in use. The rep also mentioned that my old blade was actually a Lenox blade and my new blade is "one of theirs". I hope the new one performs as well as the old one.

bobby g

 

[Mike Wilkins]

Congrats on the new Laguna iron. I have had a LT18 since 2001 and it has been a real sawing beast. You will get many years of good use out of this puppy.

 

[scsmith42]

Brad, that definitely qualifies for a "you suck!"

That's a great combination, and those RK bands are superb (but costly)

 

[MagGeorge]

Worth the gloat. Laguna band saw. That’s solid.