My next acquisition is probably going to be one of the ever popular 4 x 6 horizontal and vertical band saws. I have a copy of the Blade Tracking and Adjustment guide for these units.
As of yesterday Grizly has one for $398, Amazon lists a couple for $350, Northern Tool $370 and finally Harbor Freight $200 (Local pickup with a 20% coupon). All abve include shipping but not sales tax. I didn't check into Enco / MSC as I never rolled over my Enco account. Amazon used to carry a $300 Wen unit but they are out of stock (almost bought one).
Right up front the $150 to $200 price difference between *HF and the others is quite a jump. One can do quite a bit of modifying / adjusting (even painting) for that price difference.
Does anyone have any experience / knowledge with differences in quality between brands?
*Can we keep the Harbor Freight discussion to this saw only?
As of yesterday Grizly has one for $398, Amazon lists a couple for $350, Northern Tool $370 and finally Harbor Freight $200 (Local pickup with a 20% coupon). All abve include shipping but not sales tax. I didn't check into Enco / MSC as I never rolled over my Enco account. Amazon used to carry a $300 Wen unit but they are out of stock (almost bought one).
Right up front the $150 to $200 price difference between *HF and the others is quite a jump. One can do quite a bit of modifying / adjusting (even painting) for that price difference.
Does anyone have any experience / knowledge with differences in quality between brands?
*Can we keep the Harbor Freight discussion to this saw only?
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