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  4. Table Top Band Saws

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    Anybody know anything about them? My cousin says he's going to repay some money I loaned him a while back. From what research I've done thus far, the Rikon and the Jet are the leading candidates.

     

    https://www.rikontools.com/product/10-305

     

    http://www.jettools.com/us/en/p/jwb-10-10-open-stand-bandsaw/714000

     

    The Jet has significantly more power (1/2 HP vs. 1/3HP) but the Rikon gets glowing reviews online, where what little I find about the Jet is pretty much, "meh".

     

    The Jet is more expensive, but after you buy a stand for the Rikon, the gap closes considerably.

     

    I'm having a hard time confirming, but I thought I read that the Jet comes with a miter, but the Rikon might not?

     

    I honestly have no idea how I might use it... The only thing I know I have in front of me is replacing a curved picnic table bench made from 2x material, probably using cedar but a slight chance of using teak. My limited use of band saws in the past was in middle school shop class, so it was a big industrial saw, and pretty much all we used it for was cutting curves in 1" pine. "Resawing! What's that?" Now resawing seems like it might be something cool to try...

     

    Thanks, fells!

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  5. Festool buying Sawstop!?!

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    8 hours ago, Jronman said:

    oh @ChrisK mentioned the dark side so I figured it was a star wars reference. But basically the good guy turns the bad guy into a good guy.

     

    Yeah, I was thinking of the meme that says, "come to the dark side. We have cookies."

     

     

    Mmmm, cookies.

  9. Track Saws

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    On 5/23/2017 at 9:51 PM, Grumpy MSG said:

    You have far more options than Festool and Makita. Bosch (as wildroamer  has mentioned), DeWALT, Triton and even Grizzly has one out there. Check out the Wood Whisperer on YouTube, he has done few reviews and comparisons between Festool and a few others. Don't forget to figure in the cost of the tracks when you do the math on purchasing a saw. Buying some of them separately can be a bit of a cost. Good research is the key to getting good value.

    AFAIK, the Bosch isn't yet available in NA (I hope I'm proven wrong soon!)...

    I don't really like DeWalt very much...

    I might take a look at the Grizzly...

  11. Track Saws

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    On 5/21/2017 at 3:48 PM, rrmccabe said:

    I agree with all comments.

     

    My Festool tracksaw never leaves my property except on rare occasions once a decade.


    Since I use dust collection having a cord hooked up with it is no big deal.

     

    It would be a great option if I was mobile with the saw but since I am not, I really dont want to be thinking about buying a couple $100 batteries in a few years.

     

     

    There's the battery replacement issue, too. I can't really see me getting any other cordless tools if I went with Festool, so no hoarding batteries like I've done with my M12 stuff buying kits, LOL.

     

     

    Much thanks, fellas. I think when I make the plunge (sorry!) it will be 110v.  

     

    Now I can beat my head against the wall as to Festool or Makita.

  12. Track Saws

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    On 5/22/2017 at 4:13 PM, wildroamer said:

    I really love my Bosch GKT55GCE. Poor man's Mafell, lol.

     

    NAINA, but I like to be different.

     

    Bosch-Track-Saw-GKT55GCE-UK-kit.thumb.jpg.845687f777d35c136a3e44abdd1f55a1.jpg

    I'd love this, but I'm just too lazy to do the legwork to get it. LOL

  13. Track Saws

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    On 5/22/2017 at 0:56 PM, Pouet said:

    It's depend on the type of work you are planning to do. If you are doing framing/rough construction, you don't care about dust collection most of the  time and it will make more sense to get a cordless one. Although I would say the Festool HKC would be a better design than a regular track saw in this case. Hopefully, we are going to see some 'clones' down the road that are a bit less expensive :-) 

     

    If you are finish guy, I don't see why you would need a cordless one as you'll probably have it hooked up to a shop vac anyway. One caveat though is if you are working on the road. Sometimes there is just one outlet available to plug in your saw and your vacuum and you end up tripping breakers. Cordless can be a nice option in theses cases.

    Just homeowner stuff... breaking down sheet goods, fixing stuff that breaks, maybe in the future building some furniture. Once I get moved, it will probably never leave the shop.

  15. Track Saws

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    I'm starting to think I might "need" a track saw down the road. Undecided on brand as of this moment, though if I were to buy 'right his very second' the Makita is in the lead. My general question is this: manufacturers are beginning to release cordless track saws... Given that 90%+ of the time it's gonna be used with dust collection, what's the appeal? You already are dragging around a hose... and on the Festool, the power cable is already a part of the dust collection hose anyway, right? (home use, I'm NOT a pro contractor)

     

    Also, any current or past users, how do you like what you have, and any tips and tricks to share?

  18. makita bits

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    On May 12, 2017 at 1:30 PM, KC_Tool said:

    Just use Wera, Wiha, or Felo bits and forget about it. Shatter one (shoot a pic of it) and Ill gladly give you a new one.

    Yeah, but youre part of the evil cartel trying to sell us tools.

     

    On that note, I think I'll be placing an order later this week.

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  20. New Empire levels

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    You guys suck. I can see shiny blue goodness in my future...

     

    I need to lay a few pavers next to my driveway, since the GF can't seem to be able to NOT drive on the fookin' lawn... good enough excuse for new tools, right?

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  22. Wish list tool

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    24 minutes ago, Stercorarius said:

    Well #1 on the list would be all 15,000 or more dollars in tools that got stolen last night. Hopefully one of the insurance companies is willing to grant that wish. 

    Oh man, dude, that blows.

  23. Wish list tool

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    First thing... big assed shop with a big compressor and 240v everywhere. Then a 14" or bigger bandsaw, drill press of two, and a spindle sander. Also a lift for cars and trucks.

     

    I'd like to have one of the Euro market M12 1/2" impact wenches, and an M18 1/2" impact wrench with the old style 2655b 'ball pin detent' in a 2755 tool.

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  25. I'm a Gearwrench Wench...

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    I had replace a coil pack in my Expo, so I figured to drop in a new plug. For the life of me, I have no idea what happened to the ones I already have... the joys of working out of storage totes. So I bought this bad boy.

     

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