quote:Originally posted by smokemullet:
Yes! I have some experience with a band saw, not good, but an experience.
My best advice about band saws - buy one designed for your use. I was 13 years old and Dad told me to get the wheel of cheddar cheese out of the freezer and use the Ulu (Alaskan Native American knife) to cut a chuck of cheese for my mother, as she wanted to make maccaroni and cheese.
Well! Either I was too weak or the Ulu just didn't work for I couldn't get the knife into the cheese at all. Now, Dad had a woodwork band saw. Yep! I started a cut through the wheel of cheese and before it went two inches the band saw blade came off and when I opened it up it looked as if it had five pounds of cheese in, around and on every band wheel and guide - a mess.
Thank goodness Dad rarely used the band saw for it took me a week to clean it up and put it back together. When Dad sold that band saw to buy another model it still smelled like cheese.
smokemullet
Love my Ulu!
I've already decided if I get a bandsaw it will be designed and intended to cut meat for the above mentioned reasons.
So far the Buffalo Tools product is the front runner....Would be nice to see one but I can't find anyone or anyplace local who has one.