10" woodworking bandsaw recommendations

zaphod · February 3

I've messed about with a couple of amateur 7" bandsaws - Ryobi was the last one - but i'm tired of them breaking with no parts available. Not to mention the issues with drift, alignment, set up, and so on.

I am looking at Rikon, Laguna, and Jet. They all seem to have 10" bandsaws with a reasonable footprint for my bench (can't fit or rationalize a floor model).

Any recommendations or opinions?

Hungry Joe · February 3

Except for having a knob to lock the fence the Laguna looks better with more power and a better dust collection than the Rikon. Laguna cost more if that is an issue.
For a little more money than the Laguna I've had this saw for over ten years without any problems.
Grizzly G0555 - 14" 1 HP Bandsaw - Grizzly Industrial, Inc.

zaphod · February 3

thanks.

i've heard about the Grizzly, so I looked them up last night. They do have a 10" but the footprint is listed as 20"x20" which is massive. I think they are designed to come/install with the base and I need a bench model.

10" woodworking bandsaw recommendations

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