"sparty" wrote in message
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Thanks all. Has anyone tried that one from Harbor Freight...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=37151

That looks pretty cool and an awesome price, just not sure how good it
is. I would like to stay under the $300 range.

I would be cutting 1/4" Steel/Aluminum and thinner. Not sure I would
ever need to do anything thicker. I would like to be able to cut out
designs, like lets say the State of Texas or Michigan or something
along those lines.

This is the unit that Tony recommended in his earlier post. The 4x6 bandsaw
site he pointed out would be good reading for you.

I have one of the HF units and it has served admirably over the last couple
of years. The table is small, and the whole thing is a little low for
continuous use as a vertical, but a new stand would be an easy project. I
use mine mostly as a horizontal and it works fine. About 10% of the time I
wish it had the capacity to handle larger stock (how large is your "State of
Texas"?), but obviously YMMV.

I paid $169 for mine and it's been well worth it.

Peter