I have the 14" w/out the riser. I have had similar experiences as
these guys (good saw, lame fence, no big whoop).

I did have one problem though, a hidden manufacturing defect caused
the tensioning mechanism to self-destruct after two years. There was a
screw hole drilled through the sliding track, and the screw was tight
against a moving part, burrowing into it.

Grizzly sent me replacement parts free of charge even though I was out
of warranty. The saw has fully recovered and, not surprisingly, is a
lot easier to tension now

Certainly worth the $279 I paid for the saw.

-Mike

Jim wrote in message ...
I also have the 14" w/riser. I had a terrible time with it using the 1/2
and 3/4" blades I bought from grizzly. After I switched to the
Timberwolf blades however, all my "setup" problems went away and it
worked great. Do yourself a HUGE favor and don't even attempt to set it
up with a grizzly blade. It didn't help that this was my first bandsaw
and I didn't understand what was blade problems and what was set up
problems.

I agree that the old bandsaw fence is all but useless. The new fence on
the white Grizzly looks significantly better.

As for power, I ripped 2x10s (to make 1/2" x 10s) in pine easily. The
largest hardwood I've cut so far is some 6" white oak which it did almost
as fast as I could rip it on the table saw.

Jim


lex wrote in :

Have had one (14" w/ riser) for about 2 years now... so far it has
done everything that I've asked of it. Including some pretty serious
re-sawing which made me a bit nervous, but all went well.

With small blades, it runs smooth as silk... However, deeper blades
Say, 1/2" or more, it kind of fludumps along, almost like the weld on
the blade was too heavy.
The stock fence was a piece of crap, fabricated a replacement.
The dust collection was wholey inadaquate, but there was a cure for
that too.

As the saw sits right now, I'm very happy with it for the money spent.

Good Luck,
Lex

L. Wilson wrote:
I am considering the new Grizzly G0513 and wanted the opinion of
other Grizzly bandsaw owners. I currently own a Grizzly dust
collector and am happy with the quality of it.

Thanks,
LFW

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