DIYbanter - View Single Post - About to buy Bandsaw & Jointer, Recommendations?

(James Cubby Culbertson) wrote in message . com...
How much do you want to spend?

I bought the G0555 bandsaw and am generally happy with it although the
tensioning doesn't seem right.
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I also went with the 6" Sunhill. It's worked pretty well so far and
was adjusted perfectly out of the box. It can be a bit tricky getting
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This is exactly my setup and I like it very much. For the G0555, a
good blade (Timberwolf etc) is very handy, as is good tensioning and
adjustment of the guides. With the extension block, I had to loosen
the max travel nut on the tensioner to get enough tension to suit me.
With my homemade resaw fence I routinely cut veneers (for marquetry)
at about 1/16".

The Sunhill is very nice, too. I too found the lock nut on the 90
degree fence to be a little finicky (shifted during lockdown), but
once it was set and locked down it's never moved and I've never had
occasion to move it. The extra bed length on the Sunhill is very
nice.