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Nova wrote:

CW wrote:

No problem. 2horspower is still pretty weenie.

It depends. Most 14" bandsaw have a problem providing enough tension for a
3/4" blade without the frame flexing. Given a situation where a 2 HP motor
would be beneficial, unless the saw was designed to handle that size motor,
the frame of the saw would most likely flex, dropping the tension on the
blade and result in a barreled cut. Hopefully that's the worse that would
happen.

Grizzly's tech support was iffy on a 1.5 HP on my G1019 and had a definite
"no" on a 2 HP.

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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The only time you really need the power and tension is when you're
resawing, and when you're resawing, there's usually very little material
on one side of the blade. So, it seems to me you could solve the frame
flexing problem by having a removable strut which could be fitted as a
compression member between the upper frame and the table when resawing.

I've never seen such a thing on a bandsaw, but I find it hard to believe
nobody else has thought of it before me. Does such a thing exist?