Terry Mayhugh wrote:
I have their 14" wood/metal bandsaw. Overall I have been happy with it
cutting wood and aluminum. The manual speed control is a little cumbersome
to use, but it does the job. The motor belt tension is set by the weight of
the motor hanging down and I found this wasn't sufficient. I added a 40 lb
brick of lead and that fixed the problem. The rip fence option works
suprisingly well and I would recommend getting it if you don't have another
way of ripping. Their design as far as dust control goes, though, is a joke.
I had to make many mods and do a lot of sealing and it still isn't as clean
as my 25 year old craftsman that I replaced. Now that I read what I just
wrote, I guess I'm pretty tolerant of imported tool quality since I usually
can't afford better. I consider them an assembled kit of parts with a pretty
good starting point toward becoming a useful tool.


"Robert Scibienski" wrote in message
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Any of you people out there have any experience with this mfg.?
TIA
Bob S.


I too have one of the backgeared 14" wood/metal Wilton vertical
bandsaws. I'm also generally satisfied with it, for what it cost. It's
doing what I bought it to do.

It's hardly fair to brand it as a "ready to rebuild" import (though it
is made overseas), it's far better built than the average low-end import
machines. The HF and similar saws aren't nearly as nice (or as
expensive), and they don't offer a backgeared version anyway.

Actually, it's a near part for part copy of our *VERY* similar Delta
machine. I've had the Wilton at home for about two years, and the Delta
at work for about 30 years ... so far, what one can say about one, can
be said for the other.

And yes, the Winton's dust collection is lousy, but the Delta has NONE
at all.

Dan Mitchell
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