On Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:40 -0400, Robatoy
wrote:

In some cases, virtually identical machines, in all aspect/features, can
be had either way for the same money. ONE of them has to be better?

FWW multi-test of 14" machines a year or two back seemed to favour the
welded steel frames.

IMHO, it's a red herring anyway. If you look at the upper bearing
carrier of a typical "retail" bandsaw, then engineering there is so
shoddy that frame rigidity doesn't really come into it. If you want to
fix something, then start by looking at that.