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Title: Returning my Bandsaw
Post by: bowhunter15 on February 05, 2016, 11:37:00 PM
I found out about a workshop about a half hour drive from my house. It's a public pay-by-the-hour woodworking shop that has all the tools you could want... band saws, table saws, jointers, planers, routers, thickness sanders, etc. So I figured I might as well just return my underpowered 9" saw and pay for a few hours in the shop where I can pound out enough laminations and handles to keep me going for a while. Pretty nice that there's a place like that around in the Twin Cities.
Title: Re: Returning my Bandsaw
Post by: neuse on February 06, 2016, 06:38:00 AM
I have heard of this before, but can not locate one where I live.
Title: Re: Returning my Bandsaw
Post by: Bowjunkie on February 06, 2016, 06:57:00 AM
Cool. Just be careful, machines have no conscience, and if you haven't used them before, it would be prudent to have someone give you the basics of operations and safe use.
Title: Re: Returning my Bandsaw
Post by: Roy from Pa on February 06, 2016, 12:09:00 PM
That's cool. You wouldn't be happy with a 9" bandsaw anyway.
Title: Re: Returning my Bandsaw
Post by: LittleBen on February 06, 2016, 11:01:00 PM
Wish we had something like that around here. 9" bandsaw is terrible. I have one and only keep it so I that I won't have to change blades on a bigger saw when I get one if I wanna build models. It's about powerful enough to cut balsa or 2mm birch ply,
Title: Re: Returning my Bandsaw
Post by: Wolftrail on February 07, 2016, 01:44:00 PM
"public pay-by-the-hour woodworking shop"  thats really cool especially like some of us that do not have the space nor dust collection.  I know larger centers have that I wish towns of 60,000 had such facilities.    :(