Congrats James!!!!!
Check out this plastic cup trick that increases the dust collection capability of my Jet 12" a great deal.
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| Author: | James Orr [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:59 pm ] |
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The day finally came when factory reps were in town along with their discounts. After talking about the different bandsaws in Jet's lineup, the rep told me the 14" open stand would be fine for my foreseeable uses. After pricing them all out, after the various discounts, the 14" Deluxe was the same price out the door. I went with the 14" Deluxe. I'll pick it up on tuesday. A few things looked better than the other 14" (which was strangely only $10 more than the 12"). - Quick release belt tension - Heavier 9 spoke tracking wheels - Twice the horsepower The discounting structure was strange. Each saw was 10% off regardless because the reps were there. The Deluxe was already discounted a good bit and came with an additional $50 coupon for later use. The open stand 14" was not on sale and didn't come with the coupon. With a fence and mobile base, it came to the same price as the Deluxe with a fence. The coupon will make the mobile base $20 when I pick it up on Tuesday, which gave the Deluxe a real world price that was only $20 more. A no brainer. I wanted to post in order to update everyone who helped me in my previous thread and thank them for helping me learn a bit before making the final decision. Thanks all! |
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| Author: | Bill Greene [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:44 pm ] |
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Way to deal...congrats and enjoy. Great tool! |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:17 pm ] |
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Congrats James!!!!! Check out this plastic cup trick that increases the dust collection capability of my Jet 12" a great deal. |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:17 pm ] |
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pics, paperwork? $ Not buying, but someone watching is. It's the lurk factor.... 
Oh, Congrats too! 
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:18 pm ] |
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Hesh, looks like to me, you'd get tired of emptying that red plastic cup? 
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| Author: | Hesh [ Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:47 am ] |
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Bruce buddy what the cup does is permit the dust extraction that is happening in the lower wheel area to be transfered to just under the blade slot on the table. It actually then makes any dust on the table and near the slot get sucked into the vac. So the cup is duct work so-to-speak and it improved the dust collection of my Jet 12" many times over since the dust was not reaching the lower wheel chamber. It works great and take 10 seconds to install and there is nothing to ever empty. Now if you tilt your table it won't work..... |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:31 am ] |
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 Hesh, Brilliant idea.
Todd, Brilliant idea. |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:48 am ] |
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Thanks, guys. Yesterday it was still of a bit of shock (this is the largest and most expensive purchase yet), but now it's setting in and I'm really happy. Lonnie Bird, author of The Bandsaw Book, also has a bandsaw DVD that I'm going to pick up as well to help with setup. Though I remember Hesh say Jet's instructions were so good that his saw ran perfectly from the get go, so I might try them first. Hesh, I need to pick your brain about the plastic cup a bit more. And Todd, that looks really useful. They have bins fillled with different dust collector attachments. Bruce, I'll get pics up once I get the saw going. It probably won't be until the weekend. This looks to be a packed week for me with a few extra teaching assignments to make up the cash  I'm also meeting with a
principal about a permanent position. |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:50 am ] |
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Ok, some breakfast and I'm off to Santa Cruz to watch these waves they'e been talking about. (My version of seeing Half Dome since I've seen Half Dome so many times.) |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:37 am ] |
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James my Jet needed to be set up and all the guides and bearings adjusted as well. But it was easy and the instructions are indeed pretty good. But it was not set-up out of the box. Congrats James! |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:42 pm ] |
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Hey everyone I picked the saw up today and assembled it. There's nothing like moving a 150 box by yourself. Every now and then I wish I had a dolly, but, well, I'm young, right? I also bought and watched Mastering Your Bandsaw by Mark Guginske. It was a good DVD with a lot of technique tips and setup sections. It covered setting the guides, aligning the wheels, but nothing regarding blade tension, which I was really hoping for. He said to set your blade tension to the saw's recommended tension for the blade width. I've read that most saws are woefully wrong in regards to this. I'll check YouTube for blade tensioning clips. The coolest thing I picked up from the DVD was a way to use the saw with a pattern the way a router can do the same with a pattern or flush trim bit. This will be extremely useful since my first project with it is to make molds and spreaders. I'm going skating in Yosemite this saturday, so I won't get to setting it likely until sunday afternoon. And then to cutting on Monday. I'll take some pics then. |
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| Author: | Steve Walden [ Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:28 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=James Orr]Hey everyone (deletia)....... Awwww I am so jealous! James - congrats on the new saw! Do I see a pictoral tutorial on set-up in your plans? Have fun in Yosemite. I'll be sufferin' in the 75+ deg heat and 85% RH in Houston working on my rent house! The highest vista around here is the cloverleaf on the Beltway. |
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