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[qbilder]

Im a little confused. Carbon bushing are good but I dont see how they produce a cleaner cut. The cut is dictated by the paticular blade, amount of teeth, and feed rate. The guides and bearings only hold the blade steady! They really dont have anything at all to do with the cut it's self except gide the blade to scrole line. With carbon bushing you still have to allow a minimal space between bushing and blade, with bearings you dont have to. You just need to make sure that the bearings wont roll over any saw teeth. Set your back bearing and off you go. You will note that most of your high end bandsaw already come equipt with carter accessories.

Bearings have runout. Bushings do not. Again, my experiences. When cutting splices, and require very intricate & accurate cuts, the bearing runout leaves a saw pattern. With bushings, a planed finish can be achieved. If a bearing guide can make a shiny smooth cut surface, i'd love to see it. I have tried time & again using different blades, tension, bearing adjustment, etc. I can get nowhere as clean cutting with my bearing guide saw as I can using my $99 9in. Delta. Don't get me wrong, my Grizzly is a nice saw, but I can watch the bearings wiggle & blade sway back & forth, been that way since brand new. Other saws I looked at were similar with notable bearing wobble. Great for resaw and general cutting, but for the ultra fine cut needed for splicing & veneering, I put my trust in the bushings. I'd love for the bearing guides to be as accurate as block bushings because I hate constantly readjusting the blocks, but I simply have never seen a bearing guide cut as clean.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Bearings have runout. Bushings do not. Again, my experiences. When cutting splices, and require very intricate & accurate cuts, the bearing runout leaves a saw pattern. With bushings, a planed finish can be achieved. If a bearing guide can make a shiny smooth cut surface, i'd love to see it. I have tried time & again using different blades, tension, bearing adjustment, etc. I can get nowhere as clean cutting with my bearing guide saw as I can using my $99 9in. Delta. Don't get me wrong, my Grizzly is a nice saw, but I can watch the bearings wiggle & blade sway back & forth, been that way since brand new. Other saws I looked at were similar with notable bearing wobble. Great for resaw and general cutting, but for the ultra fine cut needed for splicing & veneering, I put my trust in the bushings. I'd love for the bearing guides to be as accurate as block bushings because I hate constantly readjusting the blocks, but I simply have never seen a bearing guide cut as clean.

I believe you but go ahead buy me this.

 

[loniwheels]

Upgrade The Band (blade), You'll Be Fine!

 

[iusedtoberich]

The pic that Joey showed had the best rating in one of the woodworking magazines about a year ago. It topped the saws with the ball-bearing guides. Laguna is the make.

 

[qbilder]

Joey, what is that? Is that my Christmas present? I like that blade!!! I read a Fine Woodworking article that compared blades & they kinda dogged carbide tipped blades saying they were not worth the cash. The $25 bi-metal blades won the comparison between all. El-Cheapo spring steel was a close second but fell behind on longevity. I like that guide, though.

Thinking of buying a new saw, something nice instead of the $500 special. I'll turn my Grizzly into resaw only for cutting up all of the burls & narrow logs I get from all over. I have tried every blade imagineable except for carbide & just can't get over the dang saw marks. With my old block bushing guides I could pick up cheap blades at Lowes & get perfect clean cuts, though the blade wouldn't last long. Broke the motor mount on it, though & took it to the dump. Picked up my Grizzly & been pissing & moaning ever since