okay- shoot me. But last year, I bought a made in Taiwan Jet, not a dinky little garage shop model. And, for the money, I love it. I was working on a big job, I had two guys full time, and 24,000 pounds of steel to cut. Which means no time or interest in rebuilding a used saw with unknown problems.
This saw was damaged in shipping, and about 3 grand off list price, but brand new, plug and play, up and running in 20 minutes from unloading from the truck.
Had it for a year now, it runs perfectly, all the bolts are made of steel, not zamac, and it cuts straight and true, will take .10 off the end of 2" round bar and give you a .10" blank.
I dont shop at Harbor Freight, and buy american when I can- but for right around 5 grand, this was the best new saw I found.
Its this one-
http://www.jettools.com/us/en/p/j-7040m-10-x-16-horizontal-mitering-bandsaw/414475
2hp, 3 phase, 1000 pounds, almost all cast iron, machined flat and true. Easy to miter, and I built a 12' feed table with length gage, as I mostly cut stainless with it that comes in 12's. But its set up to easily load 20's as well.
I bought it from Equipment Sales in Auburn Wa. They are the Jet/Powermatic/Wilton dent and damage dealers, have been for 20 years or so- they get all the damaged and oddball stuff to liquidate, and usually have at least a half dozen different bandsaws in all sizes.
