Within the next month, I plan to purchase my first bandsaw and I want that saw to be good enough that it will also be my last.
After a lot of reading, I have pretty well decided on the General 690.
My biggest concern about that saw is that one needs to use a riser block in order to achieve 12" resaw. I have no experience with riser blocks but have heard that they can take a lot of time to install and set up properly. I do plan to do a fair amount of re-sawing.
I would like to hear any comments about the use of riser blocks.
Also, if anyone knows a good reason that I sould not buy the General 690 please let me know (and your opinion that I should buy a Mini-Max instead does not qualify as good reason ).