Have been wanting to upgrade from my under powered Ridgid 14" bandsaw for a long time. Last friday a friend and I drove to Chicago to pick up this beauty!
16" Laguna with 3hp 220v motor about 9yrs old (when they were made in Europe). Current new 16" Laguna 3hp runs $3400 or so and are made in China. But, I was lucky enough to buy this for $765. When I was getting ready to leave the guy stopped us and said he forgot something. He came back out with a brand new in the package Timberwolf 3/4" wide blade.
Got it wired up on sunday afternoon and ran an 10" thick Ash 1/2 log section through it and it cut without bogging down. Could never do that with the Ridgid 14" 1hp saw.
I'm a happy guy!!
Ricc
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