DOES ANYONY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BUFFALO BANDSAWS? WERE THEY TAKEN OVER BY SOMEONE OR WERE THEY A KNOCK OFF OF ANOTHER BRAND? i HAVE AN 18" ONE AND AM TRYING TO FIND BLADE GUIDES FOR IT
DOES ANYONY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BUFFALO BANDSAWS? WERE THEY TAKEN OVER BY SOMEONE OR WERE THEY A KNOCK OFF OF ANOTHER BRAND? i HAVE AN 18" ONE AND AM TRYING TO FIND BLADE GUIDES FOR IT
Call Grizzly, as they were made (most likely) in the same factory. Buffalo was an independent importer of tools from Taiwan, same as Grizzly.
Not a buffalo forge bandsaw is it? That is an old line company that made drillpresses and bandsaws. Not sure if they survived world war 2 or were gone before then.
Bill
I have a Buffalo Forge 15" drill press and it's a very nice machine. Here's an article with the history of the company and how the various divisions have been spun or sold off, and to whom: http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=129
I have a 14" Buffalo bandsaw and it is the usual Taiwanese import. I have been able find most replacement parts I needed from old Grizzly and Jet part lists.
"A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well." —G. K. Chesterton
Check with Carter... they are able to fit many machines.
Marc
https://carterproducts.com/band-saw-...onversion-kits
I'm pretty new here, not as as experienced as most. Please don't hesitate to correct me