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Jet JWBS 16 inch bandsaw

2nd December 2004, 06:45 pm

My bad ass bandsaw has arrived. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

here is a time lapse of it arriving… daaaaang, it’s big. Check out the height in relation to me. I’m 6 foot. Jumbo bandsaw, w0000t!!!!! I got it all slopp-i-ligned up and tried it out. Bad ass. I had to laugh at myself as I was rapidly looking around the garage for ANYthing to cut.

jules: “Vincennnnt? Are we happy?”
vince, staring inside the glowing briefcase : “… huh? Oh, yeah, we’re happy.”

7 Photos of unpacking…

update march 3 2005 - I love this bandsaw. I use it every week. I just changed to a 1/4″ 6 tpi blade last night as I probably totally thrashed the blade it came with… I tried cutting almost everything I had in my shop.. soft wood, hard wood, plastic, PVC, aluminum, steel (umm, don’t do that)… I’m totally satisfied with how it performs. I only wish I’d sprung for the factory fence when i order the bandsaw… been struggling a bit with what to do about a fence since I didn’t buy the jet fence. I’m just now wondering if I should try grinding out half the teeth in the factory blade for a skip-tooth config, and maybe try sharpening it myself? maybe too much work… new blades cost about $20-200, depending on quality. Hmm.

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2 Comments

  1. Peter Bowen:

    ROTFLOL - I’ve seen that before - hurry home to meet the truck and he doesn’t show up until after dark. It looks really cool - now you just need to make a resaw pivot and sled, and you can saw your own timber :) Soon your garage and house will be coated with sawdust.

    6 December 2004, 5:55 pm

  2. Liesbeth Bax:

    Awsom bandsaw!
    Working with wood gives you inspiration. We have that every day. Maintain wood and install it is a real art. But realize that it is wood and that you have to keep it that way. Maintain is not easy.

    22 March 2008, 9:35 am

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