Rikon 10-325 14-Inch Deluxe Band Saw Review

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(More customer reviews)Like most people shopping for a band saw, I spent a lot of time on various websites, user discussion groups, etc. It's enough to make your head spin--so many choices. When I actually saw the old style (cast iron frame) 14" band saws next to the Rikon Deluxe 14" saw, it was immediately clear that this machine is in a separate class--there's no comparing the cast iron frame saws to this beast. It's bigger, more refined, has as much power as the best of them, and has a huge resaw capacity (that exceeds the cast iron models with riser block installed). When you start adding up the bit$ and piece$ required to bring a cast iron frame near the specs of this saw, you'll see that those saws aren't really cheaper.
Set-up was no particular problem, but the manual for this saw is absurdly bad. It would be a bad manual for a crummy, cheap saw, but it's an embarrassment to have such a horrible manual for such a nice machine. Instructions are sparse. Hardware does not match illustrations/descriptions (those few that there are). In spite of this, if you are semi-mechanically inclined (as I hope you are if you're buying a band saw), you can figure it out.
As one would hope, this is a powerful machine that cuts curves and resaws nicely. The fence leaves something (a lot) to be desired--the machining on the fence is marginal, the mechanism to adjust the fence to square with the table is inadequate (and cheap)...but I don't use the fence much anyway. This is a band saw, not a table saw. I will likely build or buy a better resaw fence when I get into a project that calls for a significant amount of resawing...but the existing fence will do for now. Like the manual, it is strange to have such a marginal fence on an otherwise impressive machine.
In short, this is a great saw--the fit and finish is very good--and the shortcomings (manual and fence) are only minor annoyances.

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Designed to give you options for cutting wood and non-ferrous materials, the award-winning RIKON 10-325 14-Inch Deluxe Bandsaw offers a large, cast iron work table, ball-bearing blade guides, and a powerful 1-1/2-horsepower motor with two speeds. With convenient features such as quick release blade tension, dust ports, and viewing windows to help with adjustments, this precision bandsaw also includes a heavy-duty rip fence with re-saw bar.
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