Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Laguna 14 Twelve Bandsaw

In the past, I have used only hand tools to make the furniture I have completed, and do most of the rough milling at the shop in my school on their machines, but I am at a loss when I do not have access to the shop.  I have just brought in a great addition to my shop recently, with the Laguna 14 Twelve bandsaw.  I have it equipped with a .5" blade most of the time, but I have a .75" blade for resawing wide boards like this:





I also realized after resawing several boards that the fence came out of square from the factory, and I had never corrected it.  Solving that issue was very simple, all I had to do was adjust one of two set screws until the fence was properly plumb.

Here's the fence before it was corrected.
It is out of square by up to one sixteenth of an inch

Adjusting the set screw

Perfectly plumb!
This bandsaw has a resaw capacity of twelve inches, and it powers through the hardest woods with ease.  The setup and installation was fairly straightforward, and the time it took to fine tune the finicky adjustments such as table squareness and drift adjustment were well worth it because every cut that comes off the saw is straight, square, and parallel.  This machine is a great addition to my shop, and an enormous time saver, because now I have the ability to make repeated rip cuts quickly and accurately, resaw wide boards, and cut curves for cabriole legs and such.  All of this will save time and energy, meaning that I can complete projects faster, and move on to the next task sooner. Overall, this was a great investment.  Now I just have to find the right tablesaw...


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