Test of Lifetime Guarantee On Weld Integrity

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Test of Lifetime Guarantee On Weld Integrity

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Yesterday I finished sawing out another 66 little cars and trucks. In the process I had two premium 3/36" blades break at the weld. I had other 3/16" blades break at the weld and had saved them for a couple years intending on re-soldering them myself.

Today called Shopsmith and told the story. Since I had over $100 of broken blades, I was sending them 5 premium blades, each with broken welds.

Guess the rest of the story will be coming in a couple weeks.
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I will be watching! By the way, that's a lot of toy trucks!
Gale's Law: The bigger the woodworking project, the less the mistakes show in any photo taken far enough away to show the entire project!

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Chuck

I had a weld break on a blade. Contacted SS and sent it back and received a new one.
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Just received notice my 5 new bandsaw blades have just shipped. :D :D

Once again - Shopsmith has shown they are a true, honest and fair company!!
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Be Happy!!!! :D
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The Greatness officially starts :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Happy day from the Mother ship! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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System works!
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Yea! 5 new 3/16" blades arrived today. Noticed that in the meantime Shopsmith had a sale on bandsaw blades.
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