Bandsaw upgrade

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:37 am

I have been reluctant to upgrade my cast iron band saw to the new aluminum table. The biggest reason is cost vs payback and the fact that once I upgrade will not be able to store my bandsaw in its present location any longer. It will be too big to fit and I will have to move my shop around to make room.

This leads me to my question. Has anyone bought, seen or used the Rockler bandsaw table? It is an aux table you place over top of your existing bandsaw table. It offers a fence, mitre guide slots, circle cutter and most everything the SS upgrade offers. Rockler has the table on sale for $99 which seems like a fantastic price especially compared to the cost of the SS upgrade.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?Offe ... ct=Details

On the negative the increased table thickness will cut down resaw size that is something to consider is there any thing else?

I'm looking for feedback. What do you guys think?
Ed

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:30 pm

You can't build it for that price.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:28 pm

Ed - Think you would want to check first to see the size of the long miter bar. I think Rockler supplies it with the fence. Will that bar fit the Shopsmith table?