So I am finally starting to have time to dick around with my car. I need to cut down a dropped cross member to size and I don't trust the cuts from my chop saw. Decided to run down to harbor freight with a 25% off coupon for giggles. The reviews online highly recommended getting a bi-metal blade since the one that comes with it sucks ass. The total came out to around $225.
Seems like it was packaged good enough and it's a heavy fucker:
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1st step is to dive in the directions to make sure I don't fuck up things like I likely will end up doing. Found a few gems in there:
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Got threw a couple of pages and tossed the directions to the side since they don't make an ounce of sense and pages were missing. Next step is to start bolting things together and came across this shitmess off all the nuts/bolts tossed in a bag:
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc510/chrisj011/1103131819_zps86404238.jpg
Up and running with no problems:
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1st cut came out surprisingly clean:
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc510/chrisj011/1109131819_zpsb419146d.jpg
Outside the poor directions, the machine is shockingly put together well. I'm not a pro so I don't need a high end machine for daily work. I need it for the occasional cut that I can't afford to be off. Pretty happy with it and I make sure to double check the measurements without relying on what is on the machine since it's likely off anyways. It even has a small metal table that I can bolt on so I can turn it into an upright bandsaw. What I am not use to, is how quite horizontal bandsaws are. I can have it turned on, close the garage door, and wont even know it's on. I'm sure my neighbors will appreciate that. All-in-all, pretty happy with the outcome.