Grizzly G0513 -- your thoughts?

[footprintsinconc]

i am looking at a used Grizzly G0513 on CL. resaw capacity of 12", 2HP, 120 or 220V.....

i am on the road right now, and wont get back in till sunday. i read the reveiws online and they are mixed (especially with narrow blades and the fence). however, they still give it 4 stars (out of 5).

does anyone have one here or know anything of this band saw. my 10" delta is giving me lots problems. so i want to get this one. i will be doing resawings, band saw boxes .....

thanks for the help!

[HarmsWay]

I'm pretty certain there are a couple of people of this forum that own the G0513. I have a brother of it that was made for House Of Tools in Canada. It's a great re-saw saw. Initially I wasn't that impressed but it was a blade issue. Once I started getting good blades it worked great.

Bob

[footprintsinconc]

bob,

thanks for the comment. was it the next model up or down?

interesting, since there are no comments, does that mean that this is not a good bandsaw? i thought that grizzly would have been awesome, but its a little hard to find a lot of reviews on it.

[LarryG]

interesting, since there are no comments, does that mean that this is not a good bandsaw?

With respect to BT3Central, I think it more likely means there are few, if any, owners of this model here (at least among the active regulars or semi-regulars). The overwhelming majority of BT3ers who own band saws have 14" and smaller models.

[poolhound]

I have not seen one of these but I guess it depends on how much the seller is asking and seeing if he will let you try it out first. with a 2hp motor it should have plenty of grunt. I am sure you already know this but it currently sells new for $750.

FWIW, Last year FWW did a 14" roundup and the griz 457 got top value saw. I think it has cast iron wheels whereas the 513s are aluminium but otherwise they look similar.

If its on offer for a good price and it works well it may be a good buy.

[atgcpaul]

I have the 5013. I haven't done a lot of resawing on it but it's working out
very well for other bandsaw uses. Mine is the 220V model. I have the base
model 5013. Not the X or X2 with cast iron fences and wheels. I'm not crazy
about the fence but it does the job. If I heavily get into resawing I'll
probably make my own fence. Right now I have a melamine fence that slips
over the short factory fence.

Because I haven't done a lot of resawing, it's not completely tuned up. I do
not worry about power on this saw.

Check in the power tool section of woodnet.net. A lot of people over there
have this saw. You may still be able to use the Microsoft/Live/eBay as
mentioned in the Bargains section to buy a new saw for a good deal.