This is an excellent band-saw for small jobs, a real bargain. It is well-constructed, but limited in power. I am using is to cut 1/4" thick pieces of wood, plastic and aluminum, for which it is more than adequate.

I bought this 9" saw to replace my first saw, one made by Kawasaki that went belly up after about eight months of on and off usage.

This saw is of similar design, but the casing is plastic rather than the solid metal casing the Kawasaki saw had. Not necessarily cheap plastic, but plastic nonetheless.

When I got the saw, I had somewhat of a difficult time putting it together as the knob on the side that controls the tilting of the table is rather large; screwing it on is made intensely difficult by the table itself. What I had to do was partially unscrew the table from its mounting bracket, then screw the knob on, and then finally screw the table back down-- a somewhat troublesome process as the screw holes are located in tight spaces.

Otherwise, for the price this is a fairly good band saw for occasional hobbyist use. But it *is* a 9" saw and eventually there will come a time when you need to buy new tires for it and there aren't a whole lot of places that sells tires for ban saws of this size. While I am satisfied, my best advice is if you really need a good band saw, save all of your nickels and buy a good standard sized 10" or 14" band saw that will last after even heavy use.

'Ron