Hello there M.r Woodman, greetings from Mexico. First of all thank you very much for this thorough videos, I've followed your videos to revive a 90s Unisaw with no rails/fence and now is a powerhouse in my diy hobby shop. Here it's hard to get good lumber, so I've been watching videos from Matthias Wandel, Jeremy Fielding, Jeff Schmidt etc, to figure out a good way to resaw. I've come across a deal un this hitachi bandsaw, the same model you have there. It will need some elbow grease, i got a 5hp motor sitting here, only thing left is a VFD to run it, they ask 500 for the saw and 500 for a powermartic 143, would you still recommend the Hitashi saw in 2022? The pm needs way more elbow grease, which one would you pick?. ¡¡Saludos y muchas gracias!!
They are very different machines used for different aspects of woodworking. The Hitachi is ideal for processing large planks into useable sizes quickly. The 75mm blade is super aggressive. I split boards for bookmatching all the time with it. But I don't see any point in trying to make veneer stock since that is not the kind of work I do and veneer stock is readily available if needed. I use the Hitachi as a lumber processing saw to quickly straight line rip stock and remove unusable edges and get wood ready for dimensioning. The 143 is more of a general purpose shop bandsaw not suited to what want in a bandsaw.
@@AskWoodMan Hey there, thank you very much for your quick reply, I really appreciate you taking the time. I'am not a pro by any stretch of the imagination, this woodworking hobby turned into a journey of self discovery, I also really enjoy restoring old woodworking equipment, it feels good to not let fine tools/machines go to waste. I do want the machine for "rough" resawing, if you will, being in a "third world" wood is really a luxury here now a days, (so sad D:!) and so for most of my projects I've used reclaimed wood and dunnage wood since I live in a harbor city, mostly 2x4's and 4x4's from which I make all my 1/2 and 3/4 material, "resawing" them with the aid of jointer + tablesaw, the Hitachi looks IDEAL for this. Anyway, the pm143 was sold (bump!) and I do like the fact the hitachi is japanese made, tomorrow I will go a check it in person, any critical parts I should be aware of?
@@RufoTamales You can really tell how much a bandsaw has been used by the condition of the rubber tires. My machine is 34 years old and I have used it a lot and have never had to change any of the bearings. It is a little tank.
Thank-you, Mike.
Hello there M.r Woodman, greetings from Mexico. First of all thank you very much for this thorough videos, I've followed your videos to revive a 90s Unisaw with no rails/fence and now is a powerhouse in my diy hobby shop. Here it's hard to get good lumber, so I've been watching videos from Matthias Wandel, Jeremy Fielding, Jeff Schmidt etc, to figure out a good way to resaw. I've come across a deal un this hitachi bandsaw, the same model you have there. It will need some elbow grease, i got a 5hp motor sitting here, only thing left is a VFD to run it, they ask 500 for the saw and 500 for a powermartic 143, would you still recommend the Hitashi saw in 2022? The pm needs way more elbow grease, which one would you pick?. ¡¡Saludos y muchas gracias!!
They are very different machines used for different aspects of woodworking. The Hitachi is ideal for processing large planks into useable sizes quickly. The 75mm blade is super aggressive. I split boards for bookmatching all the time with it. But I don't see any point in trying to make veneer stock since that is not the kind of work I do and veneer stock is readily available if needed. I use the Hitachi as a lumber processing saw to quickly straight line rip stock and remove unusable edges and get wood ready for dimensioning. The 143 is more of a general purpose shop bandsaw not suited to what want in a bandsaw.
@@AskWoodMan Hey there, thank you very much for your quick reply, I really appreciate you taking the time. I'am not a pro by any stretch of the imagination, this woodworking hobby turned into a journey of self discovery, I also really enjoy restoring old woodworking equipment, it feels good to not let fine tools/machines go to waste. I do want the machine for "rough" resawing, if you will, being in a "third world" wood is really a luxury here now a days, (so sad D:!) and so for most of my projects I've used reclaimed wood and dunnage wood since I live in a harbor city, mostly 2x4's and 4x4's from which I make all my 1/2 and 3/4 material, "resawing" them with the aid of jointer + tablesaw, the Hitachi looks IDEAL for this. Anyway, the pm143 was sold (bump!) and I do like the fact the hitachi is japanese made, tomorrow I will go a check it in person, any critical parts I should be aware of?
@@RufoTamales You can really tell how much a bandsaw has been used by the condition of the rubber tires. My machine is 34 years old and I have used it a lot and have never had to change any of the bearings. It is a little tank.
Allen, what is your new motor pulley made from?
Mike.
My buddy August machined it from a cast iron pulley blank.