I use a lennox tri master. It is carbide tipped and will do a great job on fiberglass and a decent job on wood. They are expensive, but I had one last nearly a year (thats over 125 bows). All I do with mine is cut the risers to shape and then cut the bows to rough form.
You will have to replace your bearings if you cut fiberglass with yours. I would wait until you need to, but the bearings they used are not sealed and fill with glass and dust and will thus burn up.
I own four Grizzly machines from cheap to quite expensive. They do a good job but are liable to break down on you frequently the first year. They are decent about warranty but won't get in any hurry.
They made me so mad this last couple of months that I vowed I would sell all my Griz machines and never buy again.... Then I realized that I coldn't afford to do that since the other mfg.s comparable model wide belt sanders are $5000 more expensive and ultimately would only be hurting myself.
I think they are a good machine for the hobbyist and you will probably experience good things with yours (I too have an ultimate bandsaw).
The big problem with wood working machines is that almost everything is made in Taiwan or the like, so you have to figure out who has the best Chinamen!
Sorry for the rant, I guess I'm not completely calm as I wait for griz to send for my sander to be repaired.
Bigjim
Topic: Got my Grizzly bandsaw today! (Read 443 times)
