Denver Glass Diamond Band Saw

[judeglass]

Does anyone have experience/ comments on the Denver Glass table model band saw? I had used the floor model and thought it was a quality saw. However I recently purchased two of the table models, one for my studio, one for the art center where I teach, and have had problems with both saws. I discovered the saw was made by Harbor Freight as a dry saw and was adapted ( I am sure by Denver Glass) to be a wet saw. Both saws had blades break after a fairly short time of use, and only then did we notice that the screws and internal parts were badly rusted and corroded. The blade guides seized. Finding out the saw was built to be a dry saw and adapted to be a wet saw explained another problem to me too. It came with a pump, but no way to plug the pump into the saw. When I inquired about this to the company, I was told to plug and unplug the pump at the wall outlet every time I use it. I easily solved the problem by plugging both the saw and the pump into a foot pedal so they come on and off at the same time, but why didn't Denver Glass think of that and provide the foot pedal with the saw? Anyone who saws glass knows that you go back and forth many times sawing and fitting and returning to the saw with glass in your hands. Plugging and unplugging the pump every time is ridiculous. I bought from Denver because they have a good reputation for equipment, but this saw seems to me to be an inferior product. Anyone else used it or have comments on another industrial strength wet diamond band saw? Thanks.

[Marty]

Denver's reputation depends on where you're looking from. They're right in the middle between the plastic hobby stuff and the serious tools, priced sort of in the middle too. I wouldn't buy their stuff for a school.