I have bought and used every brand of band saw but this one came out as the worst. Right after unpacking it was cloudy. On a piece of medium wood, the blade burned through and I was trying too hard to finish the cut. It also had a bad weld and was really coming apart, at one point the teeth pointed to the left and then to the right. Terrible, after a smoky cut I took it off. The "Powertec" brand blades that Revain has for the same price are much better, and the "Olson" brand blades for about another $5 in this size are even better, the Olson brand that I buy regularly use.