Review on Grizzly Industrial G0513X2BF - 17" 2 HP Extreme-Series Bandsaw With Cast-Iron Trunnion & Foot Brake Micro-Switch by Thomas Unruh

I have owned this saw for almost four years now. It has been nothing short of a horse, cutting true, doing big resaw work, and for a while, I even had a 1/8" blade on it when I had a lot of bandsaw boxes to finish.It is well designed, easy to change blades, and for those who need the "nickel test", it passes with flying colors.The only thing I have had to do in the four years was change out the tires at about the 30 month mark, and occasionally oil the bearing guides since very fine sawdust will get in between the double ball bearings, causing them to not turn properly.And to be honest, I am SO glad I spent the extra money for the foot/electric brake. Just hit the foot pedal quickly, or the stop button, and the blade is stopped in a little less than three seconds. I don't know how much of my time has been saved not waiting for a blade on two huge cast iron wheels to stop.I am so impressed with this saw, (and I do a lot of bandsaw work), now that I am replacing my worn out Porter Cable bandsaw, (my other saw), I am seriously thinking of just getting a twin and buying another one of these. Keep a wide blade on one for resaw, a small blade on the other for tight work.Only hiccup - it is possible to start the saw, and actually cut a bit with the blade tension arm in the released position since it is on the backside of the saw and out of sight. Would have been nice to lengthen that a bit so you could see where it is. It needs to be just a couple inches longer and have a red knob on it instead of black.Otherwise, almost a perfect saw for the money.