I just wanted to give credit where its due. I have a 14″ bandsaw from Rikon, the 10-325 model. I think highly of the saw, for what that’s worth. My problem is the lower guide bearings had frozen up and are heating up the blade. I was thinking of replacing them with guide blocks instead so I contacted Rikon’s tech support to see what they recommended.<\/p>\n
The gentleman’s name I spoke with is Rod. He convinced me that the guide blocks probably aren’t the way to go because of heat build-up, though he did say the the Coolblocks might be a possibility if that’s what I wanted to do. In addition, he’s sending me a complete set of replacement bearings, for free. It sounds like they were aware of the potential for problems and that these newer bearings should be an improvement. We’ll see.<\/p>\n
Rod was friendly, knowledgable and left me a happy customer. If he is representative of their support, then I’d say this is one more reason to go with Rikon products, certainly the 10-325.<\/p>\n
Well done, sir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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