Let us know how you get on. My first bandsaw was a little DeWalt 3401 and it worked very well with Tuffsaw blades and the tune up described by Alex Snodgrass in his video. Only changed to get a deeper cut of 12" with the Record BS400, but still use Tuffsaw blades on this new one.

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