Inland Craft DB-100 Diamond Band Saw Machine for Glass, Rock, Wood & Metal

In general this saw is superior to one previously owned. AsI only use it to cut stained glass, I cannot rate it on sheerness or thickness. The blade can dislodge from the wheels fairly easily, but once you have learned how to put it back on wheels that is only takes a minute. This probably saves the blade from breaking.

This little bandsaw is great for size set on the table.You can cut wood metal,& rocks it come with 3 different blades and has a small water tank for cutting stone.Its also very quiet..

Opened this up set it up and attempted to cut a piece of stain glass and when i turned the saw open it ran but no stability in the blade tried to cut the glass at different speeds and same outcome glass shattered blade ran all over it’s a ok saw many for rough cuts on wood or metal but definitely not for glass

My hopes were real high about this unit, but after getting it and unboxing it, I realized the quality was not what I would have expected. I thought I would give it a chance. So went through the assembly process and for the blade aligned and tracking correctly. Then put the very tiny water tray up and messed with the water adjustment. Then went to cut a few thin slices of agate, worked okay, chalked it up to needing more time on the machine. As expected, it went though obsidian much easier. The tiny water tank ran out way too much, that water tank needs to be about three times that size or I need to develop an automatic foot controlled watering system this this unit. The feel of this unit never felt right, too light, to east to tip, just not that good, the plastic everwhere, then every time the water runs out, more diamond chips are burned off the blade. The final time, that was enough. I cannot constantly be checking the water level when I am trying to make precise cuts. Now other thoughts, the plastic wheels inside, what a joke, flimsy. To put a new blade on takes three hands then hope and pray the alignment and tracking was right. after 5 times of trying to get it right, I had enough. My very large metal band saw is not this difficult, and I thought that was a pain until this little creature came into my life. It is not worth what I paid for it and strongly considering returning it. I do not even want to call customer service. I have never had any band saw give me problems like this little thing does. I am back on the market for a good lapidary bandsaw. I was truly hoping that this unit from Inland was going to work. But for my heavy usage, it just is not up to the task. I will give it one more chance before I start the return process, (when it is not 110° in my working area) If it works out, I will change this review, if it does not, it will be left as is.

Good quality saw for glass. Supposed to cut rock and coral, also. Mostly plastic because of the water irrigation. Works well.

This thing works well once you get used to it. You will pop a lot of fuses at first, but once you get a feel for feeding materials into it it works pretty well. Getting the saw blades on and threaded is a pain at first too, and the blades come off track often. Like any new tools you'll figure it out after using a few times. I have cut solid rock, stone composites, carbon fiber, G10 and metals like steel, brass and copper. You NEED to use water when cutting stone and stuff like carbon fiber or G10, but it cuts those materials easily once you add water. Overall this thing is decent. It is a little small and a bit "plasticy" feeling, but I it works for what I need it for (making knife handles). You can find 37" replacement blades on Inlands website.

Cuts great but keeps breaking my diamond bands, very flimsy cheaply made not worth the price.

I don't like a single thing about this machine, the metal cutting blade only worked on copper pipe. Once. would not cut after that. The whole thing is made of plastic and has about enough power to work with modeling clay. You would think for the price it would at least be able to cut through 18 guage steel sheet, but it doesn't. ( tin snips work better, and faster.) 1 star was even too much for quality.