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Title: Keep looking
Review: I purchased this bandsaw 3 years ago. The fence is not well designed. The locking mechanism uses a plastic pad which holds the fence in place but the plastic pad fell off Shortly after I purchased the saw. Sure, you can glue the plastic pad back on and keep going but for a grand you would expect a better fence and locking mechanism.The carter quick release just broke recently while tightening the blade. A few of the gear teeth dropped out of the bottom of the release mechanism so now I will need to follow up with Powermatic to get it fixed.I purchased Powermatic because I thought they set the standard. I don't use this tool very often and several things are broken and it isnt operating right now. It was a waste of my money.
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