I've built boats, cars, church furniture and all sort of things over the years. And you find out very quickly when it happens that service, restoration, replacing parts is sometimes more important than the creating of the piece.
So you build in ways to make it work for you or the guys to build, but also make it easy for the service guy/ engineer who has to change the washing machine in the companion way on a 60 foot yacht.
And when you're craning in a module of two compartments (one toilet and one shower) There has to be extra parts to make that work, but will probably never used again.
Stay with me, I am getting to my point here. I was a build for manufacturing guy. The one who made things work out for everyone.
So when someone designs a Bandsaw. The most important thing about the bandsaw HAS to be to make the blade changes quick and as simple as possible. And with that, as SAFE as possible.
The DeWalt 739 is a tricky little bandsaw to change the blade and it really didn't have to be that way. I can see it really didn't need you to move two adjusters out of the way AND twist the blade 90°.
But if they really had to make it that way, then the thing to do would be to make it known that it was tricky.
The instructions were vague at least.
As a manufacturer you want to make it easy to get that machine up and running. So my solution would be a sticker inside the top wheel door, showing the process, and more details in the instructions... Not less.
Thank you for your support
All the best
Jamie
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