Replace and upgrade our bandsaw

Duluth Makerspace is a 501c3 nonprofit providing an 11,000 sq foot community multi-discipline industrial, arts, and technology space where members get access to tools and equipment for a small monthly fee. We have acted as an incubator for small business, a workplace for artists, a creative outlet, and a location where ideas can become reality.

The bandsaw serving our woodshop is decades old, under sized and under powered for the daily use it gets from our 120 active members (and serving more than 875 active and inactive members total). 

As a small nonprofit replacing a tool is always a budgetary challenge. As critical as this regularly used (daily) tool is, we have set our sights on an industrial quality tool built to handle the rigorous demands we place on it.

The saw we are seeking is a Laguna LT18 industrial bandsaw. It will saw intricate patterns as well as re-saw boards and timbers.