JET Reviews

I wish I had read these reviews before I went out and bought the TYCO "Rebound" remote control car for my sons Christmas present. Now I can't find the battery charger anywhere and my son will be returning to his mothers without ever even playing with his Christmas gift -- (WON'T WORK WITHOUT A BATTERY!!!).

I'm really angry about this and am very disappointed with TYCO.

I guess I join the league of others who purchased a Tyco toy this Christmas. I purchased the Grave Digger R/C truck and found out on that morning that it needed a seperate battery pak that was not included. All remote controll units I had previously purchased had this item included. It is now March and I still can't find one of these items. I've checked 3 different WalMart stores with no luck. I'd take the darn thing back to the store, but I ordered it over the internet. And he doesn't want something else - he wants this one! Sad to see a grandson so unhappy. Poohie on Tyco. Your'e worse than Mattel !!

This battery and charger are a fair product but not great. It is true though the battery last longer that a normal one would. But I do not think that makes it or should make it double the price or a normal battery.

It is possible on a three jaw or four jaw chuck to get the jaws out of order of assembly and change the accuracy of the chuck. Especially if it is a chuck where one adjustment screw moves all of the jaws at once. Also if you can't fix the wobble by changing the jaws around you may use a lathe chuck grinder mounted to the cross slide to tru the chuck jaws up. It is a fairly simple operation if you can borrow the grinder set up. Hope this helps. It is common in machine shops to freshen the chuck jaws up occasionally even if they don't cause the stock to wobble.

First of all I am not a home improvement enthusiast, The web site added that, Also you can't give anything less than a star to complete this form, I don't give it even a half of a brown dwarf. I work in a maintenance shop as a fabricator. It would be a great lathe for the price if it were somewhat accurate. The operators manual has you remove the 3 jaw chuck, clean it and inspect it. Then just put it back on and everything is good, wrong. Either it came out of round during this little clean up and inspection or some component's placement has caused it to be way out of alignment! So far out that you can see stock wobble. I have had this apart and together several times over the years attempting to get it true and have had it best with .005" wobble. The manual has no alignment instruction for the chuck. We use it for VERY COARSE, unimportant stuff. If Jet wants to send someone out to deal with it, fine, I won't be looking for them. I don't recommend anyone buy a Jet unless you are somewhat of an expert, someone that can take a sloppy lathe and make it good.

This lathe isn't nearly as bad as the other reviewer says. I've had one for a couple years and have had no such problems. It is typical of the current generation of Chinese made power tools. Quite a bit of functionality for the money, but with some rough edges. This monster (for a home shop) costs less in constant dollars than an old Craftsman metal lathe did and could spin one of those with it's 4 jaw chuck.

Don't waste your time with these. I returned 60 of these clamps after using 12 and found them to strip the thread very easily. Buy the wire clamps.

The steel band clamp should only be used in one type of application. That being where you are putting two SMOOTH surfaces together, like a garden hose or radiator hose. But with a DC application of a ribbed hose, DO NOT use the steel band clamp, use the wire clamp.

The steel band clamp will only strip and never be fully seated trying to secure the wire rib. The steel banding is not designed to do that task. Whereas, the wire clamp will actually strattle the rib on both sides and create a perfect clamping fit.

I tried to save the twenty cents over the wire clamp, and wound up stripping the clamp thread on about 50% of the applications with the steel band clamps. I antied up and spent the extra cash and got the right product, the wire clamps for the ribbed DC hose.

I used both types of band clamps- steel band clamps and wire band clamps- with the ribbed hose in my dust collection system.The steel band clamps slipped more, were harder to control going on and didn't seat as well as the the wire band clamps

Same kind performance as others but over priced! Try out Freud and the kind from Global Tools at half or less than half of the price. Can you tell the difference?

These have a sort of lamination where you only have good steel at the very point but the body is made of lesser steel.

My saw sharpener ordered me solid steel blades at about half the cost which, to date, have been holding an edge better than these blades.

This stand is unstable and a real letdown. I feel it should be recalled. By comparison, the HTC stand for my jet bandsaw is of the highest quality and design.

1) It is different than depicted in the picture. The one in the picture would work better.

2) It is oversize for a variety of models. The drill press rests on the inside of the brackets which are not heavy enough gauge to provide firm support which can amplify any vibration.

3) There are no holes drilled in the base to bolt the top heavy drill press to the stand.

4) The center wheel design would allow a child to easily tip it, creating a real hazard.

I am now bolting the drill press to a 1" oversize MDO base mounted to a Rockler mobile base supported by a 1 1/2" steel channel.

The picture displayed for the HSO-593 does not match up with what the actual drill press mobile base looks like. I was hoping that the previous reviewer, Norman Cumings from College Station, TX USA, was overly critical of this base. However, after putting it together, I couldn't agree more about it being totally unstable. I am waiting for the UPS truck to pick it up and take it back.

I have three of HTC's model 2000 universal bases and one made for the Jet 14" CB band saw. I am satisfied with all of them. I just assembled the model HSO-593 base for my Jet 17" drill press and will not keep the thing. It is completely unstable. So much so that I would hesitate to just move it about on it, much less, use the drill press while mounted on it! This base is what HTC calls a "K" design and as a structural engineer can say it is an improper design for any base much less for the top heavy drill press. I am returning the unit and will find a location in my shop where I can permanently mount the drill press.

I have already reviewed this on the previous saw. I completed this review and emailed it prior to this one. Thank you.
Vernon Harrington

A MOBILE BASE NEEDS TO HAVE RIGIDITY BUT DO NOT EXPECT ANY WITH THIS EXTENSION. THE 2" ANGLE THAT YOUR TABLE LEGS SIT ON IS THIN AND DEFLECTS DOWN WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE TABLE. WHEN MOVING, THE SINGLE FLAT BAR ALLOWS THE EXTENSION TO SHIMMY WHICH WILL LEAVE ONE LEG OF YOUR TABLE HIGHER AFTER YOU STOP REQUIRING YOU TO BEND DOWN AND STRAIGHTEN THE EXTENSION UNDER THE LEGS. MIGHT BE OK FOR LIGHT WEIGHT MACHINE AND OCCASIONAL MOVEMENT. LONG WAIT FOR SHIPPING, LARGE DEMAND OR VERY FEW MADE?.

These bits are very poor quality. I noticed straight out of the box that there were dings in the blades (mostly the larger ones), a bad sign to start with. I do not appreciate having to hone a new bit before using it- it should be usable right out of the box.

I researched a lot of bits before making my purchase. These bits are made in China. I had read other reviews here stating that bits made in China are lacking in quality. But then I discovered that these bits are associated with Jet, a company known for its high-quality. With this in mind, I decided to give them a try, and bought the 10-piece set from Lowes for $25 (the 7-piece set is $15).

Visually, they appeared inmpressive, with their golden titanium coating, and attractive box. After closer inspection though, I noticed that the titanium coating was bubbled up on a few bits. Truth be told, the box is much better quality than the blades!

As a test, I tried one bit of the set, the 1/2" one, on pine and oak. I set the speed of my drill press accordingly for the bit's size (a very important step, especially with larger bits).

The bit went through the pine at an adequate speed, but would not eject the chips, which consequently got stuck in the bit and had to be cleaned out manually. The bit also tore out a large chip out of the bottom of the piece when it exited. This typically won't happen on quality bits of this size- though I admit a backing board under the piece would (hopefully) have solved the problem. I attribute the tear-out to the dullness of the blades on the bit.

The bit was completely hopeless in the oak. Drilling was very slow the entire time, again attributed to the dullness of the blades. Again, the bit choked on the wood chips and clogged, in spite of raising the bit partially out of the wood from time to time in an attempt to clear the chips. Consequently, the entire hole was scarred with burn marks, and the wood became very hot.

I also own a 1-3/8" Freud steel bit and a 7/8" carbide-tipped bit from www.mlcswoodworking.com. Neither exibit these characteristics. Both work very well, and are worth the money.

My suggestion is to buy either a set of better bits, or to buy just the bits you need at the time from a quality company like Freud. You will find that they are definitely worth the money. Expect to pay $8 and up for individual quality bits.

If money is no object, I suggest investing in the Freud carbide-tipped 7-piece set. But then again, you probably didn't buy these bits if money was no object!

My new Jet JWBS-140S / 708113 14" band saw with open stand arrived 2 days after the HTC HSJ-1414 mobile base had arrived. I ordered the Jet band saw and mobile base at the same time, from the same page on Amazon, as the accessories were listed below the 14" band saw. Once assembled, the base of the band saw measured approx 19.5" by 22.5" and would not fit in the HTC HSJ-1414 mobile base which measured approx 18" by 27". I am waiting to see what Amazon decides on this. I may have to return the whole lot as I need to be able to move the saw out of the way.

See also my review on the Carter Jet 14 saw guide, which does not fit the new 14" Jet band saw.

Seems to be good quality but does not come with any bolts to assemble the stand.

It gets 1 star because you can't give it zero. Ordered in Jan. Still haven't received. Great service Amazon.