So my old band saw has two parts that broke and I am thinking I will not be able to patch it yet again {Delta 12" BS220LS} its 21 years old and was not a good band saw to start with.
So what is a good model to look at? I am not looking to buy the best just a lot better than this one.

Not a lot of big things mostly blanks for the lathe. i was thinking 14"?

Well, I guess the first question you need to answer is how big do you turn? Perhaps second is how good are you with a chainsaw? I have 2 bandsaws. The small one with 6 inch height limit is for cutting circles. The second one is a Laguna 16HD with a 4.5 hp Baldor motor. It will walk through anything. The market for bowls over about 14 inch diameter is pretty small. If cutting height is 14 inches, then figure 13 1/2 inch max height of your blanks. If I was cutting 14 inch high, then I would want 2 hp minimum, which would require a 220 volt motor. The advantage to my 2 saws is that on the big saw, I have a 1 1/4 inch wide blade with teeth at 3/4 inch apart. This is great for ripping slabs. It is lousy for cutting circles. My small saw has a 1/2 inch 3 tpi blade, and will cut circles under 5 inch diameter. The 1/2 inch blade can work for cutting slabs, but the bigger blade is a lot better. If you are really good with a chainsaw, and can make straight cuts, then all you need to worry about is cutting circles.

Side note, I took my chainsaw to the shop for a tune up and was asking about a new bar because it just would not cut straight and I had seen a video about how the groove in the bar could wear out and that would make it run in curves rather than straight lines. They said, 'oh, we can fix the bar'. They did, and now I can cut straight lines again. I thought it was my sharpening....

robo hippy

I will guess the wall height (?) of the groove was uneven.

Typically they use two tools.
Bar rail grinder and Bar rail closer
You can find these an most chainsaw suppliers.