Eric Cox | 01/10/2021 10:02:09 |
![]() 557 forum posts 38 photos | I.m looking for a bench top band saw. The only one I could find is shown. Does any one know of an alternative or have comments on this one. |
JasonB | 01/10/2021 10:09:28 |
![]() 25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles | Search the forum for FEMI and all the other small benchtop bandsaw threads will come up too |
John Haine | 01/10/2021 10:49:42 |
5563 forum posts 322 photos | Though that one looks very like a Femi - may be rebadged or a rip-off. I think Jason has a Femi and I have too, and they are highly recommended. |
Paul Lousick | 01/10/2021 11:25:56 |
2276 forum posts 801 photos | I have had the identical saw for about 7 years and it has done heaps of work and used almost every week. Biggest material cut about 90mm dia steel rod. Compact size and light weight and pick it up with one hand. Mine sits on a milk crate for a stand. They have doubled in price since I bought mine. Reccommended to use quality bi-metal bndsaw blades. The cost more but last a lot longer. Blade guide bearings have only been replaced once in 7 years. (inexpensive and the same as used in scateboards) My inly complaint is that it does not have a table for cutting when the saw is vertical but you can always do your own modification. Edited By Paul Lousick on 01/10/2021 11:29:49 |
Oldiron | 01/10/2021 12:34:48 |
1193 forum posts 59 photos | I have had a Cutmax 125 for the last 4 years. It is an excellent saw. Cuts perfectly straight & true. It has cut everything from wood to stainless with no problems. I keep 2 blades one for ferrous and one for non ferrous I managed to get a demo model at a show for less than £200. They are quite expensive but well worth the money. Keep meaning to do a vertical mod but have never got around to it. regards |
not done it yet | 01/10/2021 12:55:27 |
7517 forum posts 20 photos | You might try: Warco, Axminster, Lidl, Aldi, Starrett, Sheppach, Femi, ebay, gumtree, to name just a few places to look. They all have them. |
blowlamp | 01/10/2021 13:31:58 |
![]() 1885 forum posts 111 photos | The Cutmax looks like a re-badged Nebes, which is what I have and is a very good saw indeed. The Nebes cuts consistantly, is well built and very quiet in use. As it also has iron wheels with no rubber coating it can be use wet or dry too.
Martin. |
Peter Cook 6 | 01/10/2021 14:10:21 |
462 forum posts 113 photos | I have the smallest FEMI which looks a lot like that one (except it's yellow). I got mine with Stakesys own brand table for vertical operation. After a bit of fettling (vertical alignment was out between saw and vice) it works well, and the table is superb for detail cutting. Only issue I have with it is that because it's designed for angle cutting the gap between the face of the vice and the blade is quite large, and limits the shortest stock that can be cut. [I must put a clamping system on a piece of plate that I can hold in the vice so that I can cut shorter pieces of stock. - on the round tuit list] |
Anthony Knights | 01/10/2021 16:50:53 |
681 forum posts 260 photos | Apart from the colour that looks like my Fermi. I ordered mine via Amazon and it came direct from Italy (before Brexit) and arrived with a continental plug and the box covered in Border Force stickers. An excellent machine, but as Mr Cook has mentioned, there is gap of about 20mm between the cutting blade and the end of the vice. I have made a gadget consisting of two thick steel plates, which rest in the vice jaws and have a jacking screw at the end away from the blade, to allow cutting of short material. |
John Haine | 01/10/2021 17:33:23 |
5563 forum posts 322 photos | I looked at the Stakesys table but ended up getting the Femi one, but I think I'd have been happier with the steel one! The Femi table looks better being cast but the surface is unmachined and a bit rough. I did fit an Axminster rip fence accessory which is worthwhile. |
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