Search the forum for FEMI and all the other small benchtop bandsaw threads will come up too

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

You might try:

Warco, Axminster, Lidl, Aldi, Starrett, Sheppach, Femi, ebay, gumtree, to name just a few places to look. They all have them.

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]

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.