Need Advice

[IrishDave]

Recently I got the power supply set up in my man cave so the next step is equiping it with some machinery. I have basic equipment to jobs with at the moment but a bandsaw would make things a lot more efficient

Im currently looking at a femi N265 xl i have been advised the Italians make reliable bandsaws the other femi model I was looking at is the 2200 xl although it has a smaller capacity the former costs in around £3000 the latter costing £1600

The band saw in my workplace is made by Sealey although over the past 2 years i have replaced the bearings twice, the vice handle once and the trigger handle twice :/ i will add that i do not abuse this saw and never have. Is it normal to replace parts this many times in 2 years?

So my question is shall i just save for one of these Italian bandsaws my local machinery dealer swears by or should i just go for one of the Chinese made UK assembled makes?

 

[Mee]

Dave, there are no such things as Chinese made ones as the parts come from around the world, if it were assembled in the UK it would say made in Britain as the final assembly or process is the country stated on the label.

For example, most Sealey stuff is generic and they still do all if their iron and steel castings in India, they do most of their ally castings in China, and they machine (if you could call it that) in whichever country is cheapest, it could be painted red and badged Sealey, it could be painted blue and called Clarke, or anything else. Most of their bearings come from Malaysia and many come with slack in them as they aren't correctly matched on assembly.