Electra beckum 12" bandsaw review?

[The_Stig]

I've just brought an Electra beckum 12" bandsaw, I was wondering if anyone owned one and had any thoughts on them?

 

[wizer]

is it the BAS 350? In which case I can heartily recommend it. Been using it a lot recently, especially now I'm without a TS. It was happily re-saw to the full depth with the right blade.

 

[marcus]

I used to have a bas350, and its was a decent saw for the money, except that the aluminum castings that support the upper blade guides snapped on me once....

 

[Derek Willis.]

I have a Bas 350 and have had for more than ten years, in daily use and can only say, when set up properly it is a superb saw, I use Axminster 5/8 x 3tpi skip blades and they last me a very long time, and they will rip anything. Just ordered and received two replacement table inserts, been meaning to get them for a long time, saves those small cuts dropping into the blade crevice, very expensive they were, £2:13p for the two.
Derek.

 

[Derek Willis.]

Apologies, my previous post is untrue, the bandsaw I have is the no longer made model, of the Bas 315, but all I said about it is true and I wouldn't swap it.
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[Derek Willis.]

This is the one.
Derek.