To be fair to Record, they have taken on board some of the criticism in recent years and revised the design of their saws - for instance, where the tensioning rods used to be M8 and the thread would strip too easily, they not fit M10 threaded rods, and the saws are all the better for it. I touched on this in my previous post and it is a recurring 'flaw' in the design of the Record Power bandsaws - if you want to remove the fence from the table then, I believe (based on the comments of others) that you would also have to remove the cylindrical fence rail, which is bolted to the table. I don't doubt the quality of their fences but, the ones Axminster supply (which is also their standard after market upgrade model) can't be removed and lifted off easily without having to touch the rail. On the Record, you can drop the fence down in to the gap between the table and frame but that's not always enough, depending on what you're intending to cut.
And of course, this is an issue of great importance when you're looking to use your saw for ripping and you don't own a table saw.
With resawing, fitting a sharp, good quality blade will also help, regardless of what size your saw is. The bigger the motor, the better. If a bandsaw can fit 200mm below the guides then, that doesn't necessarily mean the motor is up to cutting that depth, even with a coarse skip-toothed blade. You're probably looking at 50mm or so less than this (150mm).
The trick is to look at the one you 'think' you need and then, buy the next one up in the range, for the extra capacity! :wink:
I've been using a 300mm saw (SIP 01486) for the past couple of years. It's been fine for general work but, as this is my predominant ripping saw (no table saw. 8)), I would like something a bit 'bigger', with more features and a better finish all round - the table surface is quite rough, which doesn't always help the timber to slide smoothly. Record's saws have a beautifully smooth, friction-free finish. I'm hoping these new APTC saws are similar but, I will have to have a look some time...
Another EDIT to add:
There's no question that most bandsaws will run almost silently compared to your Triton setup, which I assume uses a noisy brush-motored circular saw of some kind. Under load (when the saw's cutting), the blade is pushed back against the thrust bearing which makes a kind of squealing noise. That's probably the worst you going to get, noise-wise, from a bandsaw. Unless you went for one of those big old Wadkins with the noisy motors...
