Subem ?? Belgium - bench band saw (I think) - what do you know?

[flintandsteel]

Bought a good x/y axis vise at auction today. This was the next lot so I bought it to.
Can find next to nothing about it on line so asking here. Could be from the 80's.
How good? Well built heavy machine. 3/4hp
Blade length?
Available?
Has Super Cobem written on the case??

 

[Sideways]

Subem Professional and Hobby Products SA
Founded June 1973 but inactive since more than a decade ago.
A bench grinder was listed at auction in Belgium in 2019

You know everything before the internet now counts as the dark ages ...

 

[BillHoughton]

If you can't find any literature online that lists the length, and if you can't find a source for blades where the guy/gal at the counter/on the phone says, "Oh yes, a Subem three wheel saw; that'll take an X length blade," set the tension adjusting wheel - probably the one at the back of the wheel - as "loose" as possible, then take a tape measure and run it around all three wheels, as if it's a blade. If you've got a narrow tape (1/4" in the U.S. - 6mm?), which will be flat, use that one. Overlap the tape and read the measurement where it meets the 1" or similar mark, then subtract the mark (that is, if it reads 99 inches at the one inch mark, your measurement of the distance is 98 inches). Round up a bit (1/2"/13mm?), so you can slip the blade on, and order that length.

Those three-wheel saws, with small wheels, are happiest with fairly flexible blades, I'm told; so maybe don't plan on any 3/4" wide blades. But you've got LOTS of throat depth.

Though it would be sad if the motor ever fries; looks like the motor is built in.

 

[flintandsteel]

My thanks fellas
Usefully written inside 206.5mm - Max 8 x 1¼" !!!!
Not dated but assume 1970s / 80s.
What's more it actually runs and the rather naf plastic case is cleaning up ok.
Tyres are pretty meaty
I've used Bedford Saws but can't recall the supplier often recommended here.
Will, if possible, get a couple of slim blades to check it works and adjusts ok.
Not dated but assume 1970s / 80s.
Should be a nice bench top beastie, but does need a large bench.

 

[Sideways]

Ian at Tuffsaws ...