Those el cheapo China/Tiawan 4" x 7" saws sold by most everyone for less than 200 dollars US are an excellent investment and they work vertically as well as horizontal. About the best investment for the money I have ever made except for my lovely wife of over 50 years. All she cost in 1955 was a couple of diamond rings and 10 dollars to the preacher. That was the best move I ever made!! Jesse in Tennessee USA > Hi Ron > > I have just got rid of one! A most unsuccessful, badly-made job for > cutting wood. I slowed it down for steel, but it did not work very well. > I should welcome suggestions for a compact, accurate, inexpensive > steel-cutting vertical bandsaw, capable of cutting a reasonable thickness. > > Cheers! Hubert MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.