Resawing & curves · review
A €100 band saw that publishes its two capacities honestly. At this price nothing else on this page competes.
The end of it The cheapest honest machine here. Its limits are published, which is the whole reason to trust it.
Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgments are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
350 W at 230 V, 80 mm (3.15 in) maximum cut height, 200 mm (7.87 in) maximum cut width.
Resawing is splitting a board through its thickness — turning one 50 mm (1.97 in) plank into two 22 mm (0.87 in) ones. It is the job a band saw does that no other machine can, and it is the reason serious workshops own one.
It needs three things at once: enough height under the guides, a frame stiff enough to tension a wide blade, and enough power to keep the blade moving through a long cut. A saw with 80 mm (3.15 in) of height cannot resaw anything worth resawing, however good it is at curves — and most saws sold as band saws under €300 are in that group. That is not a fault; it is a different machine, and the listings rarely say so.
Because it does exactly one thing and says so. The listing publishes both capacity figures — the two numbers that define what a band saw can do — and does not dress a 350 W machine up as a workshop saw.
At around €100 in Germany, this is the least expensive way to own a machine that cuts a curve properly. Compared with a jigsaw, the blade runs under tension in one direction, so it does not wander through the thickness of the board, and the cut needs far less cleaning up afterwards.
Read on the day this page was built: $350 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Motor | 350 W, 230 V |
|---|---|
| Maximum cut height | 80 mm (3.15 in) |
| Maximum cut width | 200 mm (7.87 in) |
| Table | Generous working table (no dimension published) |
| Amazon reference | B00AEA1Q7M (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 4014915086017 |
For this job, no. A band saw is a mechanically simple machine — two wheels, a tensioned blade, a table — and the things that go wrong at this price are the guides and the tension mechanism, not the concept. Within an 80 × 200 mm (3.15 × 7.87 in) envelope it does real work.
We recorded about €100 in Germany and roughly €352 on amazon.com, same reference, same EAN. That is an import listing rather than local distribution, and it is not a purchase we would recommend at that multiple.
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
7.5/ 10
The cheapest honest machine here. Its limits are published, which is the whole reason to trust it.
Occasional curve work on a small budget, in Germany
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Tool-free blade change · ball-bearing guides
The most consistently priced saw on this page — around €160 to €175 everywhere in Europe — with ball-bearing guides at that money.
Best for: A first band saw, where the ability to change blades quickly matters more than capacity
Einhell · 245 class · €264 in Germany
A bigger Einhell than the 200/1 at about €100 more — and a listing that says almost nothing about what the extra buys.
Best for: A buyer who has confirmed the capacities with Einhell and wants the larger frame
250 W · 80 mm (3.15 in) height · 190 mm (7.48 in) throat
A small curve-cutting saw that publishes every figure it has — and those figures say plainly that it is not a resaw machine.
Best for: Curves, small parts and model work — the jobs a jigsaw does badly
