Resawing & curves · review
The only saw here with two blade speeds, which is what lets one machine cut aluminum and plastic as well as timber.
The end of it Worth the premium only if you cut something other than wood. Otherwise the cheaper saws here do the same work.
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.
Two blade speeds, 720 and 1,000 m (3281 ft)/min. Scheppach publishes no cut height and no throat depth on this listing.
Blade speed has to suit the material. Timber wants a fast blade: the chip clears the gullet on its own and heat is carried away with it. Aluminum, brass and acrylic do not behave that way — at wood speed the material softens, welds to the tooth and stops cutting, which is how a new blade is ruined in one cut.
A saw with a slow range solves that. It is the single reason to choose this machine over the cheaper ones above, and if you have no intention of cutting anything but wood, it is not a reason at all.
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.
No such listing: the American Amazon shop answers the reference with a search box rather than a page.
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.
| Blade speeds | 720 and 1,000 m (3281 ft)/min |
|---|---|
| Part number | 5901505901 |
| Amazon reference | B07GF9CCXZ (identical on 5 markets) |
| EAN | 4046664068051 |
It stops the blade from melting plastic and from loading up on aluminum. Wood is cut fast because the chip clears itself; softer non-ferrous metals and thermoplastics weld themselves to a blade running at wood speed, which ruins both the cut and the blade. 720 m (2362 ft)/min is in the range those materials want.
No. If you never cut anything but timber, the Einhell at €165 does the same job and the extra €35 buys you nothing you will use.
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
7.5/ 10
Worth the premium only if you cut something other than wood. Otherwise the cheaper saws here do the same work.
A mixed workshop where the same saw meets timber, aluminum section and acrylic
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
