Where we come out The shape-cutting saw of this batch, in a group otherwise built for cutting bar to length.
A different tool, not a cheaper one
Everything else in this family clamps a bar and drops a blade through it. This one asks you to feed the work by hand past a standing blade, which is what makes curves and internal shapes possible and what makes unattended cutting impossible.
What is missing from the sheet
No band speed range and no throat depth — the two numbers that define a vertical saw. The listing names materials and power instead, and we publish only what it publishes.
Sources
Every figure above comes from the manufacturer’s published specification for this reference. Fields the listing does not publish are left out rather than estimated. Market availability was verified per market on the EAN.
What it handles, and what it will not
Strengths
Vertical format: you can follow a line, cut curves and trim plate
1,000 W, the most powerful band saw under €400 here
Handles plastics and non-ferrous as well as steel
Compromises
A vertical saw cannot be left to cut a bar on its own, unlike a horizontal one
No cutting capacity or band speed published
Not sold on the American store at the time of checking
Specifications
Power
1,000 W
Type
Vertical band saw
Body
Cast aluminum
Materials named by the maker
Metal, wood, fiberglass, plastic
Amazon reference
B08DTWFBS5
EAN
0197988079606
The questions welders ask
Vertical or horizontal?
They do different jobs. A horizontal saw clamps a bar in a vice and lowers the blade through it — you can walk away mid-cut. A vertical saw holds the blade still and you push the workpiece past it, which lets you follow a curved line, cut a shape out of plate, or trim a bracket. Most workshops eventually want both; if you only cut stock to length, buy horizontal.
Can it really cut wood and plastic too?
With the right band and the right speed, yes — the maker lists both. In practice the limit is speed: wood wants a far faster band than steel, and a machine set for metal will burn rather than cut. Check the speed range before assuming one saw covers both jobs.
Our score
7.5/ 10
The shape-cutting saw of this batch, in a group otherwise built for cutting bar to length.
Price and availability, for welding machines
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 13, 2026.
Who this one is for, among welding machines
Cutting shapes out of plate, and trimming rather than sizing bar stock
Consumables confirmed for this machine
Here because the consumable states this machine by name.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for welding and metalworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.