This link might work a little better, same machine, more expensive price than Arc by 50 squid.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/sessionI...-Axminster-SIEG-G1-Powered-Hacksaw-366124.htm
This is the one I purchased, and it works for me absolutely great. Just one mod, I found the air support strut was a bit strong, so I fitted an adjustable weight so that I could vary the down pressure.
http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=1397.0
As you can see with mine, it will fit on a benchtop. Besides that, no stand is supplied or available commercially, so that is another consideration you have to take into account.
If I had the room, which I definitely don't, I would have gone for both hacksaw and bandsaw, so I had to decide which one suited most for what I do. It turned out I need large and square faced billets most of the time, and this saw gives me that, with flying colours. For sheet metal work I use tin snips or an air powered nibbler, so that side doesn't worry me.
With regards to blades. I have just put the first replacement on, which are readily available, after 18 months and hundreds of bar cuts.
I use Bahco blades at about 6 squid each. I could have the saw cutting in the opposite direction and use the unused part of the old blade, in which case, it would be 3 years use.
It will have to be your decision, based on what you want it to do, and what space you have.
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