Took delivery of a BS400 just over a week ago, along with a couple of Tuffsaw blades. After reading the piece on UKWoodshop
http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/record-power-bs400-bandsaw-review-t78828.html (thanks to RogerS for posting the link) I did a few useful things to ease putting it together:
1) my mate Dennis came round to help man handle the machine - I wouldn't recommend doing it yourself unless you're an Olympic weightlifter or prop forward.
2) we took it off the pallet before we did anything
3) we fitted the wheel kit first so we could move it around with the jockey wheel. I'm very impressed with the wheels / jockey wheel. They make moving / parking 140kg of metal a doddle.
Yesterday evening I bit the bullet and did my first resaw of a piece of timber. I'm making a hall table for a Xmas present and the lovely piece of reclaimed elm for the top was a touch too thick for my liking (35mm). The legs are tapered so the whole table has a slender look, it they had been straight 35mm would have probably looked right) The elm is 250mm wide and a metre long. I cut 7mm off (nice thick veneer that I plan on using for another table).
The saw / blade (M42 3 tpi) cut through the elm with ease. I used a roller stand either side to steady it. The cut surface was impressively smooth. A couple of passes through the thicknesser and I had a much better looking 25mm thick top.
I guess I will lose about 2mm off the thick veneer when I get round finishing it, although I had already thickness'd it so I will stick the smooth side done and re-thickness it. As it happens, the newly sawn side has better figure than the smooth side.
So far so good. Next resaw will be a lovely piece of olive ash which should look stunning as a top for a small coffee table. I have to finish the hall table first as Xmas is looming.