Hello biliousfrog,
I don`t live too far from you, just down the road in Gorleston. I have two bandsaws in my workshop pictured below. My small one is an Elektra Beckum 250 with 4" depth of cut. My big one is a Record BS350 with 9 3/8" depth of cut. I find both machines to be very good. I recently completed the long case clock in American Cherry which was resawn on the large bandsaw. I had some timber left over from this project to build a coffee table. The cabriole legs were cut on the small bandsaw as you can see in the photo, so this bandsaw would do just nicely if you were just building electrics. It cut through the cherry ( 2 5/8" square )like the preverbial hot knife through butter. I`m back to instrument making in the new year. I shall be making two steel string acoustics using some georgous quilted maple for the backs and sides.
Here`s photos of the finished clock and table.