Andy Hall wrote in message

Without stuffing this lot into the browser, I guess you mean the Sealey
power
hacksaw at the princely sum of £615


Oh if you are buying entirely on price, here is a cheap, small, quiet one.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-A...saw-366124.htm



or this
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product...5&r=2041&g=106

Presumably relatively quiet.



Perhaps you could take your own advice and hire one.



Good thought, I'll take a look. I don't particularly want to acquire a
lumbering great machine for metalworking in general.