A benchtop band saw including a base, a clamp assembly configured to hold a workpiece, a support arm pivotably coupled to the base about a miter axis extending perpendicular to the base, and a band saw moveable relative to the support arm and the base between a raised position and a lowered position for performing a cutting operation. The band saw has a housing defining an opening in which the workpiece is partially receivable, a motor, a first wheel supported by the housing for rotation about a first wheel axis, a second wheel supported by the housing for rotation about a second wheel axis, and a band saw blade. The miter axis is located within a reference plane oriented parallel to the first wheel axis and the second wheel axis. The reference plane extends through the opening when the band saw is in at least the lowered position.

A machining system (2) for sawing a metal workpiece (4). The machining system (2) comprises a conveying assembly (6) configured to convey the workpiece (4) thereon downstream along a transport path (8) in the X-direction and a sawing assembly (10) arranged along the transport path (8). The machining system (2) additionally comprises a downstream clamping assembly (34) having a first and a second downstream clamping element (26, 30). The downstream clamping assembly (34) is decoupled from the rotatability of the band saw frame (14). Both the first and the second downstream clamping element (26, 30) are moveably arranged in an upstream and a downstream direction along the X-direction for transporting a sawn-off workpiece section (4b) away from the sawing assembly (10) in the downstream direction along the X-direction and the first downstream clamping element (26) is moveably arranged relative to the second downstream clamping element (30) in the upstream and the downstream direction along the X-direction.

A machining system (2) for sawing a metal workpiece (4). The machining system (2) comprises a conveying assembly (6) configured to convey the workpiece (4) thereon downstream along a transport path (8) in the X-direction and a sawing assembly (10) arranged along the transport path (8). The machining system (2) additionally comprises a downstream clamping assembly (34) having a first and a second downstream clamping element (26, 30). The downstream clamping assembly (34) is decoupled from the rotatability of the band saw frame (14). Both the first and the second downstream clamping element (26, 30) are moveably arranged in an upstream and a downstream direction along the X-direction for transporting a sawn-off workpiece section (4b) away from the sawing assembly (10) in the downstream direction along the X-direction and the first downstream clamping element (26) is moveably arranged relative to the second downstream clamping element (30) in the upstream and the downstream direction along the X-direction.