Hi Roger
Not sure what type of bandsaw you have the chance of but I have an old Minimax Professional 32. It's not very big (32cm bandwheels) but it's all I need. It's basic but solid and well made.
My main gripe is that it doesn't have a mitre slot ... and the obvious one that it's obsolete so Minimax don't have spares for it. I needed a new tensioning spring but have now modified the machine to use valve springs from a truck engine. I did try emailing SCM UK but they obviously couldn't be bothered answering so I phoned and got some disinterested bloke who told me they had no spares.
The machine was my uncle's until a few years ago. He fitted a brush in the lower cabinet because there wasn't one to brush the dust off the tyre. I have fitted a stop screw for returning the table to 90 deg.
As I say, it's nothing fancy but solid and does what it says on the tin really