Horizontal band saw machine

A horizontal band saw machine, comprising:

• a fixing vise jaw configured to fix a workpiece by holding the workpiece between the fixing vise jaw and a movable vise jaw;
• a guide post extending linearly in a vertical direction;
• and
• a cutting head configured to cut the workpiece while descending along the guide post, wherein
• the cutting head includes
• a housing to which a driving wheel and a driven wheel are rotatably attached, and
• an endless band saw blade tightly stretched between the driving wheel and the driven wheel,
• a center of the driving wheel is located above a center of the driven wheel,
• when the workpiece is cut with the band saw blade between the driving wheel and the driven wheel,
• the housing moves linearly up and down along the guide post while maintaining a positional relationship between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, and
• a fixing vise reference, which is a vertical plane on which the fixing vise jaw fixes the workpiece, shares a cutting end point at which the band saw blade ends cutting of the workpiece.