So I purchased an Agazzani B20 from Jesse at Eagle Tools a long while ago (before the company went bankrupt). The throat plate broke during a sawing operation when an offset got stuck in the space between the blade and the edge of the throat plate. In most bandsaws, the throat plate is simple, and the cast iron rests are close to the top of the table, so that a simple insert works.
In the Agazzani, the cast iron rests are somewhere around 1.5-2 inches below the table and the throat plates have small adjustment screws on the corners to level the throat plate. Bottom line, this isn't s simple piece of plastic that, when it breaks, you just cut a new one and keep going.
I've contacted Eagle Tools a few times and no joy for just a simple throat plate. I don't want to keep using the saw with a broken throat plate due to safety reasons. I can't seem to get a replacement part. So that leaves either modifying the cast iron rests to bring them closer to the table so I can use a simple plastic insert or trying to create my own version of a throat plate with long extensions at the corners to engage the rests.
Anyone have this issue? If so how did you solve it. I have a few ideas, but before I go reinventing the wheel, I thought I'd ask if any other B20 owners have run across a similar problem.