Milwaukee portable, home brew base

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Here are a few quick shots of the base I built for my portable bandsaw (for T E B). At the time I had already invested quite a few nickles in the porta band so I didn't feel justified getting a floor model bandsaw. Had some scrap so I put this together and still run it today. It swaps back and forth easy enough. One allen wrench, take it loose from the single mounting hole, screw the handle (knob) back on and it's portable again. One of these days I'll get a real band saw though. One of these days......In hind site I wouldn't do it again. Great base but a lot of work on the alignment. The small diameter blades take a beating. I've since added dodas for ease of cutting and for oddities. Attached Images"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:The first pic is how it clamps for straight cuts. This particular piece is a small chunk of 1&1/4 square tubing but I can cut anything I can lift onto it with the use of infeed and outfeed stands. The second pics is a jig I made for cutting angles. The one problem is that I can't cut anything that sticks through. I have to cut to length fisrt then cut the angle. Makes it impossible to share ends on 45° angles. Attached Images"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:Wish I had known.I have a brand new factory made base,by millwaukee.Just taking up space.shipping that far is cheap and I owe you a milkshake.tractor,loader.dozer,backhoe,and all the tools to keep em movin
Reply:Originally Posted by 1-800minerWish I had known.I have a brand new factory made base,by millwaukee.Just taking up space.shipping that far is cheap and I owe you a milkshake.
Reply:That is a very clever design!The Millwaukee bandsaw base costs a small fortune.  I like yours better.