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milwaukee port-a-band & swag off road table kit
- Thread starter sweetk30
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I got mine set on slow #1 spot and don't think I need to turn it up at all. 
its already made, if you have the coin.
http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-48-08-0260-Band-Saw-Table/dp/B000022486
http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-48-08-0260-Band-Saw-Table/dp/B000022486
as I said pic of bench . . 16ft long and saw on end .
brokenparts
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Nice!
I should take another pic to show how the unit is holding up .
I have cut a LOT of stuff on it . working GREAT .
I have cut a LOT of stuff on it . working GREAT .
A band saw is the shat. I’ve bought two new chop saws in past years. Sold them both. Will never own a loud abrasive chop saw again. I Love my Porter-Cable port-a-band saw. It built many a things. Currently using it to cut conduit tubing for all the electrical work for powering up the equipment in the machine shop. I do have a full size 20” old Rockwell/Dekta band saw. I just have no power to it yet so it has not been used....yet.
Always clamp your round bar material so it doesn’t spin when trying to cut through it. It will destroy the teeth right off the saw blade or break the blade if the material spins on cut entry. Don’t try and hold it from spinning before you bandsaw through it. Clamp the material alowing the clamp to rest against the saw table surface, keeping the material from spinning as you cut into and through it.
Always clamp your round bar material so it doesn’t spin when trying to cut through it. It will destroy the teeth right off the saw blade or break the blade if the material spins on cut entry. Don’t try and hold it from spinning before you bandsaw through it. Clamp the material alowing the clamp to rest against the saw table surface, keeping the material from spinning as you cut into and through it.
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brokenparts
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Got mine all set up... cuts like butter. Money well worth it for sure.
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For a chopsaw replacement a evo carbide saw is awsome, no smell and clean cuts through super thick stock. I have the same swag setup and its been going strong for years now. Love it. Wife wanted a star for the xmas tree so i whipped this out on the Milwaukee swag setup. Little saw saved my life lol
Just bought myself the Milwaukee band saw with some Christmas money.
Stoked to try it out.
Way too much metal cutting with a grinder last few weeks.
Stoked to try it out.
Way too much metal cutting with a grinder last few weeks.
you get the table kit and your golden for all the little cutting / fab jobs . I try and use mine for anything I can fit in it .
Stretched a bit thin this time of year, but hoping to get the table soon. Just the saw for now, have been eying one for years, but have yet to try one out yet.
I like how easy I can use it for both its self and on the table .
