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Porta-Band Table Re-Considerations

Rethinking the common porta-band table setup — what most people get wrong and why.

Most portable band saw tables out there seem to neglect at least one of the following critical design considerations:

  1. Quick and easy to mount
  2. Quick and easy to unmount
  3. Automatic squaring
  4. Don’t mess with the saw

Unsatisfied, I built a quick prototype out of wood to attempt to satisfy all of the above. It works very well and I have zero plans to make a nicer version.

In this video, I neglect the table and instead focus on the functional considerations listed above.