Portable Bandsaw Base

[Crusty]

I'm even more pleased with it after using it for a while and so I decided to go back and fix a couple of shortcuts that I took when I fabricated it.

I've since bored out the pivot holes and installed bronze bushings on the pivot shaft so that It won't be worn by repeated use. Then I got my angle grinder after some 1" plate, cut out a 15# chunk and made a clamp and now it has a sliding blade weight clamped onto the arm and it goes through steel just as quick as it's able. I also added another small stiffener to the upright which has ended all blade wander in the cut.

This is a really useful tool which has sped my operation up considerably and I didn't have to spend $700 to get it.