[TheForge] Re: OT bandsaw question

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

When you are at my level of proficiency....
It's ...EASY  or WELL....pick one....Pete F

Mike Spencer wrote:
>>I'm wrestling with setting mine up so it can be used upright with a
>>table held in the vise jaws...and quickly reconverted to the cut off
>>function it was designed for. The advice i got from folks wiser than
>>i was " don't bother"...It was probably good advice too.
> 
> 
> My horizontal bandsaw came with a little bolt-on table.  Over the
> 20 or so years I've had the saw, I'd say the average was one occasion
> to use the table per year.  Last time was to cut a  2-1/2 x
> 1/2 x ca 1' long piece of naval bronze down to 2" wide.  I don't think
> I have anything else that would do that except a hand hacksaw with the
> blade in sideways.
> 
> So I'd say the table is worth it if it's easy to do well.
> 
> FWIW,
> - Mike
>