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Okay, this is a walkthrough for making a wall mounted bandsaw from a Dewalt Portaband. You can easily make this a benchtop, but I found it to be better for space to wall mount it.
I had wanted to get a bench top bandsaw from lowes, but after asking some knife guys, I found out that a used dewalt bandsaw costs only a bit more than a benchtop bandsaw, and is extremely better quality. I did some searching around, and found out that converting a portaband seems to be quite popular, so I did it myself, and took some pics to help with inspiration for others.
Price list -
Bandsaw - $112.50 + $25.00 shipping.
Metal for mounting bracket - $2.00
Foot switch - $13.99 + $4.14 shipping (and tax)
Total Price - $157.63
Just so you know, the same portaband new costs around $300
The bandsaw as it came.
Go ahead and take the plastic handle off, 4 screws, nice and easy.
I put the screws back in the holes so I wouldn't lose 'em.
I found a nice clear spot by the wall, cleared some space on the stud, and got it ready. As you can see, I had a board sticking onto the stud, I couldn't move it so I took some scrap wood of the same thickness and put them where the saw sat up against it.
Bolting the bracket on the wall, all it is, is a pice of 1 ½ wide stock, bent to fit the holes for the handle on the bandsaw. It took me several tries to get it to fit right, but its not hard. Id give you the measurements, but the ones I took didnt work, so I wont mess you up. I used 1 lag bolts to keep it on the stud.
Holes for bolts marked
Bolted in
Saw mounted, making sure its level.
Electric foot switch I ordered from harbor freight. The box below is what they shipped it in, big enough?
Installing these things is difficult, plug it into the socket, and plug the saw into it, then ziptie the trigger down. Really hard.
Here it is fully set up, I plan on making another larger table instead of the little black one, but this one will work for now.
While youre at it, coolify the case.
Some applewood scales I cut as a test, cuts well. Metal or wood.
Hope this helps somebody somewhere, Stephen.
I had wanted to get a bench top bandsaw from lowes, but after asking some knife guys, I found out that a used dewalt bandsaw costs only a bit more than a benchtop bandsaw, and is extremely better quality. I did some searching around, and found out that converting a portaband seems to be quite popular, so I did it myself, and took some pics to help with inspiration for others.
Price list -
Bandsaw - $112.50 + $25.00 shipping.
Metal for mounting bracket - $2.00
Foot switch - $13.99 + $4.14 shipping (and tax)
Total Price - $157.63
Just so you know, the same portaband new costs around $300
The bandsaw as it came.
Go ahead and take the plastic handle off, 4 screws, nice and easy.
I put the screws back in the holes so I wouldn't lose 'em.
I found a nice clear spot by the wall, cleared some space on the stud, and got it ready. As you can see, I had a board sticking onto the stud, I couldn't move it so I took some scrap wood of the same thickness and put them where the saw sat up against it.
Bolting the bracket on the wall, all it is, is a pice of 1 ½ wide stock, bent to fit the holes for the handle on the bandsaw. It took me several tries to get it to fit right, but its not hard. Id give you the measurements, but the ones I took didnt work, so I wont mess you up. I used 1 lag bolts to keep it on the stud.
Holes for bolts marked
Bolted in
Saw mounted, making sure its level.
Electric foot switch I ordered from harbor freight. The box below is what they shipped it in, big enough?
Installing these things is difficult, plug it into the socket, and plug the saw into it, then ziptie the trigger down. Really hard.
Here it is fully set up, I plan on making another larger table instead of the little black one, but this one will work for now.
While youre at it, coolify the case.
Some applewood scales I cut as a test, cuts well. Metal or wood.
Hope this helps somebody somewhere, Stephen.
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