A few weeks ago I realized I've been a HF bandsaw owner since January 2008 and haven't done a single thing to modify the saw. All of us have them but I never recall seeing mods discussed.
I've seen several homemade stands floating around the internet but didn't care for most of them. The concept of tilting the saw to roll it around is always going to be sketchy. If furniture dollies are good enough to roll around LBCs then the same concept should hold true for bandsaws. Four HF casters and some square tubing later and moving the saw is much easier.
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You can't see it in the picture but I ran two 1"x1/8" steel straps across the bottom and the saw is bolted to them.
The sheet metal table also joined the wheels in the trash can. A 1/4" thick piece of aluminum does a much better job and not having to loosen the guide to remove the table makes switching between horizontal and vertical a little quicker.
I copied this idea from mini-lathe.com - the standard vise is great for larger stuff but useless for making smaller cuts. Drilling and tapping holes for table clamps reduces the need to switch to vertical mode. Instead of buying an entire clamp set, I'm pretty sure you could make two on the cheap. I may go down this route and tap the clamp so there is a carriage bolt on the end instead of having to use the wedge.
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