Sales on Portabands

[Trailabite]

Looking to get a Milwaukee Portaband. Anyone know of any sales?

[TravisMac]

Looking to get a Milwaukee Portaband. Anyone know of any sales?

Are you sold on milwaukee? I got one of the Bauer ones about a year ago and that thing rocks. They occasionally have them on sale for ~$80
https://www.harborfreight.com/10-amp-deep-cut-variable-speed-band-saw-kit-64194.html
http://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/BAUER+10+AMP+DEEP+CUT+VARIABLE+SPEED+BAND+SAW+KIT

[clark123456]

Looking to get a Milwaukee Portaband. Anyone know of any sales?

I have found the best thing to do is search for the model you want in Google, and then see what they find in 'shopping'.  Sometimes Ebay will have 'fallen off the truck' stuff at a fantastic price.  I bought a Milwaukee jigsaw from there...legit and relatively cheap.

Another option is to use brickseek.com.

Why specifically Milwaukee?  Which model are you wanting (model # is best).  Be sure to check for throat depth (bring the jokes)...I think I went with DeWalt because the red one was only 2.5" or so in depth...that may have changed by now though.

[clark123456]

Looking to get a Milwaukee Portaband. Anyone know of any sales?

Are you sold on Milwaukee? I got one of the Bauer ones about a year ago and that thing rocks. They occasionally have them on sale for ~$80
https://www.harborfreight.com/10-amp-deep-cut-variable-speed-band-saw-kit-64194.html
http://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/BAUER+10+AMP+DEEP+CUT+VARIABLE+SPEED+BAND+SAW+KIT

Heck of a deal there...if it lasts more than 3 months.  <throwing shade>

I bought the SWAG vise clamp table...which is awesome, but there are many home-made versions that are pretty awesome too. 

Adding a foot pedal was a great thing for me (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EF9D2DY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1)  <-- that one is probably a high $$$, but it's been perfect and is well built.

[TravisMac]

Looking to get a Milwaukee Portaband. Anyone know of any sales?

Are you sold on Milwaukee? I got one of the Bauer ones about a year ago and that thing rocks. They occasionally have them on sale for ~$80
https://www.harborfreight.com/10-amp-deep-cut-variable-speed-band-saw-kit-64194.html
http://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/BAUER+10+AMP+DEEP+CUT+VARIABLE+SPEED+BAND+SAW+KIT

Heck of a deal there...if it lasts more than 3 months.  <throwing shade>

I bought the SWAG vise clamp table...which is awesome, but there are many home-made versions that are pretty awesome too. 

Adding a foot pedal was a great thing for me (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EF9D2DY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1)  <-- that one is probably a high $$$, but it's been perfect and is well built.

x2 on the foot pedal. I also got the swag table (https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-V30-Portaband-Table_p_55.html) and put it on a miter saw stand. Makes it really comfortable to use and also easy to disassemble and pack away

[clark123456]

Looking to get a Milwaukee Portaband. Anyone know of any sales?

Are you sold on Milwaukee? I got one of the Bauer ones about a year ago and that thing rocks. They occasionally have them on sale for ~$80
https://www.harborfreight.com/10-amp-deep-cut-variable-speed-band-saw-kit-64194.html
http://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/BAUER+10+AMP+DEEP+CUT+VARIABLE+SPEED+BAND+SAW+KIT

Heck of a deal there...if it lasts more than 3 months.  <throwing shade>

I bought the SWAG vise clamp table...which is awesome, but there are many home-made versions that are pretty awesome too. 

Adding a foot pedal was a great thing for me (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EF9D2DY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1)  <-- that one is probably a high $$$, but it's been perfect and is well built.

x2 on the foot pedal. I also got the swag table (https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-V30-Portaband-Table_p_55.html) and put it on a miter saw stand. Makes it really comfortable to use and also easy to disassemble and pack away

Yeah, I am torn on the table versus the vise mount...I like being able to grab the thing, clamp it down, do my cuts, and then put it away...but the table might be nice too.  I suppose you could clamp the table in a vise???

I wish they had a quick release mount versus a few screws, which are hard to get to and to position without a helper.

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[patman]

Looking to get a Milwaukee Portaband. Anyone know of any sales?

Are you sold on Milwaukee? I got one of the Bauer ones about a year ago and that thing rocks. They occasionally have them on sale for ~$80
https://www.harborfreight.com/10-amp-deep-cut-variable-speed-band-saw-kit-64194.html
http://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/BAUER+10+AMP+DEEP+CUT+VARIABLE+SPEED+BAND+SAW+KIT

Heck of a deal there...if it lasts more than 3 months.  <throwing shade>

I bought the SWAG vise clamp table...which is awesome, but there are many home-made versions that are pretty awesome too. 

Adding a foot pedal was a great thing for me (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EF9D2DY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1)  <-- that one is probably a high $$$, but it's been perfect and is well built.

x2 on the foot pedal. I also got the swag table (https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-V30-Portaband-Table_p_55.html) and put it on a miter saw stand. Makes it really comfortable to use and also easy to disassemble and pack away

Yeah, I am torn on the table versus the vise mount...I like being able to grab the thing, clamp it down, do my cuts, and then put it away...but the table might be nice too.  I suppose you could clamp the table in a vise???

I wish they had a quick release mount versus a few screws, which are hard to get to and to position without a helper.

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That's my only complaint about my vise mount... no quick disconnect

[Trailabite]

Looking to get a Milwaukee Portaband. Anyone know of any sales?

Are you sold on milwaukee? I got one of the Bauer ones about a year ago and that thing rocks. They occasionally have them on sale for ~$80
https://www.harborfreight.com/10-amp-deep-cut-variable-speed-band-saw-kit-64194.html
http://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/BAUER+10+AMP+DEEP+CUT+VARIABLE+SPEED+BAND+SAW+KIT

This looks good, thanks. I'm not stuck on Milwaukee. When I looked at the swag table for some reason I had it stuck in my that it only worked for Milwaukee's.

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[Raisinhead]

I need to get one too. I’ve been watching HF for theirs to drop or checkjng around for used Milwaukee.

[Trailabite]

This is what I was looking at.

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[clark123456]

This is what I was looking at.

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Super slick

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[Trailabite]

This is what I was looking at.

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Super slick

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The problem is by the time you buy the saw, stand, grip vise and shipping your pushing $800.