Excellent idea! Thank you! But I am old, and I know what is going to happen......I will forget it's underneath the bottom of the saw, and will spend 3 days looking for it! 😅🤣
I have found over time that one of the best things HF sells are magnets. Same idea but I use magnets to hold the plate in. I think I used a 100 lb magnet, which is strong enough to hold the entire setup to my bench etc.
I got mine with the cordless Hercules saw. Got the 12ah battery to use it anywhere on my property. Mostly use it as a vertical bandsaw so I use the clamp style method to attach that plate. That way I can convert it to chop quickly. Also kept the guide on it to use it as a portable bandsaw without the frame
I found an easier way to hold the plate to the bottom of the saw. Flip the plate the way you have it. I zip tied the small slot of the plate to the bar above where the blade comes down. The tie comes nowhere near the blade. If it does, replace it. The package of 100 ties cost 1.99 at Harbor Freight. It's very easy to remove and does not accidentally fall off. The tie will hold it up from falling on someone's foot. 😅
Excellent idea! Thank you! But I am old, and I know what is going to happen......I will forget it's underneath the bottom of the saw, and will spend 3 days looking for it! 😅🤣
lol well you’re in luck. You can see the plate from the top side quite easily
Great idea,thanks for the heads up.
I have found over time that one of the best things HF sells are magnets. Same idea but I use magnets to hold the plate in. I think I used a 100 lb magnet, which is strong enough to hold the entire setup to my bench etc.
I got mine with the cordless Hercules saw. Got the 12ah battery to use it anywhere on my property. Mostly use it as a vertical bandsaw so I use the clamp style method to attach that plate. That way I can convert it to chop quickly. Also kept the guide on it to use it as a portable bandsaw without the frame
awesome find! Thank you!
I found an easier way to hold the plate to the bottom of the saw.
Flip the plate the way you have it.
I zip tied the small slot of the plate to the bar above where the blade comes down.
The tie comes nowhere near the blade. If it does, replace it.
The package of 100 ties cost 1.99 at Harbor Freight.
It's very easy to remove and does not accidentally fall off. The tie will hold it up from falling on someone's foot. 😅
Great pro tip!
Great tip
Think I would mount strong magnets
thanks for the tip
I've actually never used mine in the chop configuration because I use it for wood as well as steel when making knives, but great to know.
This is an awesome hack! Thanks for sharing.
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Good job
good idea
The threads on the 3 bolts getting rubbed and stripped?
First search out of the gate my problem is solved! Nice!
Good vid.
Thanks for watching
Thanks for this video, is this band saw can used for cutting wood? Or just metals?
It’s just for metal since it’s got a metal blade in it…..I’m not sure if Milwaukee makes wood blades for these band saws
@@twinturbo3470can we change the blade to wood blade ?
@@DaraHijazi if you can find one that fits than you can
@@twinturbo3470 thanks a lot, very helpful
I wish they would bring these back at the sale price of $80 bucks.
I can’t even find one. My 3 closest stores are always out of stock
$100 in early March
The lowest they've been was $89 but it's rare. You can google "harbor freight price tracker" to find the site
Just slap a magnet up in there
Ya that would work too. Just wanted to start a video on what could be dont with the metal plate