Miter stand for Porter Cable Porta-Band saw
             Bob Harbour

  This miter stand is built from 3 layers of 1/2" aluminum sandwiched
into a stack. The 3 layers are dowel pinned and bolted together. The
middle layer has a circular cutout in the center for the saw support 
plate to pivot in. The 1/2" angle stock on top brings the work height 
up to the right height and give something to clamp the work to. 
I usually use the Visegrips that are shown to hold work.

  The saw support plate is a disk with a rectangular tab coming 
out the back to mount the pillow blocks for pivoting the saw. I milled 
about 25 mil's off the thickness of the saw support plate to allow it
to rotate inside the stack of aluminum that is the base/work support.
I cut a 2" round hole in the disk center and bolted a similar sized 
disk to the bottom plate of the base for a pivot. The saw support
plate pivots on that disk.    
  The saw comes with a flat face milled on it for the handle support
and probably for Porter Cable's stand mount. The arm that supports 
the saw is a welded box that is 1" thick, made from 100 mil steel. 
The angle of the milled flat to the bandsaw blade is very close 
to 45 degrees. The pivot end of the arm has a 3" wide box welded to it 
with a piece of 1/2" round steel welded through the box. Pillow block 
bearings tie the shaft on the arm down to the saw support plate.

This project works well as it is, but if I were going to make another,
I would:
  Come up with a way to lock the saw up or down.

  Just bolt the saw support plate to the base plate, the current setup 
  is overkill.

  Put an angle lock on the miter angle.
 
  Make the saw support arm 1 1/2" thick instead of 1". If you 
  don't hold the saw handle while cutting, the saw will oscillate
  from side to side.

  Cut some lightening holes in the plates, this puppy is heavy!