Stand for supporting a hand-held powered operated band saw

A portable band saw support comprising:

• a stand for holding the portable band saw against the force of gravity, the stand having a relatively flat work piece engaging surface, wherein the saw blade projects through a plane of the work piece engaging surface which contacts the work piece and provides support for the work piece to be movable across the work piece engaging surface while being fed through the saw blade.

A saw and stand in combination comprising:

• a portable hand-held power operated band saw manipulable by hand so as to be movable in relation to a work piece for performing a cutting operation on the work piece with a closed loop saw blade having a substantially continuous cutting edge on at least one edge of the saw blade, the saw blade movable in a path defined by the closed loop during the cutting operation;
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• a stand for holding the portable band saw against the force of gravity, the stand having a relatively flat work piece engaging surface, wherein the saw blade projects through a plane of the work piece engaging surface which contacts the work piece and provides support for the work piece to be movable across the work piece engaging surface while being fed through the saw blade.

A method for mounting a portable band saw in a stand comprising:

• providing a portable hand-held power operated band saw manipulable by hand so as to be movable in relation to a work piece, the band saw having a substantially continuous cutting edge on at least one edge of the saw blade, the saw blade movable in a path defined by the closed loop during the cutting operation;
• providing a stand having a relatively flat work piece engaging surface, wherein the saw blade projects through a plane of the work piece engaging surface which contacts the work piece and provides support for the work piece to be movable across the work piece engaging surface while being fed through the saw blade;
• inserting the portable band saw into supporting relationship with respect to the stand with the portable band saw located within a complementary shaped recess formed in the stand.