PortaMate PM4400 Miter Saw Stand

by PortaMate

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Review

Whether you haul your miter saw to the jobsite or bring the work into your shop, this is a great choice for a stand to hold your saw. Even the beefiest miter saw fits without fussing, and it holds an impressive 500 pounds. Mounting is not complicated, even if the holes on your saw base don't line up with the predrilled holes on this base. All you need is a subtable of 3/4-inch plywood and you're set. Whether you mount your saw directly to the saw stand or to the plywood first, removing it is a cinch. And working at your saw on this stand is even better. The work height is 36 inches, comfortable for a broad range of body types, and it's got great support at both infeed and outfeed with 13-inch "T" fixtures. Overall, the stand will handle 116 inches of stock, so the trim carpenter will be really pleased with this stand. But what we like best is its easy portability. You don't have to remove your saw to either head on back home from the jobsite or store it neatly in a space-challenged workshop. Just slide the saw to the left, press the lock buttons, walk the saw down to the ground and let the legs fold in, close up the other legs and you're ready to go. on rugged six-inch wheels. It even rolls without folding it down. The fit and finish are quality, and the powdercoating will withstand even the nastiest conditions. This is a good solid stand for both the back of the pickup truck as well as the home workshop.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste

What's in the Box
Stand, wheels, manual

From the Manufacturer

The PortaMate Miter Saw Stand features a comfortable 36-inch work height, 43 3/4-inch x 8 3/4-inch work bed (top frame), and 116-inch overall material support capacity. Dual wheel mounting positions allow it to roll fully assembled or wheelbarrow style. The powdercoated, heavy duty contractor grade materials provide 500 lb capacity on the main frame. Design of the 13-inch material support -T's allow sagging materials to ramp up to the correct work height. The 18-inch aluminum mounting rails accept most saws including 12-inch sliding compounds. Special hooks secure the tool to the stand and also allow the tool to be used on a bench.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 39 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000093UPT
• Item model number: PM4400
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,787 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #78 in Home Improvement > Power & Hand Tools > Power Tool Accessories > Saw Accessories > Miter Saw Accessories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Snap buttons need work, June 20, 2004

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Henry Perkins (Santa Clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PortaMate PM4400 Miter Saw Stand (Tools & Home Improvement)

[Summary: Right around 3.5 stars. Snap button problems and support only for saws with mounting holes in a rectangle lower the score, but the stand is stable and rugged.]

I got a low-end compound miter saw to add some trim to my house. I certainly didn't want to spend more money on the stand than I did for the saw, so I bought the PM4400. It was a decent buy, but the assembly took over two hours. Half of this time was spent debugging the "snap" buttons. Snap buttons are spring-loaded bumps that fit through various holes in the frame to hold the legs either open or closed. They came pre-installed on my stand's legs, and that was part of the problem.

Two of the four snap buttons would stick halfway through their holes -- not all the way up, and not all the way down. First I tried some WD-40. No help. So I took a leg off and removed its snap button to look it over. This took a flat-bladed screwdriver (as mentioned in the instructions) plus some long-nosed pliers (not mentioned). When I had the spring piece out of the leg I could feel that there was some minor roughness around the edge of the hole the button is supposed to "snap" through. So I got a circular file (again, not mentioned) and ran it around the hole a couple times. After reassembly the button snapped smoothly, as it was supposed to. I repeated the process on the other three legs and now they lock open and closed pretty handily.

When it came to mounting my saw I discovered another difficulty: The PM4400 only supports saws with mounting holes in a rectangle. My saw has the mounting holes in the back closer together than those in the front. The stand's assembly instructions said to mount the saw to a 3/4" plywood base and drill holes in a rectangle in the plywood. Another annoyance, and a bit more time getting set up.

When finally set up this stand works well. You can rest some pretty heavy stock on the support arms without a problem. And I can verify that a falling aluminum ladder didn't even scrape through the orange paint on the legs -- not that that's a recommended test, you understand :-). Stable and rugged is what you want in a saw stand, and that's what's important over the long haul. I just wish I knew that I'd have to pay a bit over two hours labor to get going.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There are far better producst for the money!, January 7, 2006

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Skip Thomsen "riverguy" (Forestville, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PortaMate PM4400 Miter Saw Stand (Tools & Home Improvement)

I've been struggling along with one of these flimsy, wobbly stands for about two years. I do major remodeling and use my miter saws a lot. The so-called convenience of this one was that I could roll it from place to place. Well, barely.

Without going into all the things that are wrong with this stand, but one of them was the time one of the "lock buttons" failed to engage because the poorly-designed spring that's supposed to push it out got cocked sideways inside the leg. With no warning, the stand collapsed, sending my new $400 Bosch tilt-slide saw over the edge of a deck. I could have bought the Bosch stand for what that cost me.

Bottom line: I went to Home Depot and bought one of their Ryobi stands a few weeks ago for my litle trim saw. I had little faith in it because of the $97 price, but when I took it out of the box (fully assembled), I was blown away. It is stout, well-designed, and the best part is that my huge Bosch saw fits on it perfectly and with the flip of two levers the saw can be comfortably carried to the truck so I don't have to worry about rolling anything anywhere. I bought this stand to use under one of my small chopsaws I use for moldings and trim and ended up using it under my biggest saw. I'm going to buy another one so I can send my old stand to the scrap pile, wheels and all.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Don't Have To Break The Bank For A Great Miter Saw Stand, November 23, 2003

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Nan K - See all my reviews

This review is from: PortaMate PM4400 Miter Saw Stand (Tools & Home Improvement)

The Port-A-Mate 4400 provides a very stable and easy to adjust stand for all miter saws. My husband reviews tools for two magazines. He wanted to see what HTC had for the Sliding miter saws he was reviewing. He mounted every type of miter saw from Ryobi to Bosch and the stand functioned perfectly. A small child could assemble the saw when it arrives in the box. It is also made in America. I know because I put the saws on the stands because my husband has a bad back injury. I found it took about two minutes to mount a saw once the stand was put together. It wheels around perfectly when the stand is broken down for transporting and even I can set it up in 30 seconds when we pick a spot to make cuts. All of the manufactures stands are very expensive when compared to this stand. This stand had a perfect powder coated finish and looked like it cost hundreds more. It is the best bargain on Amazon in my opinion. Just incase you think a woman has no idea about tools I am a theater arts major. I have built many sets in the theater that require the use of many power tools and thousands of types of finishes. You can't go wrong with this miter saw stand.