The Ultimate Mini Metal-cutting Setup For Your Small Shop Or Garage 

I own the same Bauer band saw but I went with the Harbor Freight portable bench top band saw stand. The stand can be used in the horizontal or vertical positions. The vertical set up comes with a steel plate that attaches to the band saw and looks much like the Swag stand, but for cutting square steel tubing or angle iron to length the horizontal position of the band saw is best for me. The Swag stand looks great and appears to be very functional but it is one dimensional, you can only use the saw vertically.

I've been running a setup similar to this for years now, but a bit better, in a single regard: Harbor Freight's older Chicago Electric portaband was more a clone of Porter Cable's portable band saw. That model has the motor sticking out the backside of the drive pulley, instead of vertically between the two pulleys. It's probably less ergononomic for handheld use due to balance issues, but it's way better for stand mounting. A stand mounted old Chicago Electric or Porter Cable bandsaw has the motor down behind the table/stand, out of the way of the table. The key difference is that it leaves the blade "in the clear" with a full passthrough gap to the left side of the blade, just like a "normal" bandsaw. So on my Chicago Electric version of this I have similar overall clearance for cutting, but on stock up to about 3" wide, I can cut ulimited lengths, as the stock passes fully past the saw structure and out the back. This Milwaukee type saw can't do that. So if you're considering a stand mounted saw, you might investigate the Porter Cable/Chicago Electric option.

Check out the Harbor Freight band saw stand. It works in vertical like the Swag and you can also use it like a horizontal band saw. I haven't touched my Swag stand since I bought it.

It would be nice if you post where you got the stand from.

Links to the two would be cool. Yes, I am that lazy.

Only advice I can add is don’t waste money on that saw it is total garbage mine didn’t last 6 months after inspection the wires to the motor is very very small and you can get to them to repair it. Just go ahead and get a dependable saw !