Bandsaw + Sliding Table = ???

[Jared McMahon]

Do people out there have experience with bandsaws and sliding tables? Looks like Exaktor and Excalibur are the main after-market add-ons but most of the discussion and material about them revolves around tablesaws. Griggio has a few models with integrated sliding tables but I'm a little terrified of what they must cost.

[Jim Matthews]

It's an interesting idea that I hadn't considered, would this primarily be used for sheet goods?

I like my band saw for the ability to cut complex curves, and a sliding table implies straight line cutting...

[John Coloccia]

I've seen contraptions people use for resawing, but more in the form of a sled....which is noting but a sliding table on top of the fixed table. Other than that, there is little advantage to a sliding table on a bandsaw. Also, keep in mind that most bandsaw blades exit through the side, so you'd have to remove the sliding table at every change.

[Van Huskey]

Sliding tables can be seen on a lot of bandsaw most of them are on meat cutting and metal cutting (sometimes these tables are powered) bandsaws. Laguna makes the TimberMaster sliding table but it isn't cheap. I don't have much desire for a sliding table on a bandsaw, outside cutting logs or beams it just doesn't seem worth it.