Review on Portamate PM 5093 Function Pedestal Multi Directional by David Merculief

I bought this stand for its versatility as a roller, multi-directional ball bearing or stationary work stand and it does all three very well. I ordered two of these; The packages arrived undamaged, each took about 10-15 minutes to assemble and the fit and finish is great. raises and lowers after rotation, preventing the head from accidentally rotating between functions during use. LET ME ADDRESS SOME PROBLEMS FOUND IN THE REVIEWS I READ BEFORE PURCHASING: COMPLAINT NO. 1 FROM PREVIOUS REVIEWERS: The stand cannot stand on a flat surface without rocking. MY ANSWER = The first thing I would check is that both legs are fully/evenly seated in the height adjustable frame before tightening the screw that holds the head in place. Second, each stand comes pre-installed with an adjustable foot on one side to compensate for uneven surfaces, while other brands don't; When using the stand on a flat surface, rotate the adjustable foot so that it does not get stuck. One of my stands didn't have this problem after making sure both feet were seated equally in the height adjustable frame, but on my second stand, one of the welds on the footrest/height adjustment frame was offset a few degrees from one side, which I could do with just a couple I was able to tweak/fix opposite kinks between the two legs after I screwed them together during assembly - now all 4 legs of the stand stand firmly on flat surfaces. does not remain open when a horizontal force is applied to engage the rollers of the stand (i.e. material not currently on the stand slide from another work surface into the stand to engage the rollers/bearings bring). MY ANSWER: First of all, some posts have stop legs to hold the post in the open position and no post is designed to withstand a horizontal force. Support legs are designed to apply vertical force, not horizontal/shear force! However, I can see where when working with flexible material (e.g. 3/8-1/2" sections) the material can bend down as you move it above the plane of the carving saw/table saw/planer saw/ Router table toward stand touches vertical support and stand moves away from you or legs come together as you engage casters; Several stands have solved this problem, but I have found that when tightening the leg bolts during assembly to a friction fit, there is enough friction to hold the legs open or closed, but malleable enough to allow me to do so without undue force to open and close. You don't have a torque wrench, you just need to find a middle ground that allows the legs to open/close but keeps them strong if they slip off the shaft during use while staying parallel/level with the ground impossible. МОЙ ОТВЕТ: Во-первых, убедитесь, что ролик/опорная головка находится на одном уровне с обеими сторонами верхней части конусной трубки регулировки высоты, прежде чем затягивать болты опорной головки к трубке, так как некоторое пространство для игры в этой части сборки, если не be careful. Second, the Tapered Height System has been both good and bad for Bora. The conical height adjustment is an ingenious solution to the age-old problem where most height-adjustable support legs lose tension and cause the support head to fall off during use, but Bora could have done better with tighter tolerances between widths. Channel to adjust the height and sides of the conical bar. The male/female height adjustment tube when deployed is not tight from side to side like most support legs, but I think that's a positive thing (read on). The height adjustment rod itself is only tapered front to back, so the height adjustment knob doesn't require as many turns of the hand to tighten the set screw at lower heights, and it takes more turns to tighten the set screw for better height adjustment due to the tapered bar; The front to back taper holds the height you set the stand to and works great. The problem is that although the width of the tapered shaft and its female counterpart are the same from top to bottom, the tolerance between them allows too much leeway to automatically keep the head parallel to the legs without adjustment. to do this during height adjustment - this is only a problem -IF- the surface of the tool/table you are attaching the support leg to is also parallel to the legs of the support leg/floor. For me personally, this isn't a huge disadvantage since my workshop is in an attached garage with a slightly sloping concrete floor, but I place the workbench, table saw, and plane perfectly level. So I actually need a bit of lateral play when leveling the strut head to compensate for the slight incline of my garage floor, and I can lock it with the height adjustment screw to prevent lateral wobbling. Some have complained (note - some may ask why I don't use the leveling foot on the stand to solve this problem in my situation, but that won't work - the leveling foot is for setting up the stand on uneven surfaces like yard, gravel etc .) where the 4 legs of the stand may not be fully connected to the ground, we have found that this does not necessarily detract from the value, function or quality of the stand = for those looking for a multifunctional stand that does height adjustment when changing from one function to another (roller, ball or stationary) is difficult to accomplish with any multifunctional ion tripod. As the tripod head rotates between fixed, roller and ball positions, the axis rotates the rotation is not centered for the height of each feature and varies by about 3/8 Zo ll; So you need to adjust the height between each feature a bit if used to keep the same exact height for all features. Again, as I said, I don't think there is any feature packed product from any brand that solves this problem so I really can't say it detracts from a Bora product as there is nothing quite like it but I do I have read some reviews where you would think that no other product has this problem and that there is an industry standard solution - if one of these reviewers could design a product that could solve this problem and compete with it in the same price range, they would Not only would I buy 4 of their stands to replace mine, I would invest. I think you will have a hard time finding the best quality or value in this price range.