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Tool: Rousseau Porta Max 2700XL Table Saw Stand

The Rousseau Porta Max Table Saw Stand has been the foundation of my mobile construction shop for over a decade. The 2700xl equipped with a 10″ Makita table saw and the optional #2720 outfeed table provide a solid platform for ripping sheet-goods and supporting other powertools.

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Description:

• Rip Capacity to 27″
• Comfortable 34 1/2″ Work Height With HPL Professional Grade Laminate On Both Sides of Top
• Quick & Accurate Saw Positioning System
• Powder Coated Steel Construction
• Self Adhesive Tape Measure For Accuracy
• Fit Most Saws

Experience:
I’m an old hand with the Rousseau Porta Max. My current 2700xl is my third Porta Max table saw stand. For the past twenty years my daily tasks start just after 6am when I load my truck with 1000lbs of tools and materials, only to unload them at the site an hour later. Almost regardless of the task at hand, a fundamental piece of my portable shop is my Rousseau Porta Max 2700XL Table Saw Stand. It’s the first and last tool in and out of my truck each day and the foundation of my mobile shop. In other words, I have folded and unfolded the legs on the Rousseau a 100,000 times and passed millions of feet of lumber over it’s laminate. My Rousseau Table Saw Stand travels from jobsite to my shop and is the only table saw system I own. I have based my day and built my business on the quality of the Rousseau stock fence system.

Comments:
After a ding in the table surface and subsequent infiltration by H2O the laminate lifts and shatters. This happens over time to all Rousseau laminated tables. I’ve owned three and their lifetime is based on handling. My current Rousseau table is exactly as old as Makita’s 10″ 2703 Table Saw. That’s because when my 8″ Makita died I picked up the 10″ not knowing it wouldn’t fit in the Rousseau 2700 I had. I converted that stand into a router table utilizing the sturdy Rousseau fence system. The real benefit of the Rousseau table is the fence.

The tape measure was nice while it lasted. About 5 years before mine was destroyed, which is a lot longer than some of my friend’s. In fact, my Rousseau looks trashed these days. It’s speckled with years of paint, glue and finish, flaking laminate, exposed pressboard, missing every end cap, dented and dinged and here-in lies the value of the Rousseau Porta Max 2700XL Table Saw Stand; My stand has been reduced to it’s primary function, a flat table with a solid and accurate fence system. It looks trashed but I can set up a table saw in three minutes and accurately rip sheet goods by myself just about anywhere there is an outlet!

I highly recommend Rousseau Company products. I own three stands, two outfeed tables, the 2715XL Extension with Router Plate and the PM2710XL Extension Table. With the addition of a few rollers I’ve run huge productions, milling miles of lumber on this equipment.

Links:
Rousseau Co.
Rousseau 2700XL Saw Stand at Amazon.com