Ryobi bandsaw table stabilizer

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This small bandsaw (ryobi 9 inch) is otherwise not that bad but it has this very irritating feature. When the table lock is loosened so the angle can be adjusted, there is nothing holding it in place anymore so it will sag a lot (like a centimeter or so), which makes fine tuning the angle a lot less fun than it should be. Strangely enough it really looks like there is a part missing. There are already two threaded holes in the bushings that pretend to hold the table in place, with which this part can be mounted (two M6 screws, about 40mm long). I actually thought there was something wrong with my saw, but after looking at a couple of YT review videos I can say that they really did skip this piece of plastic to make the saw like 50 cent cheaper to make while making it feel 100€ cheaper... I made it quite tight on purpose so it can require some fine tuning with sandpaper (both the plastic part and the metal part). The mounting holes will probably need to be drilled to size with a 6mm drill also. After adding some lithium grease the table angle can then easily be adjusted with precision.