Miter saw station

[Old Joe]

I just finished this today. The shelves fold up with the hinged supports swinging out. This is a variation of a design by April Wilkerson, though I made mine larger to accommodate a compound sliding miter saw. I mounted the saw and can fully rotate to 50° on each side. The shelves when extended are perfectly even with the saw's table. The overall width with both shelves up is about 88" and when collapsed about 39." The 30.5 x 30.5 bottom drawer will be used for scroll saw scraps. Eventually I will add a fence with stop blocks and a dedicated tape measure.

[Rob]

Great job Joe.  I will have to look for those plans,  it looks really useful.  I'm envious of your DeWalt table saw too.  I hope to buy one at some point.

 

Rob

[Scrolling Steve]

Looking good Joe!....That  will be useful for a long time !

[Old Joe]

Great job Joe.  I will have to look for those plans,  it looks really useful.  I'm envious of your DeWalt table saw too.  I hope to buy one at some point.

 

Rob

Rob, that Dewalt 7480 is a slightly newer version of their portable job site saw. It has a rack and pinion fence that is surprisingly very accurate and unlike most saws in its class, it can handle cuts up to 24 1/2 " wide.I have a job site stand for it, but my next shop improvement will involve a rolling station for the saw.

 

Also, I needed a new sliding miter saw and looked at Dewalt and Bosch. The money was an issue, but not the deal breaker. They are both massive for my space.I read a lot of reviews and was surprised at how many gave the Craftsman favorable marks. It requires dramatically less space in the rear of the saw and put out a ton less sawdust spray. The blade was crap, and I immediately replaced it with a quality blade and the results are impressive for such an inexpensive tool. I have retired from general handyman work and construction and if I was still working commercially I would probably buy the more expensive saw, but for what I'm doing today this thing is great.

[amazingkevin]

I just finished this today. The shelves fold up with the hinged supports swinging out. This is a variation of a design by April Wilkerson, though I made mine larger to accommodate a compound sliding miter saw. I mounted the saw and can fully rotate to 50° on each side. The shelves when extended are perfectly even with the saw's table. The overall width with both shelves up is about 88" and when collapsed about 39." The 30.5 x 30.5 bottom drawer will be used for scroll saw scraps. Eventually I will add a fence with stop blocks and a dedicated tape measure. image.jpegimage.jpeg

that's making your space most useful,good thinking!

[Clayton717]

great job. that will be very handy.

[oldhudson]

Very nice! I love shop projects.