This miter saw like a lot of tools in my shop has a lot of mileage on it.
When I first got it
I would just set it on the ground and use some make shift supports under long pieces
of stock I was cutting and that is how I would use it.
A miter saw station just was not in the cards because as I explained in my Q & A video for
the table saw rip fence.
I only had a one car garage at the time and miter saw stations tend to take up a lot of space.
Not having the luxury of space meant that I made do with what I had.
Moving from a condo to a single family home meant I had more space.
So I immediately built three roll around carts. Made one of them into this miter saw station.
However, here is the connudrum.
I now have a different house. This garage is smaller than the last one. Kind of working
my way backwards.
Long story short I have less space. Less space means I need to be more efficient.
I have lots of areas I could improve upon but an easy target here is that miter saw station.
So first I'll remove it from its base.
and set that aside for now.
You can go to my website at simple easy diy dot com. There you will find the design plans
for the top portion of this miter saw statiion along
with the plans for the roll around carts.
Make a couple cuts to separate the wings from the rest of the assembly.
A have a piece of piano hinge that I will cut to size. One for each wing of the station.
Also I'll have these for the swing out supports
that I will attach to the carts later on. I will have a link on my website to where I got this.
As always, check that description.
Alright the top portion of the station is ready to go. Now I need to prep the cart.
I've cut a couple pieces of scrap three quarter inch ply to a rough shape. I took an angle
cut on the larger piece just to make it more
asthetically appealing. I could have left that square and it would have done the same thing.
The other piece is just a piece wide enough to get a good stable mount to the side of the cart.
Some glue. Then I'll set something heavy on top, go grab some lunch, come back when the glue is set.
Flip it over, do the same thing to the other side.
Couple of screws to help secure it in place.
Go get the platform.
reattach it and the saw.
Now when I extend the wings your going to see them drop just a little bit, they are
going to be slightly out of line with the top of the saw.
That is alright, I expected that.
That's because the swing out supports on the side of the cart are mounted just below the
top. So I have to account for the thickness
of the top of the cart. So I figure the best way I can do that is to break out the planer
and plane down some scrap pieces of lumber to the
exact thickness that I need.
What I am looking for when I level this is not so much the bubble of the level. There
is a slope to the garage floor so I can not go by that.
What I wanna do is eliminate the daylight between the bottom of the level and the top
of the wings and saw.
so that right there is about right.
Now that I have that in place I'll extend the wings and position the supports about
where I feel they should sit.
Then tack a stop block in front of them to keep the support from swinging to far forward.
and there it is a miter saw staion that is perfect for the small shop.
Don't forget to visit me at simply easy diy dot com. There you will find not only the
design plans for this but a lot
of other DIY projects as well.
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Until then.