Miter Saw Stand and Fence Pictures
I’ve promised a couple of people these pictures of my miter saw stand and fence system. The stand cost about $20 for steel tubing, $25 for wheels, $40 for toggle clamps and about $100 for a sheet of 3/4″ Baltic Birch, although I made fences for 2 miter saws with one 4’x8′ sheet of BB. The roller stands cost $38 for two of them at Home Depot.
The fences are 6′ long, with a 6′ sub fence behind the main fence. The sub fence will extend to handle a 133″ cut. It takes about 3 minutes to set the saw and fences up and make sure every thing is in line with a 4′ level.
I probably have about $170-$180 in this unit, but it’s better than anything else I’ve seen. With both fences pulled out the appropriate amount, I can flop 16′ material onto the tables and cut it any length, with repeatability.
This is the first time I’ve ever posted pictures. Hope it works.
Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934, Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT
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Alan,
how are you attaching the fences to the saw base?
Stand looks great,very simple yet very professional.
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The saw fences are simply clamped down with toggle clamps. I used a couple of 500 psi clamps on each side. I know you can also get 750 psi clamps which I would probably use if I were to do this again. However, I've never had the fences move out of alignment, even when I've swung around them in a confined space and knocked the ends with my tool belt. Even if they were knocked out of alignment, it's only a 30 second job to realign them. Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934, Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT
Thanks, for posting the pictures,
the stand looks great
But for my tastes, It's a little on the bulky side.
I guess I was looking for something a little more compact.
But I can tell you put a lot of thought and care into building.
I really like the adjustable stop.
I'm not familiar w/baltic birch, Why did you use that as to any other ply?
The baltic birch is a multi ply plywood. In 3/4" size, it has 13 plies, so there's no voids and it's much more stable and harder than standard ply. I had a different stand, with small wheels and mdf (medium density fiberboard) fences for a long time, but I kept breaking the fences, they were hard to align and the stand was hard to roll over the slightest pebble or air hose or anything else. This stand easily rolls anywhere, through doors, and I transport it standing vertically in my tool trailer, strapped to a side to the trailer, along with my table saw, which sits on a similar stand. The fences are bulky, but I have two large matching holes drilled in the back of each fence. I have a two short pieces of rope, with a 1" oak dowel hanging from the ceiling of my trailer. I slip an oak dowel through the correswponding hole and just hang the entire fence system from the ceiling of my trailer.Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934, Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT