I want to build a table for my mitre saw. I have a few ideas gleaned over the years, butI’m interested to see what all you enterprising types out there have come up with for a versatile portable table for cutting lumber and trim up to 14′. I have plenty of sawhorses, so it could be set up on those. Photos always welcome.
TIA,
Wally
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This sawbox I made for my old rockwell mitresaw, fit in the drop down section. Made the height such that it would double as an outfeed for my benchtop rockwell table saw carried in my van. Retrofitted it for the scms. It holds long work ok with a stand at either end. At 8' and built lite but sturdy, it goes places needed easily. Lucky me that on these horses, the flipped over box is the same height as the bosch table saw I use on occasion.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Hey Cal, that pencil sharpener for marking prices down? or up? Go mechanical, dude<G>
If you're looking for a Southern Primitive stand, I've got it. I can cut on it, beat on it, fasten weird stuff to it, I can even sleep on it while I'm waiting for materials.
Chucks up on top of the camper & can take any weather. Best part is, I've got 30 bucks & 1/2 hour's time in it...treat it as sharewareLOL Don't worry, we can fix that later!
Sure do see a lot of dewalt miter saws on this site.
Any special reason for that CMT blade?be dead on or that quarter inch is going to haunt you
Yep, stays sharper longer and costs less than any other I've tried. Got one on the table saw, too.
I trash SCMSs. Got three in various stages degeneration lurking in the basement. When the DeWalt goes, I'll be checking out the big Bosch. The DeWalt's all right for the money, though, it's a good saw. Don't worry, we can fix that later!
nope Holly, that's a bit of ambiance...............you know, they think it's so quaint and all.............
can get a few more dinero's for that touch of class.
How's the missus?Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
I like wings for portability. light, and smaller. Gary Katz has a pdf on his miter saw DVD that explains how he did his. I did similar. If you want cadillacs, then American Design & Engineering has them. bout $500 for the full set.
I ditched the box I had been using for years and years. I had a block system set up on the bottom of it to clamp it to a B&D Workmate which I spun around backwards so I wouldn't trip on the step. Couple of years ago I went to a portable setup and soon wondered why I lugged that freaking albatross around for so many years.
Sly K,
My setup uses a Ryobi quickstand (discontinued around '95) , and the useless material rests that come with the saws. Turn em upside down (so the rise is down), align and mount your tables, and they just plug in. For the support legs, just a 1"X and a but hinge. I suppose there are a number of work stands that you could use for the saw itself. Used this same setup on 3 different saws, all three different tables, but same principle. Pic below.
Peace
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Hey, if you need a ladder to get into the truck....
How do you reach the saw?
Roar! Since this thread got bumped... re-read your post. I actually thought you were maybe mistakenly responding to someone else! I finally got it. Duh. That's too funny!
Peace
Here's my hi-tek miter saw stand.
Notice my FHB accessories. Coping jig (FHB tip # 346). Molding with 220 grit sand paper for perfect cope (FHB tip # 278). Piece of yardstick to angle casing (instead of planing inside edge) (I should submit this one to FHB).
You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
I'm due for a new miter box stand. Putting a table on a pair of taller sawhorses is ####must for loading stacks of trim within easy reach. I'll cut a house of base without ever bending over for stock. My last pair were hinged at the top for transport.
I'm thinking three seven foot torsion boxes for the table. One to set the saw on with a wing that could extend on a track and the other wing detaching for transport. A low fence with an adjustable stop.
Any suggestions for fleshing this out? Finding the hardware for the track is key.
get the hitachi or dewalt miter saw stand, i have both, and they are very slick, set up time is maybe two minutes at most and both are very stable even with a 12 inch slider
caulking is not a piece of trim
I saved your thread and I got my camera back from my brother so here goes. the legs are a stablemate saw horse (36 tall) and the ply is 5/8 that I slapped some urathane on and the table to the left is a particle board shelve material --nice and stable and I can write on it and clean it . the lenght of the top is 6 feet and the extension on the saw give me another foot or so. roller stands on either ends gets me all the lenght I need . Even put a handle at the COG to make it a snap to carry. Hope you like it . Mike
Sorry here you go.
Pink cabinets and a virgin saw....
What's next....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Almost 6 years old --used for finish -not framing- transported in a van not a pickup and its amazing what a drywall sponge and a little elbow grease will do to keep the alum. in good shape.
Oh yeah i forgot about the garage door insulation. House came with an uninsulated door --In Mn no less-and ya can't beat free left over material- As Norm says " They don't call us yankees for nothing" Glad ya gotta kick out of it. Mike
Sure looked like a bank of cabinets...
BTW... Ya can't look at my SCMS's... They've been worked a lot. hard and then some..
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
funny thing that I never saw what the door looked like and I had to go back and check it out from your view. this stand is newer because the old one was not sealed and it got left outside over a wet weekend. So as you can imagine it never worked the same .
Funny how who I lent it to remembered to bring their saw in and forget my stand.
Nor a lender or a borrower be----I seem to remember hearing that somewhere.......BTW the only thing I bought to make it was the sawhorse . Everything else down to the handle was on hand.
Now ya made me go back and look...
Now I see the door hardware to camo those pink cabinets...
ROAR!!!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
You wernt the only one to be fooled!
This is a little bulky but it fits in the truck and when it is set up in the shop it fits into a dust collecting cabinet. I cut a dado into the fence and ripped a couple of yard sticks to fit, a nice feature for any miter saw.
One more vote for the Dewalt mitre saw stand.
I got one for my Hitachi after struggling for years with saw horses & doors, saw horses & ladders, on the floor and everything else.
Wanted the Rigid stand, especially for the price a lot of guys were getting 6 months ago, but they never came to Vancouver. So, I got the Dewalt and built a plywood platform to adapt the saw and stand together. Never looked back.
Set up in 2-3 minutes, looks professional and solid.
Got my vote.
Quality repairs for your home.
Aaron the Handyman
Vancouver, Canada