I bought a 10″sliding mitre saw and mounted it next to my 24″ deep workbench. Unfortunately the saw requires 31″ to cut at its widest extension because both the benh and the saw backup to the wall. I can now cut boards up to 5″ wide but any wider and I do no have a secure base for the board.
I’m looking for a way to temporarily extend the depth of my workbench whenever I need to cut a board wider than 5″. Has anyone else had that problem and found a solution? Thanks,
Carlos
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Hey Carlos....not sure if its' an option....but you could return the saw a nd go with the Hitachi. I don't own one, nor have I ever worked with this model, but the new ones slide forward so that they can be set up against a wall.
But to answer your question....Has anyone else had that problem and found a solution?....The solution is to buy/build a workbench to accomodate the tool....not the other way around. But hindsight is always 20/20, aint it?
Off the top of my head, a solution short of building an entirely new benchtop to accomodate the saw, might be a peice of 3/4" plywood a bit larger than the saws base. Add some 2 x material to the front edge that overhangs your benchtop to stiffen it up. Sit (screw) the ply to the benchtop and set the saw on top of that.
J. D. Reynolds
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Thanks for the quick reply. I should have added that making the bench top wider (deeper) is not the preferred option because it would interfere with the drawers and lengthen the distance I would have to reach the pegboard on the wall.
Anyone else have a suggestion?
If you have drawers under the saw, can you make up a dummy drawer with a bench top extension to fit under the saw when you need it?
Or something to fit on top of the existing drawer?
Joe H
I thought of that but the drawers are basic and too unstable to hold heavy boards. Thanks anyway.
A frame made of maybe 2x12 that sits on the floor in front of your bench when needed?
Joe H
Thanks, but my shop is too small for that. The roller stands still sounds like the best idea.
Carlos
Carlos,I had my Makita slider set up in the shop all winter on a bench similar to yours. The space is usually occupied by a 12" fixed head so space wasn't an original concern. I took a leftover piece of MDF, about 42" wide and maybe 30" deep and screwed it down to the top of the bench with some pan-head screws. I let the extension overhang by about a foot or so and set the saw up. Stayed there all winter with moderately heavy use without a bit of a problem.Might work for you.Nick
Interesting idea. I'llmeasure again and check the possibility.
Would one or two roller stands right in front of the bench do it? Seems like anything that would flip up to bench height would cover the drawers when not in use.
Good suggestion and probably the most practical. Thanks.
Why not use drawer slides and a platform the saw can slide away from the wall on?
My problem is the opposite. Even with the back of the saw pushed past the studs to the wall on the other side it extends 7" past the workbench. The last suggestion to use roller stands seems the best and i have ordered a second stand. Thanks,
Carlos