aggierailroad
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Howdy all,
Knocked out this saw stand a few weeks ago and am just added to it, thought you might like to take a look. The idea started when I got tired of my heavy miter saw sitting on the floor of my garage and either lifting it onto a table or cutting on the ground.
I had a few goals when building this, mainly to use only one sheet of plywood and the four cheap casters I got as part of a Craigslist deal. The last goal was that it be built free form and minimize use of a tape measure, a process I am trying to nail down, as passed down from a great woodworking friend of mine: Roger Deatherage.
I won't bore you too much with the construction details, just know that I used pocket screws, wood glue, and am tall, so the stand will be taller than most people would like it to be. Here's pics of Phase I:
Glue up - I added the sweeping curves last minute. I like them and regret them at the same time.
Here's the final deal, minus some in-between steps:
Phase II was finished this weekend, a full extension shelf that houses my other saws, the dry cut and a circular saw. Still have the lug the dry cut up to a table, but this really frees up room in my two car. The circular saw stand is awesome and has a dado cut in it to hold it in place. It could not be easier to have access to this saw. The space in front will hold extra blades.
Front view:
By the way, I used ShopFox 100lb. 22" full extension drawer slides from Amazon. They work great and the construction seems to be quite nice. I built some pine edging (dado'd) and glued it to the plywood shelf to avoid screwing the slides into the plywood end grain. Pine is less than ideal, but I wasn't digging into my curly maple stash for this..
Phase III is a drawer for the bottom section to hold scraps and cutoffs. Phase IV will be wings for the miter saw, paint and some lights/accessories.
Also, got screwed out of a lathe (sold out from under me at an estate sale on my way to pick it up) so I got these hand tools for $7.
Coping saw: No. 43 Millers Falls
Brace with 3 "bits": Dunlap ratcheting, model no. unknown. I bought this for that adjustable auger. Great piece of engineering, and it came with two more Irwin augers.
Tools are on their way to a restoration as we speak, in my electrolysis tank (which I finally hooked up). No pics yet... It looks like brown slime right now.
Knocked out this saw stand a few weeks ago and am just added to it, thought you might like to take a look. The idea started when I got tired of my heavy miter saw sitting on the floor of my garage and either lifting it onto a table or cutting on the ground.
I had a few goals when building this, mainly to use only one sheet of plywood and the four cheap casters I got as part of a Craigslist deal. The last goal was that it be built free form and minimize use of a tape measure, a process I am trying to nail down, as passed down from a great woodworking friend of mine: Roger Deatherage.
I won't bore you too much with the construction details, just know that I used pocket screws, wood glue, and am tall, so the stand will be taller than most people would like it to be. Here's pics of Phase I:
Glue up - I added the sweeping curves last minute. I like them and regret them at the same time.
Here's the final deal, minus some in-between steps:
Phase II was finished this weekend, a full extension shelf that houses my other saws, the dry cut and a circular saw. Still have the lug the dry cut up to a table, but this really frees up room in my two car. The circular saw stand is awesome and has a dado cut in it to hold it in place. It could not be easier to have access to this saw. The space in front will hold extra blades.
Front view:
By the way, I used ShopFox 100lb. 22" full extension drawer slides from Amazon. They work great and the construction seems to be quite nice. I built some pine edging (dado'd) and glued it to the plywood shelf to avoid screwing the slides into the plywood end grain. Pine is less than ideal, but I wasn't digging into my curly maple stash for this..
Phase III is a drawer for the bottom section to hold scraps and cutoffs. Phase IV will be wings for the miter saw, paint and some lights/accessories.
Also, got screwed out of a lathe (sold out from under me at an estate sale on my way to pick it up) so I got these hand tools for $7.
Coping saw: No. 43 Millers Falls
Brace with 3 "bits": Dunlap ratcheting, model no. unknown. I bought this for that adjustable auger. Great piece of engineering, and it came with two more Irwin augers.
Tools are on their way to a restoration as we speak, in my electrolysis tank (which I finally hooked up). No pics yet... It looks like brown slime right now.
