As promised, here are some pics of the construction of the miter saw stand. If you remember from the first entry, I am using the plans from Ron Paulk to go by. However, I have made some changes to fit my situation. So this stand is kind of a cross between his workbench and his miter saw stand.
Onward and upward…
In my last entry, I made a couple of templates out of mdf to use when cutting and routing the parts for the stand. I forgot to include pics of them, so here are the pics of the templates after they had been fabricated.
To make them, I laid out the dimensions and cut a 5 inch hole on each end with a hole saw. Then I used a straight edge to mark in between the circles. I cut just inside the line with a jig saw, then attached the guides with double stick tape and ran the router along the edges with a flush trim bit attached. They actually turned out pretty good.
With all of my parts cut, I started the assembly by building each side of the stand. I turned the top upside down and attached the front, back and side pieces with pocket screws. I used some glue but pretty much abandoned it after slicing my finger wide open when I was in a hurry (glue setting up) to drive the screws and literally drove the screw past my index finger on my left hand. Dang that hurt…and I bled like a stuck hog. First Aid to the rescue. Thank goodness for a caring wife.
I managed to get both pieces of the top together without further incident.
I sat them aside and concentrated on the base of the stand. It is a single piece of 3/4 plywood 80 inches long by 22 1/4 wide. I positioned it on top of the two lower cabinets and bolted it to them with 8ea 5/16 inch bolts.
Next, I glued and screwed the two frame stiffners to the bottom. I scrounged up some 2×4’s to make some simple caulls.
I gave the glue about an hour and a half to dry then turned the bottom over and drove the rest of the screws.
With the bottom complete, I turned it over on top of the two top pieces and screwed through the bottom into the frame members of the two tops. I used a lot of drywall screws for this operation.
These pics show the stand completely assembled and bolted together.
Yep… it’s dead level. Guess I lucked out this time.
My next entry will cover the construction of the fences and the installation of the Kreg Precision Trak System.
-- Handcrafted by Mike Henderson - Channelview, Texas
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GoWinLions
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#1 posted 07-06-2013 10:15 AM
Love it!
David Dean
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#2 posted 07-06-2013 10:49 AM
nice build you have used alot of ply wood on this one.
helluvawreck
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#3 posted 07-06-2013 11:04 AM
This is a nice crosscut table and you did a fine job on it.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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whitebeast88
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#4 posted 07-06-2013 11:40 AM
very nice,can’t wait till the next one.thanks for sharing.
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steliart
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#5 posted 07-06-2013 01:24 PM
Looking beter and beter
well done
-- Stelios L.A. Stavrinides: - I am not so rich to buy cheap tools, but... necessity is the mother of inventions !!!
KDO
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#6 posted 02-10-2015 12:40 PM
I just discovered your blog, and am enjoying it.
Being a Texan who currently lives in Florida because of an aging set of in-laws, I always enjoying hearing TEXAS come through when I am reading something.
Some of your expressions sound just like me, and I often draw a laugh when I blurt them out.
” Dang that hurt…and I bled like a stuck hog.”
I have had to explain that more often than I could count!
Nice work! I am sure that you are enjoying your shop.
Thanks for taking the time to document the process.
-- Christian, Husband, Grandpa, Salesman, amateur Woodworker.
Robert Cheramie
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#7 posted 06-25-2017 02:23 PM
Nice build, What grade of plywood did you use?
-- Fantail, Kentwood La.
MT_Stringer
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#8 posted 06-25-2017 05:50 PM
3/4 inch Birch from the big orange box store.
-- Handcrafted by Mike Henderson - Channelview, Texas
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