Miter Saw Station

shopmania, this miter saw station is awesome. I wish i had room for one. Looks liike you gave you self plenty of storage. Very nice work.

-- RKWoods

very nice. wish I had one just like it.

-- F.Little

Very nice work!

I’d highly recommend laminate for the counter top. Easy to clean, especially spills. I make all mine a light color (off white) because it reflects light and brightens up the shop. I can jot quick notes or measurements on it and clean them off merely by erasing. Just don’t get a pebbled surface, stay with smooth.

-- Dave; Lansing, Kansas

Great job.
You’ll sure get a lot of use out of that !

I Thought a kitchen was posted by mistake, great saw station

Great looking set up ! I like how the drawers extend all the way out too.

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , https://www.facebook.com/groups/extremebirdhouses/

Very nice, I need to build myself a miter saw station, I think mine is going to have to be mobile though, due to my space restrictions in the shop.

-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.

Tim, this is a really nice miter saw station. I have often said that at one time I felt that shop furniture needed only to be functional. But I have had an epiphany of sorts and now believe that it can have both form and function, much as your does. You did a nice job on the cabinetry and it not only provides plenty of needed storage but it also gives you plenty of work surface in your shop.

If you are wanting to put a finish on it I would just go with poly. It will provide plenty of surface protection and enable wood to slide over the surface well. Of course, if you want a challenge, you could go with a laminate covering but poly will work just fine.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

I like the doors just the way they are. Being flat like they are, they will be much easier to clean the dust off of the front and less likely to catch dust too.

Well done.

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Thanks for all your nice comments. I like the idea of just putting poly on it. I would be concerned that putting laminate on it would add enough thickness to the top that it wold no longer be level with the table on the saw. How thick is the thinnest laminate I could use?

would poly be slicker that varnish? I’ve been told that spar varnish is harder b/c is is made for outdoor use. True? how about slickess?

-- Tim, Myrtle Beach, [email protected] Just one more tool, that's all I need! :)

Very nice. I love a tool made better.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful.

Great job I hope to have one like it some day.

-- Duane, Ohio

Tim, if you put the laminate under the saw as well as on the top they should stay level with each other. I used spar varnish on my smoker cart and it’s not all that slick.

-- Derek, Bremerton WA --

Spar is not harder than poly. It does have uv inhibiting additives that are designed to help with sun bleaching.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Nice set up.