Project Information
Hey guys, as mentioned in my assembly/outfeed table posting, I had a miter station to get posted as well and here it is. Pretty straightforward - again this was one of those "must have" shop projects that needed to be completed before I did much of anything else. As most things just kind of built it as I went, but here are a few things I wanted; storage (when I started these projects I didn't have a single drawer), portable (wanted to be able to reconfigure space down the road if I so chose to), production stops with ample surface support, some level of dust collection (probably need a shroud, or something as this just barley helps).
I ended up just building the cabinet base around the length of a sheet of plywood to maximize. Below the cabinet is same as the assembly table. I built a frame of 2×4's that I dimensioned. My thought was to make the base as rigid as I could considering I was making it mobile and I want these to be around for year and years. I installed the wings with internal pocket screws so that I can adjust length; shorter, or longer (doubt it) if needed. Drawers are on full extension 24" slides from KV. Of course there's the ambrosia maple/wormy that I mentioned in the assembly table project. I did make some simple handles for all of these with a chamfer on the router table. Might not sure in pics, but I run the same chamfer on the backs of the drawer fronts. Works nicely to always have a solid grab point.
The Kreg fence was the last thing I waited on, I've used it a lot already, makes repetitive cuts so easy. Can't review the flip stop much, but I know folks claim some issues with tolerance over time, but the production stop is firm and seems like it will last a good time.
Dust collection is pretty obvious - ran to a tool outlet to kick on and off. Does it work, yes - does it work well, no. I can say it gets the majority of dust. I only saw this because of what I empty from the shop vac. I do get a considerable amount of dust behind the saw on the surfaces and in the close vicinity of the blade to the front. I believe this is mostly exaggerated when making a wide slide cut.
Overall very pleased and don't think I'd change anything major with it. I'm sure I might have some different feedback over time. Thanks for checking it out, shoot me some feedback if you have any.
Thanks, guys!
I ended up just building the cabinet base around the length of a sheet of plywood to maximize. Below the cabinet is same as the assembly table. I built a frame of 2×4's that I dimensioned. My thought was to make the base as rigid as I could considering I was making it mobile and I want these to be around for year and years. I installed the wings with internal pocket screws so that I can adjust length; shorter, or longer (doubt it) if needed. Drawers are on full extension 24" slides from KV. Of course there's the ambrosia maple/wormy that I mentioned in the assembly table project. I did make some simple handles for all of these with a chamfer on the router table. Might not sure in pics, but I run the same chamfer on the backs of the drawer fronts. Works nicely to always have a solid grab point.
The Kreg fence was the last thing I waited on, I've used it a lot already, makes repetitive cuts so easy. Can't review the flip stop much, but I know folks claim some issues with tolerance over time, but the production stop is firm and seems like it will last a good time.
Dust collection is pretty obvious - ran to a tool outlet to kick on and off. Does it work, yes - does it work well, no. I can say it gets the majority of dust. I only saw this because of what I empty from the shop vac. I do get a considerable amount of dust behind the saw on the surfaces and in the close vicinity of the blade to the front. I believe this is mostly exaggerated when making a wide slide cut.
Overall very pleased and don't think I'd change anything major with it. I'm sure I might have some different feedback over time. Thanks for checking it out, shoot me some feedback if you have any.
Thanks, guys!