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I decided to take my mitersaw off my workbench. I had it installed as a fliptop but as cool as it was, it was inconvenient. Sold the Dewalt cordless mitersaw and bought the DWS 779. Time to make a new stand!!

The wings extend just short of 11ft. Bought a "big gulp" 4" hood and installed it just behind the saw. For dust collection im using my HF dust collector and a shop vac with a thien baffle cabinet that stores a 5 gallon bucket. Anyone that has a dewalt 779 or 780 knows the design of the dust collection is just terrible.

The hood is used for just straight cuts and is removable for miter and bevels cuts. For miter cuts, there is also a removable 6" tall barrier to somewhat contain the dust.

I didnt want a fence so i just made a couple of stops and installed a starrett measuring tape.
One of the stops is used for 12" or shorter repeatable cuts.

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That is a MITER impressive cart. Sorry I just had to say it. I think you have all the bells and whistles anyone could ask for. The built in dust collection caught my eye, complete with a thien baffle to boot!!!

Do you have any problems with dust coming out the front of the hood? I know there was a project posted a few days back where they used heavy wide rubber pieces to make curtains on both sides of the
 

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Nope it's terrible, you better let me come pick it up so you don't have to look at every day…...

My favorite part is the wings. I'm always dragging out the roller stands for pieces 30" long or so. A design like this would be just what I need.

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Even with the hood off the big gulp and shopvac does capture a lot of the dust in the fixed position. But when doing a slide cut there's no controlling it.

That is a MITER impressive cart. Sorry I just had to say it. I think you have all the bells and whistles anyone could ask for. The built in dust collection caught my eye, complete with a thien baffle to boot!!!

Do you have any problems with dust coming out the front of the hood? I know there was a project posted a few days back where they used heavy wide rubber pieces to make curtains on both sides of the

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This is a wonderful miter saw base and you have done a very nice job on it. It will be a fine addition to your shop.
 

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Very nice miter saw
 

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Awesome job! Agree with you on the dust collection system of the dw780.
 

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Awesome job. I plan on incorporating the extension wings into my cart. I don't understand how the star knob locks them in place. How does that work? Thanks!
 

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Rev hard this miter cart is incredible. Please tell me you'll sell me a copy of your plans. I haven't seen any other miter cart that even comes close to yours.
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Do you have plans that you would be willing to share?
 

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This is the best space saver stand I have ever seen. Where are the plans for this stand? Can someone help me find them?
 

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Did the hood in the back change center of gravity at all… Did the entire cart become "tippy"?
 

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I've been meaning to get around to doing a better way of dust management for my miter saw, a Makita LS1019- its dust collection is supposed to be "improved"- I found a thread on a Kapix forum where a guy built a downdraft table to mount the saw on, he drilled lots of holes in the top, placing them around the base of the saw, with built in ramps below leading to a 4" port, and he hooked up a vacuum hose to the top end of the saw which is also connected to his D/C system. You've got a downdraft situation going there with that Big Gulp, my only concern is having any cutoff pieces drop down in there; if that happens, does the Thien separator grab the offcut so it doesn't go into the impellers of the D/C? And is that drawer in the front functional? What do you use that for, if you don't mind? Thanks, you did a great job on this.
 

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I have a Dust deputy with my HF dust collection. Cutoffs that fall in get easily separated by the DD.
The drawer is functional and just holds junk
I ve been meaning to get around to doing a better way of dust ⁶management for my miter saw, a Makita LS1019- its dust collection is supposed to be "improved"- I found a thread on a Kapix forum where a guy built a downdraft table to mount the saw on, he drilled lots of holes in the top, placing them around the base of the saw, with built in ramps below leading to a 4" port, and he hooked up a vacuum hose to the top end of the saw which is also connected to his D/C system. You ve got a downdraft situation going there with that Big Gulp, my only concern is having any cutoff pieces drop down in there; if that happens, does the Thien separator grab the offcut so it doesn t go into the impellers of the D/C? And is that drawer in the front functional? What do you use that for, if you don t mind? Thanks, you did a great job on this.

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