| Project by Kevin | posted 02-13-2013 06:31 PM | 4908 views | 5 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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The metal miter stand is an older portable unit I made while taking an evening welding class. I did not ever take it out of the shop so I decided to make it permanent mounted. The Dewalt logo came from a Dewalt power tool case. I cut the logo out of the plastic case. I braced the stand in 4 places to the wall. Total length is about 11’ Width is about 12”. The dust collector box was made using a 4” flange I got at Woodcrafters. I used 3/4” for the sides, and 1/4” for the top, bottom, and back. I then sealed it with some clear latex caulking. Seems to work well so far. It is so much easier to cut a long board now.
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Diggerjacks
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#1 posted 02-13-2013 06:59 PM
Hello Kevin
Welcome to LJ’s
You have done a monster !!!
Thanks for sharing
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pintodeluxe
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#2 posted 02-13-2013 07:28 PM
Looks good.
Does the dust collection work pretty good?
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bullhead1
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#3 posted 02-13-2013 11:26 PM
Looks pretty sturdy. You might want to consider adding a self stick tape measure on top of the extension wing and make a stop block with a piece of scrap and a spring clamp for repetitive cuts. Nice setup!
whitebeast88
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#4 posted 02-14-2013 12:01 AM
great looking miter saw station,i like the dust collection you set up.
welcome to lumberjocks!!!
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Ken90712
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#5 posted 02-14-2013 04:24 AM
Well done and welcome!
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
Jim55
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#6 posted 02-14-2013 04:40 AM
Very nice! I expect you’ll get a lot of use from that set up! We had a similar work station one place it worked and I determined right then, nigh on to 20 or more years ago, I would have one too.
Well, I happen to have the room to set up such a station now and in fact it’s in the building stage right now. I am hoping I can build in a router station too to make the space dual use.
Putting in a movable part stop as suggested by others is part of my planning and I just happened to have broken tape measure recently and am saving the tape for quick reference in setting my cut length. (as suggested as well.)
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#7 posted 02-14-2013 05:26 AM
Nice set-up….just wish I had room to duplicate it….Good job
-- Buster, Ocoee TN (Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors - Hemingway)
Soundx
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#8 posted 03-27-2013 11:41 PM
Nice.
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