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   AZMO | Feb 10, 2009 03:53pm | #1

   FWJ,

   Are you looking for a mobil station, that folds up to a minimal footprint and can roll out of the way? Or a permanent station mounted along a wall?

   AZMO

                     

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   fwj | Feb 10, 2009 07:01pm | #3

   I'm looking at a permanent location on the wall in the garage which Im slowly converting over to a workshop. 

   Thanks

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   AZMO | Feb 10, 2009 10:06pm | #6

   Wish I had that space available, so mine is a rolling cart. Works for me, and gives room for other schtuff.

   http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/Ultimate_Miter_Saw_Stand/

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   fwj | Feb 11, 2009 01:15am | #7

   That one looks pretty interesting.  I may just change my mind and make this a mobile unit as well.

   Thanks for your help!

   Frank

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   Dave45 | Feb 10, 2009 05:55pm | #2

   I don't think that there's a single "best" plan for a miter saw station - it's going to depend on how you will be using your saw, the space you have available, etc.

   The best stationary setup I've seen is Norm's on New Yankee Workshop. It's a series of base cabinets that takes up an entire wall of the shop. It has a uniform height work surface with "pockets" for a radial arm saw, miter saw, dedicated mortising machine, etc. It has beaucoup storage space and dust collection all built in. The design lets him work on very long and fully supported workpieces, but mobile or portable it ain't. - lol

   If mobility is important to you, look into one of the workstands available from several vendors. They're lightweight, portable, and pretty easy to set up and take down. Many of them have really neat bells and whistles as options.

   My SCMS spends 90+% of the time in my garage shop with an occasional trip to a job site. I have the DeWalt stand and I bought two additional sets of mounting brackets. These carry two drawer boxes that have tops level with the saw table. The drawers give me better workpiece support as well as space for "stuff". It also has a stand-alone "hood" for dust collection in the shop. The hood is a prototype that I threw together a couple of years ago as an experiment. It's worked so well that I haven't taken the time to make something a little nicer. Maybe if I get one of those "roundtuits" - lol

   
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   fwj | Feb 10, 2009 07:14pm | #4

   Dave:

    

   Thanks for responding.  I was thinking of mounting the Miter Saw Work Station along the longest wall of my garage which I'm slowly converting over to a work shop.  The one you mention built by Norm sounds pretty interesting.  I'll have to take a look at it. 

   Frank

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   heartwould | Feb 10, 2009 07:56pm | #5

   Here is the link to Norm Abram's design:

   http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct.php?0201

   Be sure and check these out as well:

   See What Other Viewers Have Built

   Click here to see what other viewers have built

    

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   fwj | Feb 11, 2009 01:19am | #8

   Norm really has a very nice set up there.  The others were also inspiring.

   Thanks for the help.  I now will have to study all of these and pick and choose which will work best for the room that I have.

   Frank 

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   heartwould | Feb 11, 2009 02:20am | #9

   Frank,

   The nice thing about doing a project like this is that you have the opportunity to really make it your own!  You may elect to use drawers with either fixed or pull out shelves rather than drawers or you may do as one person and incorporate a RAS or any of a number of other features that will make your work more pleasurable.  Give your design some careful thought--even block it out if you can with saw horses or boxes or something to get a good feel for your optimum height and depth requirements.  Above all, enjoy the journey!