Monday, February 24, 2014

Miter Saw Stand

A few years ago I downloaded a plan for a miter saw stand from the internet. I finally got around to building it. I didn't follow the plan exactly so it took a little longer than it should have. After a lot of thinking about modifications and experimentation it's finished.Here are some of the changes I made. I used 3/4 inch MDF with a layer of 1/4" hardboard glued to it to form the tables. instead of fabricating my own stop block I bought one from Rockler. It was a lot cheaper than the Kreg version. rather than clip off the corners of the top beds I made them adjustable. they slide out when the saw needs to be rotated all the way in either direction. The saw is mounted on a piece of 3/4 inch plywood that can be adjusted fore and aft.this will allow an auxilliary fence to be attached and still make it allign with the backs of the bed.