This design doesn't really take into account a compound miter cut. It's not something I do often, so I didn't build it in. If you need that, it's just a matter of enlarging the center section a bit and changing the shroud to allow for that motion.
In truth it's not just compound bevel cuts you've made impossible with this set up but any regular bevel cut. For me that would be ruling out countless cuts that the saw should be capable of. It's a little late now but Dewalt saws are super easy to connect directly to dust collection systems, no shroud necessary.
It's official: we need a miter saw station. But first, a bigger shop. So first... a new house. "Hey Evan! We're moving!" (awesome project, and great tip about the cardboard template!)
Nice build. Sometimes shop projects are just shop projects. They don't need to be magazine cover quality all the time as long as it functions well. Evolution getting the boot to the metal space? P.S. Love the shirt!
One of my workshops is entirely made out of wood. From the floors to the walls to the benches and standing jigs. It looks like a beautiful craft workshop and it is primarily what clients see when visiting through the windows of the office. My other workshops are basic and put together with functional bits that do not look good at all. The only people that see them is the employees and myself.
I highly reccomend NOT putting an extra long fence on your miter saw station. If your board is warped, it can increase how far it gets held out from the actual fence on your saw. This increases the risk of a nasty pinch. It also serves no real purpose nor does it increase functionality in any way that can't be done with another method.
I like the fact that you make shop projects as simple as it gets without high end woodworking! After all they are just shop projects. Some people use maple and walnut in those things! I prefer your approach, nice project man!
Miter saw dust is something I can't figure out how to contain.... I'm on my second dust shroud and it's still not good 😭 but I've been putting dust collection in the back! I'll have to try the bottom...
Here is a tip you might want to try. In my shop I made a long table that would cut 16 foot lumber on one side and 8 feet on the other. It was actually a 12 inch radial are saw. Here is the tip. After I sanded the table to a really nice finish, I measured from the. saw blade 90 degrees and against the fence and drew a scale of a ruler down to a 16th of an inch. I made it 4 feet on the left side and two feet on the right side. After testing the cuts, they were perfect. I then painted the entire table and over the top of the scaled ruler which I did in pencil with two coats of polyurethane. I worked really great for a long time and it looked cool too. JS
I mean, even if I'm not really interested in what you are doing in the video (which is very unlikely) I will still watch it, I just love watching your videos, they're just awesome!
I completely missed how you made sure the top of the saw platform was going to be level with the top of the benches. The spirit level was a guide but how/where did you decide on the offset for the saw supports?
I love this concept and will attempt this for my shop. I just can't figure out what dust hood you're using. I can easily find 4inch hose hoods, but my shop vac is about 2inch. If you read this: could you tell me how you connected it to the shop vac? Thanks!
Great video Bob! I plan to make something like this soon, and will use this video as inspiration. I think I would make the dust panel modular using additional panels and magnets so that for 90 degree cross cuts I can cover more of the open space, and then move the panels as needed for miter and bevel cuts. This would give you increased dust collection while the panels are in place. Jay Bates did something similar with his miter saw station recently.
I love the way you did the dust collection. I have a few extra pieces from my harbor Freight dust collection accessories. I am going to have to make one of those. I tried prototyping a smaller form factor hood but the saw just fired dust over it. Great idea using the cardboard to template it out.
About 20 years ago, after getting tired of picking up the dust where it landed, I started putting the shop vacuum hose right where the dust started getting airborne... no more dust anywhere. For sure it will make a lot of noise... especially when you use a hand planer with a 1" to 1.5" hose attached to the planer to pick up the wood chips. Nice video, by the way!
I stumbled upon your vid just by chance. I have seen many different miter saw station builds just to give me an idea on how to make my own. Yours is by far my favorite because it’s extremely simple, practical and very clean looking. Thanks for making my project easier to make. New subscriber!
Definitely. You could even just do one of the side tables and it'd still be pretty usable. FYI, this is just over 8' as it stands now, in case that's helpful at all.
The shape of the dust shroud looks like something out of TRON. Just needs a few LED strips and paint. Major thumbs up for the LEGO Classic Space shirt!
I wish I had proper power tools. I just have a drill and a circular saw. I made my brother a platform bed last weekend because his new bed has a box, not a box frame. It was ridiculous, I drew a straight line, clamped a board right on the line, and then cut crooked in two dimensions. The frame is shameful. Yeah, skill would be good, too...
My brother used to tell me "it's a poor carpenter that blames his tools." But when I bought nicer tools it was amazing how much better my work was. And by the way, a poor carpenter probably has shitty tools. If you like wood working, and you can afford nice tools, I recommend it. A good table saw and chop saw makes your woodworking life a whole lot better. Good luck. I wish you the best. Be safe.
drippingwax keep workin !- Add some tools !- I have $40,000+ 😬 BUT not a decent shop tools !- Mine are for Timber n Truss makin ! Also log cabins ! Now I’m 61 !- My Wife kills me when I buy a shop tool !- I have 3-16 3/8” skillsaws !! / 2-10” /6-Chainsaws /2-$3000.00 mortise machines !- Wrong “STUFF” ! Add pieces !- Your skill level will improve ! TeXaS Terry🖖🇨🇱🇨🇱👍🏼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Persistence is the key to all success. Keep trying and apply forward what you learn from your mistakes on each prior project.
Thanks for another great video, Bob! I may have watched too many of your videos, because when you said you wanted to add some kind of ruler, my brain immediately jumped to an Arduino-controlled stop block.
:) Yeah, that's been brought up several times and I definitely thought of it! It's something I could add in the future, but I thought it might be a bit to complex for people to start with.
Not something I use a lot, but the cover can easily be removed if need be. I think in the future I'll actually hinge it and add magnets to hold it down for this purpose.
Bob! When you put the tape measure in, be sure you have the blade you wanna use in it to account for kerf. Different blades may be wider/smaller if you decide to change blades later on. As always great build!!! Now I just need a miter saw...
Your ideas spread all the way to Gothenburg, Sweden. Inspired by you, I build a miter saw station and it has made life in my shop so much easier. Thanks and keep up the good work. //Dennis
Stop blocks should never be square as it can create a binding suface to the saw blade which can be very dangerous. A stop block should come to a point and let the fence keep the work perpendicular to the blade.
Love it. Need to build a new table for my school's shop and with everything I have going on, I just don't want to create the plans. Definitely going to check out the plans on your site.
Good stuff... I'm getting more and more interested in setting up our one-car garage as a shop to do work. I've got a nice miter saw station that I can move around, but I would rather not have to. This gives me great ideas of how to build some legs for it and get that fence built out!! THANKS!
First, love the videos!! great work!! I'm watching the build for the miter saw station. How difficult would it be to make the center section where the miter saw goes, removable? I would like to be able to switch out my miter saw with my table saw. I would build a different "mount" for each. The bench would also be in two different parts. Last, I would make all four sections to be on wheels. I don't have a lot of room and would need to move the workbench out of the way so I can park my motorcycle in a different section for the winter... Thoughts / ideas? Thanks again, Dan
+Daniel d You would need to engineer your table so that you can also adjust the height because the table saw is probably taller than the mitre saw. SO when you put the table saw in the surfaces will not match. Easiest way to do that would be to have to preset height adjustments so that you can switch between one and the other on demand. One of the trickiest things you have to deal with is keeping the mitre saw square against the back fences everytime you change it out and back again. You probably are going to need to have fences that are detachable. All of this sounds complex I know but you can use t tracks that are recessed that allow you to attached the fence or detatch it with a simple know like the one he has on his mitre station.
who cares about color...just add some stain or clear-coat...some wax so everything moves smoothly...AMAZING BUILD... I will probably follow this one but will make it higher due to injuries..
I bought the digital plans and made this miter saw station. I made it longer on the left side for my situation. Great plans and video work well together. I ended up using some dowels on some joints as I was not getting very strong joints with my pocket screw jig. A pocket hole jig specific for 2X4 material would have done the trick. But I had dowels handy. Thanks!
+UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw Why did you choose a non-sliding miter saw? My guesses are that the sliding mechanism is too long for the table, or sliding causes non-straight cuts?
Hey, really cool. Copied it today without the dust collector box due to my saw being a slide saw. Question: Did you build the fences 48" or 36" I cannot tell in the vid. My left side came out to 46" and the right 35. I bought 36" T track but not sure if I should exchange them for the 48 or just cut the fences down to 36. Will 36" be enough. Thank you. Patrick
just a thought, you could make the dust guard, out of clear vinyl from a fabric store and cut slits in it and staple it at the top, kind of like the flaps you walk through to get into a cooler at a beer store...
Great video, cool table. Since you "like to make things," I have a challenge for you, should you be willing to accept it... I'm no woodworker, but I do lots of diy stuff on my off time, but there's still two more things I really need (well, there's a lot of things, but these are top of my list), a router table and a table saw. I've seen a lot of videos for building your own of each, or even a combo table, with the table saw using a circular saw. I do have a corded circular saw I don't use (I stick to my cordless), but I was thinking of something a little better... I also have a miter saw I'm not using (purchased a nice sliding miter saw), and I don't mind taking it apart.. I was thinking it would be cool to break it down and use it to build a table saw that works more like a traditional table, with the ability to raise and lower the blade, as well as angle it. Do you think you could come up with a design for that, that is sturdy, durable and customizable, but doesn't break the bank?
I don't know if you have an air quality sensor like Matthias, but that would really be interesting to test dust reduction. I saw some idea one time I can't find it anymore on a video, where a guy had clear plastic/vinyl strips sort of like what they might have in a grocery store cooler, used line a curtain. I used strips of clear vinyl carpet Runner, four to five bucks at Walmart. So far it seems to work great at containing the Dust.
lol. RUclips comments have every single woodworker giving speeches to justify using pocket screws. If Norm Abram used them, I really don’t think anyone has room to complain.
Bob! Use your CNC to make a grate for the dust collection ports, its always scary to hear a chunk of wood tumbling through the impellers. Also, make yourself a rolling scrap bin to put under one of the wings!
Yup compound isn't important...until it is. Also I quickly learned the wing fences are a very bad idea. They work great for perfect straight wood, but I've never run into that wood. Any bow will make the cut of the actual degree setting. 90 becomes + or - whatever pushes off the wings. You really only want the fence on the saw itself and nothing to interfere with wherever the bow needs to go. IMO this design is kind of like my 2nd station design. I'm on #6 and today had to cut a chunk out because turning to 45 hit my station. Always seems like some improvement is needed.
You might want to re-look at your dimensions on the first sheet on your plans. A, B, and C, show 33". Then, you show D @ 18". 33" and 18" is 51". You show having extra board left over. If someone was to use the plans exactly as is, you need 3 sheets of plywood, not 2.
You do great work. Not to be critical, and I know it is rough construction, but when cutting new 2x4’s for butt joints or in your case pocket hole butt joints - it is good practice to ‘square up/trim the end of the 2x4. This does two things: 1. Simply stated, it brings any questionable edge to square. 2. It removes the rough saw face and staple/tag. It’s not critical, but someone pointed it out to me on my last project and I have been ‘true-ing’ my rough edges ever since. Great video - and excellent use of pocket holes joinery!
Great video, good ideas for a beginner/expandable miter table. My only gripe is the word you said repeatedly at the end..."ruler". As my shop teacher used to go off about, "Stalin was a ruler, Hitler was a ruler, that is a scale!" Or measuring tape would also be acceptable. Just my peeve, but again, good job on a simple, sturdy table with dust collection. I also noticed that you didn't lay the saw for 45° cuts. I guess if you don't use your miter saw for miter work, only for straight cuts that is fine. I watched someone who held the face of the box with magnets to make it easily removable.
I'd like to buy a Radial Arm Saw for the sole purpose of using a dado blade on it, since the Dewalt DW745 cannot(?) use one. Do you think that a mitre saw can have a dado blade? Kind Regards
This design doesn't really take into account a compound miter cut. It's not something I do often, so I didn't build it in. If you need that, it's just a matter of enlarging the center section a bit and changing the shroud to allow for that motion.
In truth it's not just compound bevel cuts you've made impossible with this set up but any regular bevel cut. For me that would be ruling out countless cuts that the saw should be capable of. It's a little late now but Dewalt saws are super easy to connect directly to dust collection systems, no shroud necessary.
what is the blue guide rails that you use for the stop blocks
I totally messed this up when I built mine it was less compound cut and more sliding cuts at 45 degrees
Jamie Smith You need a better vacuum.
Love the videos. Keep it up :)
It's official: we need a miter saw station. But first, a bigger shop. So first... a new house. "Hey Evan! We're moving!" (awesome project, and great tip about the cardboard template!)
:) Moving is the thing to do these days! Go for it!! :)
hahaha, we are often tempted to join the club!
LMAO sounds just like me every other project.
nyinfamous2k2 haha we know how you feel!
HHAHHAHAH I love the progression from Miter Saw Station to new house!
It's been a while since I saw some CAD, cardboard-aided design.
HA! :)
BobCAD
Spit my coffee out!
Like your lego shirt Bob, im all about legos!
Love the classic Lego space shirt!
:) It's my favorite new shirt!
I have the same one in navy blue
I almost forgot you were making a miter station...Started googling where to get the shirt instead. good stuff as always!
I was thinking about writing that the whole time watching a video.
I Like To Make Stuff where did you find it. I need one.
am i the only one who watches every video but never tried woodworking before? 😂😂
Raven Shade makes two of us!
Make it 3 of us
Raven Shade I would love too, but live in a 2 room flat in the middle of the city....hoping to use the knowledge one day...maybe 😁
why not try working for someone?
I used to be you. but now i have a garage and tools. Its awesome, but everything doesn't do as smoothly as on youtube.
Nice build. Sometimes shop projects are just shop projects. They don't need to be magazine cover quality all the time as long as it functions well. Evolution getting the boot to the metal space?
P.S. Love the shirt!
Totally agree! Yeah, the Evolution now has a permanent place in the metal area.
Except these look really good and magazine worthy. The stuff I build with, man that's a different story.
I Like To Make Stuff you could use the space behind as wood storage
Great job! Been really enjoying your videos. What were your dimensions for this project?
One of my workshops is entirely made out of wood. From the floors to the walls to the benches and standing jigs.
It looks like a beautiful craft workshop and it is primarily what clients see when visiting through the windows of the office.
My other workshops are basic and put together with functional bits that do not look good at all. The only people that see them is the employees and myself.
I highly reccomend NOT putting an extra long fence on your miter saw station. If your board is warped, it can increase how far it gets held out from the actual fence on your saw. This increases the risk of a nasty pinch. It also serves no real purpose nor does it increase functionality in any way that can't be done with another method.
Hi Bob, consider putting a bit of screen over the dust ports to avoid losing small cutoffs or tools down the rabbit hole. Don't ask how I know this!
Great idea!
Good call! It made his second design when he made his video to accommodate compound miter cuts. 👍
The miter station shed a tear at 9:06 :0( "I'm not pretty Bob?" Great job on a simple project, as always my friend!
I like the fact that you make shop projects as simple as it gets without high end woodworking! After all they are just shop projects. Some people use maple and walnut in those things! I prefer your approach, nice project man!
That would look nice with a picture of a hermit crab.
Paint it ILTMS orange
That is Genius! You have such a great mind to build tools and accessories.
Yo, love the easy no BS way you describe how to build this miter saw station. Great work.
Miter saw dust is something I can't figure out how to contain.... I'm on my second dust shroud and it's still not good 😭 but I've been putting dust collection in the back! I'll have to try the bottom...
One again you amaze me 80’s space man! Great tutorial, easy to follow.
Hi make a rc pokemon charizard like if you agree 👍
Here is a tip you might want to try. In my shop I made a long table that would cut 16 foot lumber on one side and 8 feet on the other. It was actually a 12 inch radial are saw. Here is the tip. After I sanded the table to a really nice finish, I measured from the. saw blade 90 degrees and against the fence and drew a scale of a ruler down to a 16th of an inch. I made it 4 feet on the left side and two feet on the right side. After testing the cuts, they were perfect. I then painted the entire table and over the top of the scaled ruler which I did in pencil with two coats of polyurethane. I worked really great for a long time and it looked cool too. JS
I mean, even if I'm not really interested in what you are doing in the video (which is very unlikely) I will still watch it, I just love watching your videos, they're just awesome!
Thanks so much!
He produces quality, informational videos for starters and even experienced workers. Great stuff.
Hmm, just bought a miter saw yesterday and was thinking about building a miter table. Nice timing for this!
You should use a metal ruler over a sticker, it will last much longer
He already said he was using a metal ruler.
@@theaussiemanhole2193 He ended up using a sticker ;)
I completely missed how you made sure the top of the saw platform was going to be level with the top of the benches. The spirit level was a guide but how/where did you decide on the offset for the saw supports?
There should be a mitre saw without a base. That way you could mount it on any flat workbench and use it straight away. No Supports needed.
Isn't that basically just someone skilled with a circular saw?
Have a base behind the fence but not in front.
Thats radial arm saw
I don't get what you mean, you can drop a mitre saw on a workbench and use it straight away,
It sucks for long stock though because the ends will hang in mid air and fall down when cut.
Cool project! Can i ask why you didn't hook up the dust collection straight to the saw? Or why not use both?
“Im going to build a miter station using my miter station”
it takes a crane to build a crane... 🤔
I love this concept and will attempt this for my shop. I just can't figure out what dust hood you're using. I can easily find 4inch hose hoods, but my shop vac is about 2inch. If you read this: could you tell me how you connected it to the shop vac?
Thanks!
i think this is one of the best and use full project you have ever made !!!!!!!!! thanks bob
Love it...very motivating for me buddy
Great video Bob! I plan to make something like this soon, and will use this video as inspiration. I think I would make the dust panel modular using additional panels and magnets so that for 90 degree cross cuts I can cover more of the open space, and then move the panels as needed for miter and bevel cuts. This would give you increased dust collection while the panels are in place. Jay Bates did something similar with his miter saw station recently.
Old tape measure insides work great for stop block indicators.
Great stuff, would love to see a quick update when the ruler goes in! I have to build one now :).
YES! How did this workstation mature?
Please build a pool table !!!!🙇🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
LEGO space shirt
I love the way you did the dust collection. I have a few extra pieces from my harbor Freight dust collection accessories. I am going to have to make one of those. I tried prototyping a smaller form factor hood but the saw just fired dust over it. Great idea using the cardboard to template it out.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand....... I know what I'm doing this weekend.
Nice project indeed,so do the clamp champ 😂👍
#ClampChamp strikes again!
About 20 years ago, after getting tired of picking up the dust where it landed, I started putting the shop vacuum hose right where the dust started getting airborne... no more dust anywhere. For sure it will make a lot of noise... especially when you use a hand planer with a 1" to 1.5" hose attached to the planer to pick up the wood chips. Nice video, by the way!
Spaceship!
Does your fence aligned with the saw fence cause any problems with boards that have a little curve. I had to set my saw fence out about an 1/8"
Best channel
Shihab Hossain except for mine!!! Lol
I stumbled upon your vid just by chance. I have seen many different miter saw station builds just to give me an idea on how to make my own. Yours is by far my favorite because it’s extremely simple, practical and very clean looking. Thanks for making my project easier to make.
New subscriber!
Love that Lego shirt in the beginning.
Very cool video!!!
The routed slot with an inlaid metal ruler style is exactly what we use! Works like a charm 😃
Still need to paint it all orange though 🤔
:)
Bob! You're closing in on 1,5 million subs! Didn't you just celebrate one million :D
love your videos... 9 minutes in realized what your shirt is from.... amazing
great idea for the stop block!
Great job. This stops don't work very well with miters, though. You should consider making 45 degrees stops for that
Fantastic, I definitely need one for my small shop, just tweak the measures to fit.
Definitely. You could even just do one of the side tables and it'd still be pretty usable. FYI, this is just over 8' as it stands now, in case that's helpful at all.
You mentioned the station is a little over 8 feet long. What is the height and depth of the station? Is it adequate for cutting 10 or 12 ft 2x4s?
How would you go about adapting this design to work with a larger sliding saw?
That a great idea - I could make one of these high enough to get my wheelchair underneath .
I've watched this one several times and will start building it tomorrow. Will try and upload my version. Thanks and Keep Making Stuff!!!! Bill T.
new sub via the podcast 👍
Awesome, thank you!
The shape of the dust shroud looks like something out of TRON. Just needs a few LED strips and paint.
Major thumbs up for the LEGO Classic Space shirt!
I like how on RUclips almost everything goes smoothly, according to plan, without incident. Too bad we can't edit real life.
I wish I had proper power tools. I just have a drill and a circular saw. I made my brother a platform bed last weekend because his new bed has a box, not a box frame. It was ridiculous, I drew a straight line, clamped a board right on the line, and then cut crooked in two dimensions. The frame is shameful.
Yeah, skill would be good, too...
Skill is WAY over rated. Just keep beating it with a hammer till it fits, then paint it to hide the scars.
My brother used to tell me "it's a poor carpenter that blames his tools." But when I bought nicer tools it was amazing how much better my work was. And by the way, a poor carpenter probably has shitty tools. If you like wood working, and you can afford nice tools, I recommend it. A good table saw and chop saw makes your woodworking life a whole lot better. Good luck. I wish you the best. Be safe.
drippingwax keep workin !- Add some tools !- I have $40,000+ 😬 BUT not a decent shop tools !- Mine are for Timber n Truss makin ! Also log cabins !
Now I’m 61 !- My Wife kills me when I buy a shop tool !- I have 3-16 3/8” skillsaws !! / 2-10” /6-Chainsaws /2-$3000.00 mortise machines !- Wrong “STUFF” !
Add pieces !- Your skill level will improve !
TeXaS Terry🖖🇨🇱🇨🇱👍🏼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Mistakes are the best way to learn
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Persistence is the key to all success. Keep trying and apply forward what you learn from your mistakes on each prior project.
Thanks for another great video, Bob! I may have watched too many of your videos, because when you said you wanted to add some kind of ruler, my brain immediately jumped to an Arduino-controlled stop block.
:) Yeah, that's been brought up several times and I definitely thought of it! It's something I could add in the future, but I thought it might be a bit to complex for people to start with.
When you have everything set up should do a shop tour. It would be something id watch
hey, bob... why you don't build this station for your new sliding miter saw rather than choosing an old one.The new one has more cutting area though?
How about the compound function???
Not something I use a lot, but the cover can easily be removed if need be. I think in the future I'll actually hinge it and add magnets to hold it down for this purpose.
Finally a litter saw station that rules them all !!!
If you could have posted it juuuust a week ago, it would have been perfect ^^
Bob! When you put the tape measure in, be sure you have the blade you wanna use in it to account for kerf. Different blades may be wider/smaller if you decide to change blades later on.
As always great build!!! Now I just need a miter saw...
Your ideas spread all the way to Gothenburg, Sweden. Inspired by you, I build a miter saw station and it has made life in my shop so much easier. Thanks and keep up the good work. //Dennis
Stop blocks should never be square as it can create a binding suface to the saw blade which can be very dangerous. A stop block should come to a point and let the fence keep the work perpendicular to the blade.
So great because simple and cheap and efficient. Greetings from France
Compound miter. You didn’t tilt the saw head when testing. The left side of your shroud won’t allow compound cuts.
This is so awesome...but but but!!!! I am so in love with that Space Lego tee shirt you have....
Love it. Need to build a new table for my school's shop and with everything I have going on, I just don't want to create the plans. Definitely going to check out the plans on your site.
The lego classic space shirt😂
Good stuff... I'm getting more and more interested in setting up our one-car garage as a shop to do work. I've got a nice miter saw station that I can move around, but I would rather not have to. This gives me great ideas of how to build some legs for it and get that fence built out!! THANKS!
We have the stand part of the miter.. just no saw bit. Regardless, this was a super cool build and I think we might try and tackle it!
First, love the videos!! great work!!
I'm watching the build for the miter saw station. How difficult would it be to make the center section where the miter saw goes, removable? I would like to be able to switch out my miter saw with my table saw. I would build a different "mount" for each. The bench would also be in two different parts. Last, I would make all four sections to be on wheels. I don't have a lot of room and would need to move the workbench out of the way so I can park my motorcycle in a different section for the winter...
Thoughts / ideas?
Thanks again,
Dan
+Daniel d
You would need to engineer your table so that you can also adjust the height because the table saw is probably taller than the mitre saw. SO when you put the table saw in the surfaces will not match.
Easiest way to do that would be to have to preset height adjustments so that you can switch between one and the other on demand.
One of the trickiest things you have to deal with is keeping the mitre saw square against the back fences everytime you change it out and back again.
You probably are going to need to have fences that are detachable.
All of this sounds complex I know but you can use t tracks that are recessed that allow you to attached the fence or detatch it with a simple know like the one he has on his mitre station.
Is your shirt Classic space?
You are so good at working with wood. I could only imagine myself building that, so many errors and problems would occur haha
what´s the the lenght of the kreg screws you used with the 2x4? awesome job, thanks!
who cares about color...just add some stain or clear-coat...some wax so everything moves smoothly...AMAZING BUILD... I will probably follow this one but will make it higher due to injuries..
Great. Love it. I am using your plans. I bought a pocket hole jig. What length screws???
I'm pretty much a retired newbie. I like your dust box. It looks like you can't make 45°bevels. How do you do that. Thanks.
Nice I like it, I am going build one.
Thanks
I bought the digital plans and made this miter saw station. I made it longer on the left side for my situation. Great plans and video work well together. I ended up using some dowels on some joints as I was not getting very strong joints with my pocket screw jig. A pocket hole jig specific for 2X4 material would have done the trick. But I had dowels handy. Thanks!
+UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw Why did you choose a non-sliding miter saw? My guesses are that the sliding mechanism is too long for the table, or sliding causes non-straight cuts?
Hey, really cool. Copied it today without the dust collector box due to my saw being a slide saw. Question: Did you build the fences 48" or 36" I cannot tell in the vid. My left side came out to 46" and the right 35. I bought 36" T track but not sure if I should exchange them for the 48 or just cut the fences down to 36. Will 36" be enough. Thank you. Patrick
So when are pocket screws not up for the job? can't think of to many applications that would revive more stress than shop furniture
just a thought, you could make the dust guard, out of clear vinyl from a fabric store and cut slits in it and staple it at the top, kind of like the flaps you walk through to get into a cooler at a beer store...
Great video, cool table. Since you "like to make things," I have a challenge for you, should you be willing to accept it... I'm no woodworker, but I do lots of diy stuff on my off time, but there's still two more things I really need (well, there's a lot of things, but these are top of my list), a router table and a table saw. I've seen a lot of videos for building your own of each, or even a combo table, with the table saw using a circular saw. I do have a corded circular saw I don't use (I stick to my cordless), but I was thinking of something a little better... I also have a miter saw I'm not using (purchased a nice sliding miter saw), and I don't mind taking it apart.. I was thinking it would be cool to break it down and use it to build a table saw that works more like a traditional table, with the ability to raise and lower the blade, as well as angle it. Do you think you could come up with a design for that, that is sturdy, durable and customizable, but doesn't break the bank?
What size nail do you use? I just got my nailer and I got 16 and 18 gauge. What should I use for 1) 3/4 plywood, 2) 1/2 plywood. 3) 2x4? Thanks.
excellent!
I don't know if you have an air quality sensor like Matthias, but that would really be interesting to test dust reduction. I saw some idea one time I can't find it anymore on a video, where a guy had clear plastic/vinyl strips sort of like what they might have in a grocery store cooler, used line a curtain. I used strips of clear vinyl carpet Runner, four to five bucks at Walmart. So far it seems to work great at containing the Dust.
Not deep enough to fit my DWS779 … of course I didn’t find that out till AFTER it was assembled. Not a hard fix, but alas, Murphy got me.
lol. RUclips comments have every single woodworker giving speeches to justify using pocket screws. If Norm Abram used them, I really don’t think anyone has room to complain.
Bob! Use your CNC to make a grate for the dust collection ports, its always scary to hear a chunk of wood tumbling through the impellers. Also, make yourself a rolling scrap bin to put under one of the wings!
I use 2 stage dust collection!
Yup compound isn't important...until it is. Also I quickly learned the wing fences are a very bad idea. They work great for perfect straight wood, but I've never run into that wood. Any bow will make the cut of the actual degree setting. 90 becomes + or - whatever pushes off the wings. You really only want the fence on the saw itself and nothing to interfere with wherever the bow needs to go.
IMO this design is kind of like my 2nd station design. I'm on #6 and today had to cut a chunk out because turning to 45 hit my station. Always seems like some improvement is needed.
Now that you’ve moved, are you going to do another dust collection video
For a moment, I thought you would be crazy enough to actually paint the entire thing orange...
You might want to re-look at your dimensions on the first sheet on your plans. A, B, and C, show 33". Then, you show D @ 18". 33" and 18" is 51". You show having extra board left over. If someone was to use the plans exactly as is, you need 3 sheets of plywood, not 2.
You do great work. Not to be critical, and I know it is rough construction, but when cutting new 2x4’s for butt joints or in your case pocket hole butt joints - it is good practice to ‘square up/trim the end of the 2x4.
This does two things: 1. Simply stated, it brings any questionable edge to square. 2. It removes the rough saw face and staple/tag.
It’s not critical, but someone pointed it out to me on my last project and I have been ‘true-ing’ my rough edges ever since.
Great video - and excellent use of pocket holes joinery!
Great video, good ideas for a beginner/expandable miter table. My only gripe is the word you said repeatedly at the end..."ruler". As my shop teacher used to go off about, "Stalin was a ruler, Hitler was a ruler, that is a scale!" Or measuring tape would also be acceptable. Just my peeve, but again, good job on a simple, sturdy table with dust collection. I also noticed that you didn't lay the saw for 45° cuts. I guess if you don't use your miter saw for miter work, only for straight cuts that is fine. I watched someone who held the face of the box with magnets to make it easily removable.
PLEASE turn off the music when you’re talking. Liked your video.
I'd like to buy a Radial Arm Saw for the sole purpose of using a dado blade on it, since the Dewalt DW745 cannot(?) use one.
Do you think that a mitre saw can have a dado blade?
Kind Regards