I wonder if anyone who reads this group has built the miter saw stand on the
Popular Woodworking website. The plan is at
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/fea.asp?id=1021
I am building it now. The plans calls for an integrated vacuum that turns on
when the saw is turned on. The vacuum is connected to the dust collection
port (or should I call it the "created dust port") on the miter saw. I am
inclined to skip this part of the project as I think most of my dust
bypasses the dust collection port and just blows out the back of the saw. I
was planning to attach a Big Gulp dust hood or something like it to the rear
of the stand. Before doing all that I hope to hear from someone who has
built this miter saw stand and has some experience using it.
TIA.
Dick SNyder
Thanks for the pictures Darrell. Very clear.
Dick
"Darrell Dorsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It is attached with clamps to the adjustable table. There is a brace made
> from some scrap plywood and the Big Gulp is screwed to the brace. I then
> take a couple of small bessey, jorgys or spring clamp and clamp to the
> back of the table behind the saw. I've added a couple of hastily taken
> pictures:
>
> Brace: http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/BRACE.jpg
> Spring Clamp:
> http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/CLAMP.jpg
> Shown mounted:
> http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/MOUNTED.jpg
>
> Hope this helps. I forgot to add that I really like the stand. It is
> very versatile and gets used a lot. I didn't build the fence as in the
> plans. I didn't want to loose an cutting capacity. I have been intending
> to do a write up for my web site, but have yet to get a "Round Tuit". So
> far I've just loaded the pictures.
>
> I've hooked a shop vac up to the saw before and found it useless. I
> wasn't about to send money on a dedicated vac plus controls for the stand
> for marginal performance. The Big Gulp with dust collector is much more
> effective.
>
> Darrell
>
> "Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hi Darrell,
>>
>> How do you attach the big gulp to your saw? I couldn't tell from the
>> website.
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>> "Darrell Dorsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>I built one. I skipped the vac as well. You can see the big gulp is
>>>stored in a slide out tray in the bottom:
>>> http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/miter_saw_stand.html
>>>
>>> Darrell
>>>
>>> "Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>I wonder if anyone who reads this group has built the miter saw stand on
>>>>the Popular Woodworking website. The plan is at
>>>> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/fea.asp?id=1021
>>>>
>>>> I am building it now. The plans calls for an integrated vacuum that
>>>> turns on when the saw is turned on. The vacuum is connected to the dust
>>>> collection port (or should I call it the "created dust port") on the
>>>> miter saw. I am inclined to skip this part of the project as I think
>>>> most of my dust bypasses the dust collection port and just blows out
>>>> the back of the saw. I was planning to attach a Big Gulp dust hood or
>>>> something like it to the rear of the stand. Before doing all that I
>>>> hope to hear from someone who has built this miter saw stand and has
>>>> some experience using it.
>>>>
>>>> TIA.
>>>>
>>>> Dick SNyder
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Dick,
I built this stand about a year ago with some custom modifications for me. I
did leave out the dust collection portion of it as, even if I have a shop vac
hose hooked up to the dust collection port on my Craftsman 12" saw, most of the
sawdust does end up blowing out the back of the saw. The included dust
collection bag needs to be emptied rarely.
The plan is great though and the stand has held up so well that I built others
similar in concept to accomodate a large sanding unit, a scrollsaw and, of
course, my pride and joy router table.
For the miter saw plan though I added a rigid fence on each "wing" to keep the
work piece in line with the saw's fence and I added a T-track on the top of
each rigid fence piece to add a floating stop gauge.
Good Luck
John
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> I wonder if anyone who reads this group has built the miter saw stand on the
Popular Woodworking website. The plan is at >
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/fea.asp?id=1021 > > I am building it
now. The plans calls for an integrated vacuum that turns on when the saw is
turned on. The vacuum is connected to the dust > collection port (or should I
call it the "created dust port") on the miter saw. I am inclined to skip this
part of the project as I think most of my dust > bypasses the dust collection
port and just blows out the back of the saw. I was planning to attach a Big
Gulp dust hood or something like it to the rear > of the stand. Before doing
all that I hope to hear from someone who has built this miter saw stand and has
some experience using it. > > TIA. > > Dick SNyder
I built one. I skipped the vac as well. You can see the big gulp is stored
in a slide out tray in the bottom:
http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/miter_saw_stand.html
Darrell
"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I wonder if anyone who reads this group has built the miter saw stand on
>the Popular Woodworking website. The plan is at
> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/fea.asp?id=1021
>
> I am building it now. The plans calls for an integrated vacuum that turns
> on when the saw is turned on. The vacuum is connected to the dust
> collection port (or should I call it the "created dust port") on the miter
> saw. I am inclined to skip this part of the project as I think most of my
> dust bypasses the dust collection port and just blows out the back of the
> saw. I was planning to attach a Big Gulp dust hood or something like it to
> the rear of the stand. Before doing all that I hope to hear from someone
> who has built this miter saw stand and has some experience using it.
>
> TIA.
>
> Dick SNyder
>
It is attached with clamps to the adjustable table. There is a brace made
from some scrap plywood and the Big Gulp is screwed to the brace. I then
take a couple of small bessey, jorgys or spring clamp and clamp to the back
of the table behind the saw. I've added a couple of hastily taken pictures:
Brace: http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/BRACE.jpg
Spring Clamp:
http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/CLAMP.jpg
Shown mounted:
http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/MOUNTED.jpg
Hope this helps. I forgot to add that I really like the stand. It is very
versatile and gets used a lot. I didn't build the fence as in the plans. I
didn't want to loose an cutting capacity. I have been intending to do a
write up for my web site, but have yet to get a "Round Tuit". So far I've
just loaded the pictures.
I've hooked a shop vac up to the saw before and found it useless. I wasn't
about to send money on a dedicated vac plus controls for the stand for
marginal performance. The Big Gulp with dust collector is much more
effective.
Darrell
"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Darrell,
>
> How do you attach the big gulp to your saw? I couldn't tell from the
> website.
>
> Dick
>
>
> "Darrell Dorsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I built one. I skipped the vac as well. You can see the big gulp is
>>stored in a slide out tray in the bottom:
>> http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/miter_saw_stand.html
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>> "Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>I wonder if anyone who reads this group has built the miter saw stand on
>>>the Popular Woodworking website. The plan is at
>>> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/fea.asp?id=1021
>>>
>>> I am building it now. The plans calls for an integrated vacuum that
>>> turns on when the saw is turned on. The vacuum is connected to the dust
>>> collection port (or should I call it the "created dust port") on the
>>> miter saw. I am inclined to skip this part of the project as I think
>>> most of my dust bypasses the dust collection port and just blows out the
>>> back of the saw. I was planning to attach a Big Gulp dust hood or
>>> something like it to the rear of the stand. Before doing all that I hope
>>> to hear from someone who has built this miter saw stand and has some
>>> experience using it.
>>>
>>> TIA.
>>>
>>> Dick SNyder
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Hi Darrell,
How do you attach the big gulp to your saw? I couldn't tell from the
website.
Dick
"Darrell Dorsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I built one. I skipped the vac as well. You can see the big gulp is
>stored in a slide out tray in the bottom:
> http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodworking/Miter_saw_stand/miter_saw_stand.html
>
> Darrell
>
> "Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I wonder if anyone who reads this group has built the miter saw stand on
>>the Popular Woodworking website. The plan is at
>> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/fea.asp?id=1021
>>
>> I am building it now. The plans calls for an integrated vacuum that turns
>> on when the saw is turned on. The vacuum is connected to the dust
>> collection port (or should I call it the "created dust port") on the
>> miter saw. I am inclined to skip this part of the project as I think most
>> of my dust bypasses the dust collection port and just blows out the back
>> of the saw. I was planning to attach a Big Gulp dust hood or something
>> like it to the rear of the stand. Before doing all that I hope to hear
>> from someone who has built this miter saw stand and has some experience
>> using it.
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>> Dick SNyder
>>
>
>
Hi JJ,
If you have them, could you post some pictures of what you did on
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking? I'd love to see the modifications that
you made.
Thanks.
Dick
"JJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dick,
>
> I built this stand about a year ago with some custom modifications for me.
> I
> did leave out the dust collection portion of it as, even if I have a shop
> vac
> hose hooked up to the dust collection port on my Craftsman 12" saw, most
> of the
> sawdust does end up blowing out the back of the saw. The included dust
> collection bag needs to be emptied rarely.
>
> The plan is great though and the stand has held up so well that I built
> others
> similar in concept to accomodate a large sanding unit, a scrollsaw and, of
> course, my pride and joy router table.
>
> For the miter saw plan though I added a rigid fence on each "wing" to keep
> the
> work piece in line with the saw's fence and I added a T-track on the top
> of
> each rigid fence piece to add a floating stop gauge.
>
> Good Luck
>
> John
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> news:[email protected]
>
>> I wonder if anyone who reads this group has built the miter saw stand on
>> the
> Popular Woodworking website. The plan is at >
> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/fea.asp?id=1021 > > I am
> building it
> now. The plans calls for an integrated vacuum that turns on when the saw
> is
> turned on. The vacuum is connected to the dust > collection port (or
> should I
> call it the "created dust port") on the miter saw. I am inclined to skip
> this
> part of the project as I think most of my dust > bypasses the dust
> collection
> port and just blows out the back of the saw. I was planning to attach a
> Big
> Gulp dust hood or something like it to the rear > of the stand. Before
> doing
> all that I hope to hear from someone who has built this miter saw stand
> and has
> some experience using it. > > TIA. > > Dick SNyder
>