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Default Axminster Mitre Saw Stand - mini review

I have what I would consider to be a generous amount of bench space - 2x
6m runs, one either side of the garage. And yet somehow I never seem to
have enough room for cutting long pieces of wood on the sliding mitre
saw. It always end up having to shuffle a lot of things around to make
enough room. And once I've made enough room, I then have to find
suitable supports for the wood ends. Too much time wasted.

So when I spotted the new Axminster Mitre Saw Stand (AWMSS) on their
site, I thought I'd try one. It arrived yesterday, and I put it together
and used it for a couple of hours today.

The stand comes almost fully assembled. All that's required is to unfold
the legs, attach the wheels, rollers and clamps, and bolt on the saw.
It's made of heavy steel box section, and feels very sturdy.

The only snag was that my NuTool 10" sliding saw has mounting holes in a
non-rectangular pattern, so I had to make a mating plate. This only took
10 mins to make out of a piece of 3/4" ply, and worked well.

To sum up - I'm extremely impressed with this stand, especially given
the price (£76 inc VAT and delivery). It folds up into a fairly small
size, but it does take up a fair bit of space when fully deployed, so
you need a biggish room to use it in. If you have the space and use your
mitre saw a lot, buy one of these.

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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:34:45 +0100, Grunff wrote:

I have what I would consider to be a generous amount of bench space - 2x
6m runs, one either side of the garage. And yet somehow I never seem to
have enough room for cutting long pieces of wood on the sliding mitre
saw. It always end up having to shuffle a lot of things around to make
enough room. And once I've made enough room, I then have to find
suitable supports for the wood ends. Too much time wasted.

So when I spotted the new Axminster Mitre Saw Stand (AWMSS) on their
site, I thought I'd try one. It arrived yesterday, and I put it together
and used it for a couple of hours today.

The stand comes almost fully assembled. All that's required is to unfold
the legs, attach the wheels, rollers and clamps, and bolt on the saw.
It's made of heavy steel box section, and feels very sturdy.

The only snag was that my NuTool 10" sliding saw has mounting holes in a
non-rectangular pattern, so I had to make a mating plate. This only took
10 mins to make out of a piece of 3/4" ply, and worked well.

To sum up - I'm extremely impressed with this stand, especially given
the price (£76 inc VAT and delivery). It folds up into a fairly small
size, but it does take up a fair bit of space when fully deployed, so
you need a biggish room to use it in. If you have the space and use your
mitre saw a lot, buy one of these.


These are a good concept.

I have a deWalt one that I bought a couple of years ago in the U.S.,
although they are available here now.

Being able to fold it up and store in a small space is also useful.

I bought some spare clip on brackets and use the stand for other tools
and small machines needing to be set up in arbitrary places.

I think that the same could be done with some ply adaptors and bolts
with wing nuts.


..andy

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Andy Hall wrote:

I have a deWalt one that I bought a couple of years ago in the U.S.,
although they are available here now.


Yes, I've seen the DeWalt one at a local tool shop - around £200 IIRC.
The most significant difference between the DW and the Axmistter is the
construction - the DW is aluminium (at least the one I'm thinking of is)
and the Ax is heavy steel. The weight difference is huge.

I would not recommend the Ax stand to anyone thinking of using it as a
portable stand. It has wheels, so can be wheeled around the workshop,
but it weighs I'd guess 40kg without the saw!


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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:05:59 +0100, Grunff wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:

I have a deWalt one that I bought a couple of years ago in the U.S.,
although they are available here now.


Yes, I've seen the DeWalt one at a local tool shop - around £200 IIRC.
The most significant difference between the DW and the Axmistter is the
construction - the DW is aluminium (at least the one I'm thinking of is)
and the Ax is heavy steel. The weight difference is huge.

I would not recommend the Ax stand to anyone thinking of using it as a
portable stand. It has wheels, so can be wheeled around the workshop,
but it weighs I'd guess 40kg without the saw!


Yes the DW one is aluminium with multichamber box sections in the main
part for rigidity and fold out legs. Weight about 15kg

You can get them for about £140 in the UK (DW 7023) from ITS London
and others. IIRC, I paid about the same in USD in the U.S.

..andy

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In article , says...
I have what I would consider to be a generous amount of bench space - 2x=

=20
6m runs, one either side of the garage. And yet somehow I never seem to=

=20
have enough room for cutting long pieces of wood on the sliding mitre=20
saw. It always end up having to shuffle a lot of things around to make=20
enough room. And once I've made enough room, I then have to find=20
suitable supports for the wood ends. Too much time wasted.
=20
So when I spotted the new Axminster Mitre Saw Stand (AWMSS) on their=20
site, I thought I'd try one. It arrived yesterday, and I put it together=

=20
and used it for a couple of hours today.
=20
The stand comes almost fully assembled. All that's required is to unfold=

=20
the legs, attach the wheels, rollers and clamps, and bolt on the saw.=20
It's made of heavy steel box section, and feels very sturdy.
=20
The only snag was that my NuTool 10" sliding saw has mounting holes in a=

=20
non-rectangular pattern, so I had to make a mating plate. This only took=

=20
10 mins to make out of a piece of 3/4" ply, and worked well.
=20
To sum up - I'm extremely impressed with this stand, especially given=20
the price (=A376 inc VAT and delivery). It folds up into a fairly small=

=20
size, but it does take up a fair bit of space when fully deployed, so=20
you need a biggish room to use it in. If you have the space and use your=

=20
mitre saw a lot, buy one of these.
=20
=20



I mounted mine on a purpose built stand on large castors. This way I can=20
pull it out from the wall if I want to cut large stuff. The stand has=20
built in storage in the way of a drawer and shelves. The shelves are=20
used to store an oscillating spindle sander amongst other bits and=20
pieces. Not a tool I use that much but very handy when the need arrives.


--=20
Paul Mc Cann


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Andrew McKay
 
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:34:45 +0100, Grunff wrote:

So when I spotted the new Axminster Mitre Saw Stand (AWMSS) on their
site, I thought I'd try one. It arrived yesterday, and I put it together
and used it for a couple of hours today.

To sum up - I'm extremely impressed with this stand, especially given
the price (£76 inc VAT and delivery).


I was in CostCo in Reading on Friday and they had these stands (or one
extremely similar) for £56. To that you have to add VAT, and if you
aren't a member another £25 to become a member - but you'd no doubt be
able to save on other things over the life of the membership.

I know the price has dropped from about £80 because I've been looking
to get one for a while.

Only problem is that CostCo don't accept credit cards so make sure
you've got the readies in the bank....

Andrew

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