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I have what I would consider to be a generous amount of bench space - 2x=
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6m runs, one either side of the garage. And yet somehow I never seem to=
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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.
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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=
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and used it for a couple of hours today.
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The stand comes almost fully assembled. All that's required is to unfold=
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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.
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The only snag was that my NuTool 10" sliding saw has mounting holes in a=
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non-rectangular pattern, so I had to make a mating plate. This only took=
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10 mins to make out of a piece of 3/4" ply, and worked well.
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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=
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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=
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mitre saw a lot, buy one of these.
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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.

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Paul Mc Cann