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/fe...ea.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

-------- Original Message --------


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/fe...ea.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/Woodwo...saw_stand.html

Darrell

"Dick Snyder" wrote in message
. ..
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/fe...ea.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

What are the miter slots used for; just to hold a stop block?
If so, it seems to me that a clamp would be an aweful lot cheaper and just
as easy.

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" wrote in message
...
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 --------


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/fe...ea.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" wrote in message
ervers.com...
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/Woodwo...saw_stand.html

Darrell

"Dick Snyder" wrote in message
. ..
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/fe...ea.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/Woodwo...tand/BRACE.jpg
Spring Clamp:
http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodwo...tand/CLAMP.jpg
Shown mounted:
http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodwo...nd/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" wrote in message
...
Hi Darrell,

How do you attach the big gulp to your saw? I couldn't tell from the
website.

Dick


"Darrell Dorsey" wrote in message
ervers.com...
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/Woodwo...saw_stand.html

Darrell

"Dick Snyder" wrote in message
. ..
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/fe...ea.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" wrote in message
ervers.com...
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/Woodwo...tand/BRACE.jpg
Spring Clamp:
http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodwo...tand/CLAMP.jpg
Shown mounted:
http://home.covad.net/~dbdors/Woodwo...nd/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" wrote in message
...
Hi Darrell,

How do you attach the big gulp to your saw? I couldn't tell from the
website.

Dick


"Darrell Dorsey" wrote in message
ervers.com...
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/Woodwo...saw_stand.html

Darrell

"Dick Snyder" wrote in message
. ..
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/fe...ea.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