Rolling, Folding Chop Saw Stand

[protool]

i recently finished this rolling stand for my chop saw. I don't have a lot of room in the garage so I made the wings fold down when I'm not using the miter saw. I used the Kreg fence & stops.









More pics and details on my blog:

http://davidcox.org/wood/folding-rolling-chop-saw-stand/

[JR]

I dig it the most!

I've been looking for ideas for new wings on my rolling CMS cabinet. The cabinet has acheived a certain parallelogram kind of tilt over the years (), so I need an adjustable wing scheme. Yours is very nicely done.

Re: the Kreg fences, do you find that the measurements are accurate?

[wardprobst]

Sweet!
Nice work on that,
~DP

[Ed62]

Nicely done. It looks like the table the saw sits on is adjustable for height. Is that the case? If not, what purpose do the bolts serve?

I should have made mine where I could roll it. It now resides in a garage, and when I use it, I take it outside. The older I get, the more that thing weighs!

Ed

[LCHIEN]

Nicely done. It looks like the table the saw sits on is adjustable for height. Is that the case? If not, what purpose do the bolts serve?

I should have made mine where I could roll it. It now resides in a garage, and when I use it, I take it outside. The older I get, the more that thing weighs!

Ed

Probably to let you match the height of the cutting table of the saw to the height of the wings.
THere is no standard height of miter saw tables above the bench.

[Cochese]

Nice. Did you have to account for any potential sag? I had to modify my cabinet after about ten minutes because it was too heavy.

Looking to prevent that next time.

[big tim]

Nicely done. I checked your blog and it looks like the fence can be adjusted a certain amount front to back as well as left to right. Front to back to accommodate a different saw? Left to right for longer measurements??

Tim

[Pappy]

I need something like that for my mortiser. I see you have one underneath. Is the stand set up to hold it, also?

[chopnhack]

Very nice David! How do you like that saw?

[Ed62]

Probably to let you match the height of the cutting table of the saw to the height of the wings.

That's what I assumed. I just don't remember ever seen one made like that. Good idea though, in case you wind up with a different saw in the future.

Ed

[Denco]

I really like it!

[protool]

re: Kreg fences

Re: the Kreg fences, do you find that the measurements are accurate?

JR, the Kreg fences are ridiculously priced but massively substantial & really, really, really nice. I had some cash b/c of an award at work (staff of the year! ) so i splurged on the fence. It was about $135 total. Certainly a splurge, but a very nice piece of kit.

Yes, they are completely accurate within at least a 64th. Very repeatable measurements with very stout stops which don't move if you slam a board into them. There is a small plastic window on the stop which shows the line over the ruler. These windows can be adjusted/trimmed with a thumbscrew which means it doesn't matter too much how accurate you are sticking on the ruler.

[protool]

adjustable table

Probably to let you match the height of the cutting table of the saw to the height of the wings.
THere is no standard height of miter saw tables above the bench.

Ed62, LChien is correct. The bolts allow me to adjust the height of the saw relative to the wings so that everything is level. I presumed that all saws are different and that I might have a different one someday.

Here's a closeup detail from the blog post (http://davidcox.org/wood/folding-rol...hop-saw-stand/) :

[protool]

sagging?

Nice. Did you have to account for any potential sag? I had to modify my cabinet after about ten minutes because it was too heavy.

Cochese, No sag issues. On the tool platform, i put the leveling bolts (see the picture in the comment above) very near the feet of the saw so no problems with the plywood holding the saw sagging.

On the wings, they are fairly light weight (3/4ply w/ laminate top trimmed in hardwood). I put a leveling bolt on the wing support so that i can adjust the wing up & down to be level. No sagging there. Pic:


That said, the whole shebang is quite heavy, especially with the mortiser being stored underneath. When I roll it out of the garage, there's a 1-1/2" step at the garage door which is pretty hard on the wheels if the weight comes crashing down. Accordingly, I try to be gentle when rolling it off this step.

[protool]

Nicely done. I checked your blog and it looks like the fence can be adjusted a certain amount front to back as well as left to right. Front to back to accommodate a different saw? Left to right for longer measurements??

Tim

Tim, you are right on both accounts. I put the fences on t-track so that they can be adjusted forward & back in case i get a different saw.



I also slotted the fence so that I can make is slide to a much wider length if necessary. If I remove the innermost bolts & knobs, the whole thing gets to be about 11' wide. You'll see there's a set of lines on the table & fence which allows me to recalibrate the left & right distance so that the measuring tape on the fence is the correct distance from the blade.