Finally had some time, so I trimmed the front jaw and added dog holes.

I finally finished the fence on my miter saw station. The removable fence goes out to just over 60”. It also has a build in extension that goes out to about 8ft. the saw blade is exactly 16” from the end of the fence. There is a short piece attachment for the fence that can be set down to almost zero. Since the saw is mounted with the portable miter saw stand brackets, I made 4 blocks to hold the unit in place. With the stops, it is amazinly accurate and repeatable cut are sweet.

When we bought this house 20 years ago I replaced the windows with inexpensive vinyl ones. Eventually, the miters in the vinyl frames came unglued and would leak if the rain hit them the right way. We decided to replace the window (6’ wide by 3’ high) with an Andersen slider. When we pulled the old one we found rotted wood in the frame. We exposed the entire wall replaced the bad wood and reinsulated. Finally, I built cabinets and a window seat for the room (my daughter’s).

My wife did the painting, curtains and seat cushion.

I used birch ply and poplar for the cabintets. I made the drawers out of 1/2” ply with two coats of shellac.

I put more pictures at: http://home.comcast.net/~debridgeman/jebthumb.html

More pics of my workbench showing the other drawers/pullouts.

BTW the plans came from the December/January 2006 issue of The Family Handyman. An almost identical bench was in American Woodworker in January 2004.

Dave

As I mentioned in my Miter Saw Station project post, a friend gave me a couple of solid core doors. I used a second one to top this workbench I made based on plans in American Woodworker mag. It has a ton of storage and is on 6 wheels rated for 100lbs each. There are four wedges that keep it off the ground and stable. As with the miter saw station I edged the solid core doors with walnut for contrast against the maple veneered doors.

Dave

My wife and I love doing our own home improvements. Last year for Mother’s Day she said she wanted a Sliding Compound Mitre Saw. Who am I to argue! I am finishing up the work station for the SCMS. It all started with a couple of solid core doors a friend gave me. Have a look. It provides a nice support table in line with the saw and storage for cutoffs.