| Project by Jim Jakosh | posted 1269 days ago | 4394 views | 18 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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A Few years ago I bought a Makita sliding miter saw which I just love having in my shop. However, I was getting tired of having it walk all over the shop when I used it on its rolling platform and sweeping about 4” of dust out behind it every few days. So I planned to build a proper cabinet for it with as much incorporated into it as I could think of. The results are in the 5 pictures attached and the LAST picture is the BEFORE picture. You can see why I needed a change.
This new cabinet has 3 full extension dovetailed drawers.
The wheels have locks on them.
The saw has a left outstop rail that is dowed to an aluminum block and has 24” and 48” gage rails.
There is a sliding adjustable support for long work that can be set perfectly level with the saw table instead of using roller supports on an uneven concrete floor.
There is a dust catching chute made from wood and aluminum flashing that funnels the chips into the barrel in the back.( I have not had to sweep the floor once back there!!!!).
I replaced the tiny dust catching bag with a PVC pipe to blow the dust into the barrel.
I love the saw even more now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!
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WayneC
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#1 posted 1269 days ago
Very nice Jim.
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Bob A in NJ
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#2 posted 1269 days ago
Now that’s a cool worktable! Very functional and good looking.
-- Bob A in NJ
patron
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#3 posted 1269 days ago
great setup ,
looks like it would work
on the spacelab (LOL) .
and all the drawer space ,
priceless !
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
Abe Low
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#4 posted 1269 days ago
Great addition to a very nice shop. One suggestion is the elbow at the end of the white pvc pipe. you can apply some heat to the pipe and give it a gradual bend thereby eliminating the elbow and giving the small amount of sawdust that goes through it an easier path. (On my saw most of the sawdust doesn’t go where the designers intended.)
-- Abe Low, Fine furniture, Sacramento, CA
cstrang
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#5 posted 1269 days ago
Nice work, a stand much like this one has been on my to-do list for some time now, I think I may actually get it done over Chrstmas this year, thanks for the reminder.
-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.
FirehouseWoodworking
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#6 posted 1269 days ago
Slick setup.
And to think that all this time, I’ve been trying to figure out how to hook up my dust collector to the saw. Just having the dust fall into a trash can is a simply elegant solution! Sometimes we fail to see the nose on our face!
Very well done!
-- Dave; Lansing, Kansas
RexMcKinnon
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#7 posted 1269 days ago
Nice setup.
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
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