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I purchased a miter saw this week for working on the garage workbench (workbench V0.0) described in my shop blog… And of course a miter saw needs an appropriate stand.

I picked up a cheap desk from the local charity store, and bolted the saw to it. To support the workpiece I built a feed rail (table) from 1×4 with spacers cut from 2×4 scrap. I clamped a level to the fence, and use it to align the feed rail with the saw, the bolted the rail down.

The second picture shows an improvised stop/alignment block that lets me drop rough cut workpieces right into place, clamp them down, and then trim them to their final length.

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Hey, what ever works! Now you can build an extension for the rite side and have a nifty stand plus storage areas!
 

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Thanks for the idea I have the same miter saw. Is it a ryobi 10 inch? I love mine.
 

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Ha, good idea. it reminds me of when i made my first router table out of a gutted floor model tv. I still keep the tv shell around for nostalgia. my tool box is sitting ontop of it!
 

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Nothing wrong with that. I "rescued" an old computer desk that the neighbor was tossing out when he moved, as an additional work area. You can never have enough storage space or work/assembly area.
 

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Looks good, what ever works. I thinks we are all great at coming up with jigs and thing a ma jigs and thinga ma bobs that the normal person would scratch their head at and go " what the heck is that" or minds just work on a different level. Anyway great whatzit.
 

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Looks like some good recycling there!
 

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Priced right, repurposes old stuff, very functional.

Sounds like you've got a winner.
 

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Great idea! I work out on the Kitsap Peninsula; let me know which thrift stores have tables like that! I need a new stand for my Dewalt and could save the cash going that route as well! Peace.
 

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Hey Gabriel, I picked that up at the St Vincents annex on Callow (in Bremerton) IIRC.
 
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