Hi. A customer has asked me to look into building him a cutting table for his mitre saw. He would like a set up to allow cutting 20′ lumber. Can anyone provide me with a link or two so I may get some ideas for his particular setup? Thanks a lot.
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Check out JLC's (Journal of Light Construction) website.
http://forums.jlconline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36679
This post has some folks posting some great pictures of their custom made stands. MANY excellent ideas.
Dustin
Gotta be a registered member to access photos.
J. D. ReynoldsHome Improvements
Shoot---my bad. Well worth the price of admission, however.
Dustin
Portable or permanent? If he bought a mitre saw, charge him a consulting fee and he/she can build it. Did they also buy stick rule or a measuring tape?
Chuck S
LOL!! Actually it's for the local lumberyard and must be rugged. I want to do them a nice job. They are a good customer as well as a great supplier.
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RR,
I would double up 3/4" plywwod for a right and left 'Infeed/Outfeed' table should be at least 12' X 16" of a freestanding base for the saw. 4x4 legs with 3 rows of let in 1x6 stretchers end to end and front to back. Plywod on the stretchers for off fall. Levelers on all legs. The free standing base is so if they ever have to go to a different saw they only have to replace the center section.
Sounds like they want to pre-cut miters on crown, chair, casing, etc for customers. (ie weekend warriors) If they can't build a saw stand how will the figure a compound mitre?
Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
Stevent1,
I like a lot of your ideas. We were thinking alike on the stretchers and the legs and I like the table idea in case they have to change saws (very likely). Thanks a lot.
They don't have time to build stuff there so they give choice contractors projects. I feel priviledged to be one of them.
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Is it going to mount to the wall, or be free standing?
I think it almost has to mount to the wall for stability and durability. But the wall has only two contact points, which are 8x8 posts.
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My only thought is a pair of long tables, essentially huge torsion boxes made up of ply and 2x4s. I am hoping they only need the twety feet on one side.
Don't know if you saw Basswood's post recently on the stand he built, but with the portable supports it might help with your need to cut 20' pieces.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=84717.1
Thanks for the honorable mention......I doubt the work supports for my stand would survive the abuse in a lumberyard setting though.