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MITER

STAND

When I worked in professional shops, there was always a chop saw on some kind of cart. The less-organized shops put the saw on the nearest work cart. It didn't take up

much space,

but it wasn't as useful as it should be. The better shops mounted the miter saw to a rolling cart and attached permanent wings to support long pieces and to hold a fence with stops for doing repetitive cuts. This setup was useful, but it took up a lot of space.

What I had in mind for Popular Woodworking's shop would have a dead-on stop system and folding wings so the stand would take up less space. The top of this stand adjusts up and down so you can line up the saw's table with the wings. (In fact, the adjustable table allows you to use a drill press or a mortiser on this stand.) It has on-board dust collection that turns itself on and off. And the kicker to the whole thing is that the cart is made from one sheet each of ³/4" and ¹/2" plywood, with some solid wood trim.

Begin construction by cutting the parts out according to the cutting list and using the optimization diagram. You'll notice that the case top is in two pieces on the optimization diagram. That's

by Jim Stuard

Jim Stuard is a former associate editor at Popular Woodworking and now divides his time on the projects he is most proud of: his children, his writing and teaching woodworking.

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