Using Your Suggestions to Improve the Miter Saw Station | I Like To Make Stuff
I upgraded the Miter Saw Station based on your comments!
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Recently I made a dedicated work station for my miter saw. It was intentionally simple and left a lot of room for upgrades and modifications. After I posted that video, many of you had some really great ideas on how to improve it. Someone in the comments noted that the original dust shroud didn't allow the saw to make compound miter cuts, I don't often do these cuts, but it did seem like an unnecessary limitation I placed on myself. To allow the saw to lean over a full 45 degrees and pivot the same amount, I had to widen the center section that the saw sat on. And to help with the dust shroud issue, I made the front magnetic so that when I need to make a compound cut I can snap the face on and off.
I also read that I should have some type of grate or slats to catch larger off-cut pieces that may get sucked up by the dust collector hoses. I had some spare metal mesh that I cut to match the dust port openings and screwed them in from the bottom. This addition really helped keep the little corner cuts from rattling around in my dust collector.
A simple and effective comment someone made was that the stop blocks should have a miter cut into the area that contacts the corner of the table. Because the table and the stops were both 90 degrees, dust can get stuck and cause binding. I solved this by taking the stops over to the belt sander and adding the chamfer. This can also be done with a router or a table saw quite easily.
One thing someone noted, which I had planned to do on the first iteration, was to add some type of measuring tape to the table. I found that Kregg makes an adhesive-backed metal measuring tape. This tape comes in two variations, one that can be read from left to right, and one right to left. I stuck the tapes on each side of the saw making sure to line up the teeth of the blade with the zero mark.
Lastly, I wanted to use the empty space on either side of the side housing for additional storage. A while ago, I made a simple shelf for some parts containers and I've always wanted more of them. I built some more shelves in the same style using 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch plywood and mounted them next to the saw. I got more containers and I'm slowly filling them with essential hardware.
Thank you to everyone for commenting on the last video. Those suggestions really helped improve the functionality and performance of this simple tool station. And for all those that may have been surprised, yes I do read all the comments, and as you can see they can be really helpful. If you liked this project revisit, check out more projects from around the shop!
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The people spoke, the Bob made stuff, and the miter station turned out even more glorious than before 🙏
EvanAndKatelyn omg you Guys!!😱😱
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It's a win win. 👍
Hi love your vids
I was noticing the cubbies on twitch yesterday and was liking how they turned out. And then here is the video for it :) that setup is really nice 👍🏼
I don't have a shop, nor have I ever done any woodworking. But I can't stop watching these videos. I always learn something new and it makes me want to make something.
always look forward to seeing your new shop upgrades I love the fact that your doing them with feed back from your community! Merry Christmas
i really appreciate seeing you do these projects without help. Usually when i build i'm alone and never thought of using clamps as cleats before. brilliant.
Got to love the collaboration! Getting input from all over the world to improve your shop, it doesn't get any better than that.
Really interesting - have just bought a mitre saw so am going to build this. Thanks!!
Bob really cool idea, love that you used suggestions to improve your build, would definitely like to see you keep revisiting shop builds in the future and making them better!
Very cool now I need to do some updates on my table love the idea on added storage area for trays Thanks for doing your videos
Wonderful Bob! Just bought a new miter saw and i am in the middle of making a station for it. Your design served as my inspiration!
Great video! That dust collection shroud is outstanding. Thanks for sharing!
This is incredible!!! Super useful! I especially love the whiteboard material on the shroud! Genius move!
Fantastic video, really enjoy watching your builds. I just started building my mitre cut bench tonight and will be including some of your ideas. Thanks 👍🇦🇺
You are amazing at making stuff. Keep it up👌
I like the magnet idea and shelves for containers.
Bob, thanks for this build! I've been needing a good miter station for a long time and I finally built one after watching your first video. It's been great and works beautifully! The one thing I did a little different was on my stop block, I made an adjustable guide mark over the measuring tape so I can make fine tune adjustments and that has came in really handy too! Thanks for your videos! I've made several of your projects from electronics to woodworking. Keep the great ideas coming!
Love the new style
The art of running a good shop is to keep things, CLEAN, SIMPLE, and easy to use. You must work your shop and not let your shop work you. You do a very good job at all of this. Great job
As usual you give the practical approach to achieving clever upgrades & builds that give everyone an opportunity, cheers for that mate 👍
I love the idea for using magnets, quick and easy access, especially if something gets back there or if you need to clean out some sawdust. I love those containers too. I love your content Bob always clean and simple work
Love the idea of the tape measure right there on the unit, started watching cause he's so handsome and kept watching cause he's so good at what he does and I've honestly picked up a few tips and tricks I've used to build stuff around my own home
Nice to see you are using the HDX organizers. I have some as well and will be building a rack for them shortly.
I really like those shelves, simple to make and super clean. I might try and do something similar to my workstation I'm building!
Continuous improvement...good job!
Awesome ideas !!! Thank you. Gonna be using some of these tips ! Merry Christmas 🎄
Don't know if he's the best woodworker on KZhead, but I watch a metric ton of these type of videos. These are always my favorite. Informative and put together nicely. Keep up the good work.
Good job Bob. Love your compact workshop. Neat
Those shelves are so cool!
Wow an update video. Just absolutely brilliant thank you for making such great videos I am a big fan now from UK your workshop ideas etc are brilliant thank you so much and please keep making them.
Perfect timing! I just got a new miter saw for Christmas and am about to start making a new miter station. Great video!
Sweet! I hope it helps! I've got plans for the original one on my site if you're interested. www.iliketomakestuff.com/shop
Me too, can't wait to get started on mine.
Excellent redesign and improvements brother. Yours are by far some of the easiest videos to follow and learn from...honest. Really enjoy your content man. Thank you & Merry Christmas to you and your family. Eric central Florida
Well done Bob,. A very clean look.
Your organization ideas are the bomb. I try to organize my husbands shop but am not sure what everything is so this really helps me out. My husband is a fabricator, I wish you had more metal orgaization ideas but a lot of your stuff will cross over. Thanks
I love it, going to go off this design for my needs. Thanks for the post!!
Love the pigeon holes I want to do that as I set up my shed again cheers love the vids bob and I thank you just watching the vids you make make my day just that little. It better
Great idea on the box storage.
Thanks for your miter saw station updates and other ideas... I will be using many of these in my new workshop i am about to make...
You have the miter station looking great Bob! I love the dust collection.
Thanks so much!
I’m currently. Along a new saw box for my mitre saw bow going to implement a few of these ideas. Cheers
Hi Bob, I just joined, and found your mitre saw video really helpful as I construct my multifunction workshop, the storage box shelves will be so useful to store my electronic components as well as hardware for my woodwork projects. Thanks for your help, your video is Owsome.
Just ANOTHER MILLENNIAL with a Beard! How original BOB!
Im going to make this for my shop! One reccomendation - i would add a bead of silicone around the two dust collection ports. Looks like the expanded steel is creating an air gap that could compromise your suction.
Very well done video Bob, I use those same storage containers in my work truck side bins, gave me some more ideas now...LOL...
This is great! Re-reading my comment on your video, it came a cross a little snarky. I apologize, but I'm glad it helped spur the improvements. Would have never thought about the magnets on the cover. That is an awesome idea and accomplishes both tasks. I've been doing a lot of crown molding work lately, so compound cuts were on my mind. Thank you for the videos!
Good ideas, I think it's great you included the blooper at the end too 👍🏼
Great set up and improvements on the miter box station.
You did my suggestion and it was even first! Nice!! We're both better people because of this Bob :)
Love seeing your shop come together.
Thanks Nick!!
I could spend all my time just 'improving' a workshop! The project would BE the workshop itself! Love making new gadgets to make the shop go smoother!
Nice improvements, also like how you include an outtake at the end. 🤘
Hey Bob! You should add someone of large whiteboard to your work area so you can plan out and think a little more ahead when your doing projects... especially the large ones (maybe like a check list? Blueprint? It's up to you)
Great improvements. Thanks for sharing.
Love your channel Bob!!! Wish my shop looked liked yours
Great job , Liked the magnets very good idea.
I like to watch you make stuff bob! Much love 😍
Love the videos Bob. I've also just started listening to making it! You're a real inspiration.
Fantastic! Thank you! I hope you enjoy the show!
Love the music in your videos lately! Great updates!
wow, all this time watching Bob's videos and i've come to a conclusion: he's a real man, I wanna be like this guy one day
andré ruela same
I’m already trying
Love all the upgrades Bob! I still need a mitre saw though lol. It's coming, someday...but I'm glad you've done all the troubleshooting for me. ;)
Gracias por tu gran enseñanza. Saludos desde Mexico.
I love the shelves for the component organizers. I use those for electrical hardware (resistors, capacitors, potentiometers, etc.) and I've been looking for a better way to get those set up. Those shelves will probably be a 2018 project for me now.
Some weeks ago I decided to make a miter saw station for my workshop and your 2 videos helped tremendously to do exactly that. For all those little details I knew exactly how to proceed: starting from the pocket-hole-approach (I wouldn't have dared to use that for the joints), to the approach of creating the front shield, etc etc. etc.. Thanks VERY much!!!
That’s really awesome to hear! I’m so glad they were helpful!
I was thinking about magnets while you were cutting the front. Cool ideas packed into this video Bob. Thanks for sharing
Thanks man!
Dado setup for the shelf cutouts worked well :)
I see that lathe 👀 great info for when I make mine. Thanks again Bob!
Hey that's a great idea to put those rulers on the face of the fence instead of the top! I'ma go downstairs and do that right now. Thanks!
You got a nice shop dude. Good idea with the Mitre Saw btw!
nice! I like the addition of the metal grates in the dust collection too. Good idea. Not to mention. cutting metal always looks cool on camera lol. sparks flying!
It does! I love it :)
Very nice project. I need to sort out my miter station, thanks for the inspiration:)
Cool improvements. Thanks for showing
Very nice setup
Great job! Very useful upgrades and info. You da man Bob.
hey Bob, really like the way you used the suggestions. A much improved mitre station. Love your videos
Thanks so much Ando!
The dry erase board for the shroud is a great idea ...
Very nice Bob! I’m going to make one plus build a router table on the other end.
Love your videos man! I always come to your channel and learn something new. I'm still not what I would call a maker though, but I always leave inspired to go out and actually make something.
That's really awesome to hear, thank you!! I hope you stay motivated and make some awesome stuff!!
I like those shelves that hold the boxes a lot.
Great project! Really dig your channel.
whats nice about these vids is if you're very new to saws/workshop tools, woodworking and DIY projects like me, you can see a lot of practical examples and uses of different tools and the things you can achieve with them. I've never used a table saw, so I never would have thought about stacking blades and adjusting the cut depth to achieve those 1/2" slots!
Love using magnets to the front panel. At some point you'll need to get back there. Now you can do it easily without deconstructing anything. Should work well unless the vibration causes things to shift and slide but nothing a couple more magnets couldn't fix. That dust collection setup & drawer is pretty nifty too.
Tons of ideas for my next project.thanks
Great!
I like to leave the table top an 1 3/4" past the face of frame. It makes clamping up things with a small clamp easy when using the surface for other uses
Love your video! Keep up the great work!
Hey Bob! Just wanted to say I'm really impressed with the quality of your videos lately. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much Jayme!!
Very nice build! One quick tip I'll give because I just ran into it. You don't want the tape measure on your saw fence. It will knock things a tiny bit out of square. And, unfortunately, unless you want to tape the entire fence, there's no good way to fix it. My saw was driving me crazy because I could not square it. Actually, I could square it with 3/4 plywood, but then with a 2x4 it wouldn't be square anymore. Or square with a 2x4, but then not square with 3/4. It's because the fence is different for the two board sizes depending on if it's hitting the tape or not. Also, I found pulling my saw forward about 1/16" from the extension fences is better. Even if your fence is dead straight (mine was pretty darn close), if you're cutting a 4' board, the chances of that board being straight enough are slim. Which means the high spot at 3' will push you a little off 90 or 45. If your only reference is the saw fence, it's much easier because you only have ~12" you're trying to push square, not a few feet.
Bob.....dude! You’re the master at making stuff! Merry Christmas to you and yours from Alberta and keep being awesome!
You're very kind, thank you and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I’d love a workshop like yours sir :) love the space and love the work you do :)
Your videos are very inspiring, Bob.
Thanks for this info me and my cousin are planning to build a work shop soon
I just love watching you make stuff
That's brilliant idea to use whiteboard, this will help you a lots when you do lots of cuttings need to keep track of it :)
This has inspired me to try and make one for my garage.
Great video Bob love the bigger projects cause it makes the videos longer :)
This is awesome :) I wish I'd suggested stuff when I saw the first video lol. Well during this video I was thinking a standard board with appropriate shaped/sized hole for saw and all its positions but a sort of brush like those made of nylon for wire holes or whatever. I did also think about easy changing of the facier so good job pal
Fantastic...as always. Love the vid, Bob.
Good video Bob! I’m also looking forward to reading your new book. Keep up the good work!
Excellent, thanks!
Hi Bob, cab I suggest using the crown gard on your table saw when ever it's posable. From a fellow woodworker @rjwestwoodwoodwork Stay safe
I have shop envy. My stuff needs to be mobile so I use the Rousseau collapsing hood, it’s awesome.
I’d like to see how you would go about building a fold down dinner table that’s masked as a picture frame or art when it’s folded up. I plan on doing one myself eventually and it’d be great to get some ideas from how you do it.
Nice adds. I'm considering making this one. I was considering doing the Jay Bates one, but all that is more than I need and all that plywood is $$
Nice upgrades Bob! 👍👊