Shop Work: Making Fisher's Mobile Miter Station

my current miter saw station is a bit awkward I have one of those fold up jobsite stance with a really long sliding miter saw this means I have to keep it always away from the wall so that it'll function but that makes this blade legs of the stand block me from being able to get to the back area of the shop easily I need something new and compact so I drew something up on the computer my idea is to make a mobile mitre station cart that has support wings that can fold down and out of the way and I could store my entire dust collection set up on the inside and then with the support wings deployed I could easily have enough work surface to cut really long boards if I needed to plus I could incorporate some tool holders into the sides to make use in the saw even more handy all right let's see if I can make this thing happen my neighbor was trying to rebuild his dog house for some reason so while he wasn't looking I borrowed a couple sheets of 3/4 inch plywood and to help me with this project the awesome folks over at armor are letting me try out some of their tools they've got some amazingly well thought out and engineered tools that really make these types of projects much easier go and check them out for yourself over at armor - tool comm the first step was to break down these sheets into more manageable sizes and to do that I ripped a piece of 8-foot trim off the house next door and then used it as a fence for my circular saw once I split each panel down the center I could then use my track saw to continue cutting them down further into smaller sections that were still slightly larger than they needed to be then once they were easy to handle I cut each one down into their respective pieces and got them all to their final dimensions on the table saw and miter saw now a couple pieces have a big diagonal angle on one side so I used my tracks off to lay out the shape and then made the cut with it cut out I could finish things up over at the miter saw and just like that all the pieces were cut out now it's time for some pocket holes it's pretty neat how this jig adjusts the clamping force the material thickness and the depth stop on the bit all automatically it sets everything perfectly so you don't have to worry about accidentally messing it up plus all their fasteners are color-coded making it easy to identify which screws you're supposed to use so as long as you didn't fail kindergarten you should be good to go the first thing to go together are the back and sides of the main cabinet I run a line of glue clamp the pieces together and then drive in the pocket screws with those three pieces together I can then run a line of glue around the bottom and tip it up into place once I get things lined up just right and clamp securely I can drive in all the screws around the bottom the front of the cabinet gets a small support that will also act as a doorstop then with a bit of glue on some clamps and I can hide it with another piece that acts as a cabinet face now I can drop the top on I run a bead of glue around the edges place the top on and secure it with some more pocket screws for the wings I basically make a torsion box I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't change shape over time my wife said the same thing about me years ago but that wish did not come true I really like chips the center support needed to be hammered into place and once I secured that in I can move on to prettying up the edge with a flush trim router and a light sanding [Music] now inevitably I'm standing at my miter saw looking around for the tape measure I was just holding a second ago or I'm in need of double-checking the measurement I just took because I managed to forget it in the five steps it took for me to walk over here so with this in mind I thought it'd be kind of cool to have a tape measure handy when I'm at the saw I rough cut the cubby with my gypsum and then make it perfect by clamping on some fences and running my router around the edge [Music] for the inside of the cubby I just pinned together a few pieces of scrap and then glue and screw them into place using a couple of pocket holes now this wing is ready to be buttoned up to fasten on the bottom of the box I just use glue and Brad nails for the other wing I thought it would be neat to have a spot for a speed square so using my router I carve a channel for it to fit into and then using a 1-inch bit I hog down a recess for it to sit flush against the surface the edge of the square will still need something to rest again so I fasten on another piece of scrap against it on the inside of the wing next up I drill out the recesses and installed some concealed hinges on the inside of the cabinet door and then I space them out with some playing cards while installing them making sure to only use prime numbers because I hear that's important marking the mounting locations drilling the pilot holes and screwing them into place next up are the casters since I might want to take my miter saw card off-road with me someday I opted to put on the large 4 inch lockable full swivel casters admittedly they're more heavy-duty than I need but I wanted casters that would roll smoothly and be very easy to lock in place and for that they're perfect now it was time to put on the wings to do this the cabinet got flipped turned upside down and I'd like to take a minute just sit right there and I'll tell you how I fastened them on with continuous hinges after the wings were on I could put on the wing supports next I glued on a block of scrap to thicken up the top edge of the wing supports I used a few drops a CA glue so that I could keep on working while the wood flew dried I drilled a hole in both wing supports that will house a leveling foot upside down the idea is that I can adjust the foot to hold up the side wings so that they're perfectly level with the surface of the miter saw by clamping on a temporary fence I could run my router down each wing with a three-quarter inch bed to plow a channel 40 track I trim off a piece to use and then send it home with some tap aru's screwing it down and then adding some unnecessary walnut with a fancy stop block I made a poke a small hole with a Forstner bit in the back so that I could run the power cord dropping on my new saw and drilling another hole to feed down that power cord now I can load up the inside I put in a dedicated shop vac and a cyclone system the next step is to feed the vacuum hose up from the cyclone to the saw and I picked up one of those fancy sensors so that I don't forget to turn on the vacuum anymore adding some door pulls the all-important pencil holder fastening down the saw permanently and we're done I love how smooth and easy this cart can move around how all the dust collection is contained on the inside how easily the wings deploy and how far back I can push it against the wall the little tool club' is super convenient and the speed square and pencil holder has turned into something that I just can't live without now the sensor switch is absolutely awesome and since the vacuum is enclosed it's much quieter than before but really the best thing about this is just how easy it folds up in conserve space if you'd like to make this cart yourself I'll have plans available on my website thanks to Armour for sponsoring the video and thank you for sticking around and watching it take care and I'll see you next time oh well that's way off that's not what you meant you dirtbag oh my hos fellows [Applause] oh my gosh this is so heavy there's no way I can do this myself hurry up hurry up I'm going down you

Channel: Fisher's Shop

Views: 366,694

Keywords: woodworking, shop, craft, diy, how to, do it yourself, shop project, tool cart, tool stand, how to make, mobile workstation, miter saw, workshop station, mitre saw station, woodworking project, woodworking projects, woodworking plans, woodworking ideas, woodworking tips, woodworking videos, do it yourself projects, tool stand build, tool stand diy, tool stand with wheels, tool stand plans, tool cart organization, tool cart build, tool cart diy, flip top, flip top tool cart

Id: dd8kpvZ3zWU

Length: 12min 46sec (766 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 03 2019