Mitre Saw Station

[SteveF]

just getting last few bits in my head before I start building a cutting station

how do you deal with bevelled cuts with fixed fence?
I have the kapex 120 and have wings that need sliding out of the way for bevelled cuts

only thing I can think of is to have the saw slide front to back to deal with this and use a backer board for "straight" cuts

any thoughts ? or am I over thinking ?

Steve

 

[custard]

just getting last few bits in my head before I start building a cutting station

how do you deal with bevelled cuts with fixed fence?
I have the kapex 120 and have wings that need sliding out of the way for bevelled cuts

only thing I can think of is to have the saw slide front to back to deal with this and use a backer board for "straight" cuts

any thoughts ? or am I over thinking ?

Steve

I know a couple of workshops with permanent Kapex stations. The ones that seem happiest all have a fore and aft sliding table arrangement.

It's not just bevel cuts, if you want to cut a trench, housing, or tenon you'll need a backing block against the saw's fence, if you want this backing block to line up with a longer workstation fence then you need to be able to slide the saw backwards by the precise thickness of the backing block.

 

[MattRoberts]

Why not allow space for the saw's fences to slide? You don't need to have an unbroken fence running the entire length of the station.

 

[custard]

You don't need to have an unbroken fence running the entire length of the station.

You do if you want accurate stops for precise repeat cuts on longer lengths.

 

[MattRoberts]

Perhaps we're not on the same page.

I'm suggesting that you can have :

Long fence - - - - - - - - - / gap / mitre saw left wing / blade / mitre saw right wing / gap / - - - - - - - - -long fence

The gaps only need to be wide enough to allow the wings to slide out for bevelled cuts.

 

[PAC1]

I designed mine so the extended fences move 15mm back rather than the Kapex moving.

 

[scholar]

Hi

A good question. I think the best solution is broadly as suggested by PAC1 just now.

I have not yet built in a Kapex station, but intend to do so. I have the original L & R extensions (heavy duty aluminium sections) but have replaced these for mobile work with the newer type used with the Kapex cart. I intend to use the original extensions sans legs on the worktop to either side of the Kapex station, each secured by a couple of Bristol lever bolts or similar into T-track set into the worktop. That way, the side fences can be moved completely out of the way to use the worktop for other purposes as well as to fit to the saw configuration required.

If you could do that, please, it would help me in identifying any problems I have not yet foreseen!

I would be interested to see what you do anyway.

Cheers

 

[PAC1]

T track sounds a good way to go then you can clamp stops etc in front of the fence. All I did was cut a slot in my fence to allow the 15mm movement. Design development!

 

[SteveF]

thx for responses
maybe I am over thinking this, but I wanted to get it right

moving fence sounds an option but 2x 3m fences would need re-aligning every time I moved them
moving saw sounds better but a smooth slide\locking option for the saw itself could also be a challenge


Steve

 

[owsnap]

Here's my mitre saw station I recently made.
as you can see I have no fence.. but a stop-block system which clamps to the table wherever I need it (came up with this system myself)
-It's dead on accurate
-easy to use
-can bewel whatever way you want
-takes no space on either of the outfeed worktables, so I don't have some stupid fence running along the tabletop so I can't use the table for anything else..