Jeff Kerr
03-31-2007, 11:52 PM
Well it took me longer than I wanted but I finally got my New Makita LS1214FL set up in its new home.
I started building these cabinets last fall for this purpose but I had a different saw at the time. The Makita is a much larger footprint so I needed to make some adjustments to the receeded shelf in order to accomodate the slider.
The setup gives me about 6 feet to the left of the saw and 4 feet to the right. I still need to make the drawer boxes but this will give me a lot more storage.
The units are on casters. and I put the carcasses together with pocket screws. They are made from the Chinese Birch ply at the borg. The counter top is two 3/4 inch MDF slabs glued togther with hardboard on top. I trimmed it in pine. There is no trim across the back so I can remove the hardboard top in the future when it needs to be replaced for stains or wear.
I owe a lot of what I have been able to accomplish to the good folks here at SMC. I have learned a great deal from your posts and encouragement of each other. So my thanks to each of you. ;)
I would have loved to been able to post something as awesome as Jim Becker's cantalevered Saw station, but I just haven't mastered that level of skill yet. :D 61546 61547 61548
By the way. This Makita saw is pretty darn nice. One of the best deals I have ever gotten from Amazon. :p
I started building these cabinets last fall for this purpose but I had a different saw at the time. The Makita is a much larger footprint so I needed to make some adjustments to the receeded shelf in order to accomodate the slider.
The setup gives me about 6 feet to the left of the saw and 4 feet to the right. I still need to make the drawer boxes but this will give me a lot more storage.
The units are on casters. and I put the carcasses together with pocket screws. They are made from the Chinese Birch ply at the borg. The counter top is two 3/4 inch MDF slabs glued togther with hardboard on top. I trimmed it in pine. There is no trim across the back so I can remove the hardboard top in the future when it needs to be replaced for stains or wear.
I owe a lot of what I have been able to accomplish to the good folks here at SMC. I have learned a great deal from your posts and encouragement of each other. So my thanks to each of you. ;)
I would have loved to been able to post something as awesome as Jim Becker's cantalevered Saw station, but I just haven't mastered that level of skill yet. :D 61546 61547 61548
By the way. This Makita saw is pretty darn nice. One of the best deals I have ever gotten from Amazon. :p