How to Build a DIY Mobile Miter Saw Station | With Dust Collection and T Tracks!

What's up, guys? Adam, here with another video and in this video I'm going to

build

a

mobile

miter

saw

station

. Now you can see I have my

miter

saw here and it doesn't really fit on this bench at all, there's no room to slide it back, it almost hits the wall, so we came up with the idea of ​​

build

ing a

mobile

miter saw

station

and this it really makes it ideal because it can go pretty much anywhere in the garage where it can move, it can move outside. You can turn where you need to and there are no limitations when it comes to sliding, turning and moving everything.

I'm going to show you how I took this situation that was not ideal at all and turned it into that, so with all that being. I said, let's go ahead and jump in and I'll show you how I did it. Come on, so the first thing I did was start making all the cuts for my frame and the frame was built using 2x4 lumber after I had made all the cuts. I was able to start assembling and used this right angle clamp to help get everything square and of course this will have to be checked with a tape measure just to make sure everything is square but this is a good tool to help to fix everything from scratch and then I was able to use a drill to drill my pilot holes and then insert the screws while making the frame for the top and bottom shelves. for the miter saw bench, once the top and bottom shelf frames were finished, I could start attaching the legs.

I started attaching them to the top shelf frame and then after attaching the legs to the top frame I could then. put it on top of the bottom shelf frame once those legs were in place on the bottom shelf then I was able to screw it into place connecting the bottom and top shelf so make sure you get some heavy duty casters and ones with some brakes on them to make sure that when you move your miter station to where you want it to be it stays there and I really recommend getting the heavier wheels, the cheaper ones just won't be as smooth and will wobble a little more while the heavy duty ones are very smooth and the bearings will be less likely to come out quickly, so I started working on the wings for these and the process pretty much continues. to be exactly the same as the top and bottom shelves, the dimensions will be different, the wings, the length will be a little longer but the width is exactly the same and I also added some support in the middle due to the size of these, It will be a workbench, so you want to have as much support as possible.

Then I also added support to the top and bottom shelves as this is again a workbench you want to be as sturdy as possible and the top shelf is I'm going to be holding a pretty heavy miter saw alright guys so now I'm going to I cut the top of the top and bottom shelves off the main part of the workbench and I'm going to use an MDF board which I really like. board for projects like this it's very soft it's very flat it's pretty durable it has some sagging issues if you don't have enough support over time but I definitely have enough support for this particular project, I'm not worried about that in Now cutting it out I definitely want to make sure you wear a mask because cutting MDF boards creates a lot of

dust

, but probably what I like most about MDF boards is the price, because right now with the way the wood is.

What it is and the price of wood is very expensive, unless you are early into Bitcoin you are probably looking for any way possible on any project you have to use alternatives to wood and I haven't looked at the price of wood in some weeks. but last night it looked like they were asking for a kidney and now they probably want your soul, so next I started placing the top on the center part of the workbench and I did this by drilling some pilot holes first. and then I used a countersink bit after using the countersink bit and then started inserting the screws so that the top of the screw head was slightly below the top of the countertop, this just allows for a much larger surface area. smooth and cleaner appearance.

I was able to start working on the wings and started by placing the brackets and lined up the top of the bracket with the bottom of the counter and the center of the workbench and this allows for the bottom of the wing. to align with the bottom of that countertop so that once the top is placed on the wing it will be level with the base of the miter saw so that as the wood is placed on the base of the miter saw, level with the wings At this point I was able to insert the screws to hold everything together, nice guys, so one thing I definitely want to check before securing these covers in place is I want to make sure they are level with the miter saw. .

In itself, you don't want it to be too low because you don't want the wood to sink. Outside, that could cause if you try to make a 90 degree cut, it might not be 90 degrees if that's the case. it's recessed on this side, so I want to make sure that everything is level and that I don't have any problems with feeding through these wings. Alright guys, doing that level test really told us a lot, it told me as it went along. There was no concern with the height of the top, they are the height they should be, but it showed me that as I extended that level, these wings are slightly droopy and that's what I was afraid of just wearing them. supports It was never really my intention to just use the supports and I'm not going to do that.

I'm going to add some legs to them just to give them the support that they should have, so normally I would put screws in the center parts of the top as well, but since I'm going to put a T track on these wings so I can put some stop blocks or whatever type of clamping I want to make, I wanted to keep that area clear so I don't have anything in the way of my router when I make that cut. I will put in additional screws after the T-rail is in place to make sure the tops are secured.

Then it was time to start working on the legs so you can find a level part of whatever surface you are going to work on and at that point you measure from the floor to the center of that wing to know where the bolt will need to go. , so I made my marks. and then once I made my markings I was able to drill a hole and once I drilled it into the leg I lined it up with the center of the wing and then drilled a hole in the center which I then inserted. a carriage bolt with a washer and then I also installed a lock washer and nut on top, this will allow the legs to move freely without the bolt coming loose and then I simply repeated the process with all the remaining legs below that I needed. to connect the legs so that when the legs move up or down they swing together and then I just installed some small blocks to stop the legs from moving too far.

Then I got to the fun part of being able to start installing my T-

tracks

so I measured everything to line up with the miter saw and then used this edge clamp which was really helpful for drawing the straight lines from edge to edge and I repeated this process on each of the wings below, I simply ran my router along my edge clamp on the wings to make my cut for my T

tracks

. Now using the edge clamp really made a big difference and It helped make the cut super straight and when I use a router, this palm router in particular is not one of the largest routers you can buy, but it can certainly get the job done slowly and steadily and the router will take care of the rest, especially when checking this mdf board after making the cuts.

I was able to start applying my protective finish and ended up using polyurethane because I think it does a really good job of not only providing that protective finish but also the way it looks afterwards. I think it really makes it look really good. I finished. I had to apply four coats of polyurethane on this before I felt like it was in the place where it was going to offer that protective finish that I was looking for and I can say since I did it that it has done a great job of holding against the running boards through it and, In fact, I've used it as a regular workbench from time to time and it's really done a good job with that, other than protecting the lids now, usually when I put the lids on a workbench I put a sheet of plywood under the mdf board to give it the support it needs, but due to the small dimensions of all the wings and the frame of this, it really wasn't necessary, so all I'm doing here is just inserting some two by fours additional directly under the T-rails just to give you a little extra support where you'll really need it, so now the T-rails are cut to the correct length, now it's time to attach them to the bench and I'm going to start by using an epoxy , then I'll place my T-track into the slot and then screw it in using number six screws.

Alright guys, here's the final result and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. It is mobile but it is also very sturdy, so you can move it wherever you want, in terms of storage or wherever you are going to make your cuts, of course, you have the wings that fold up for cutting. in the amount of space it takes up when you're not using it and then of course when they fold up they're extremely level, they're very sturdy, especially adding those folding legs that I came up with and I like the

dust

collection

. system doesn't remove all the dust but it reduces most of it and of course I really like the finish and the way these T-rails work, being embedded in this countertop they will really give me some extra functionality by being able to place my stop blocks for making repetitive cuts.

If you wanted to use clamps for any reason, you could do that too. Whatever you want to use on a T track, you could use it there. Of course, that's okay guys, so as always, I hope you found this video helpful and maybe gave you some ideas and some inspiration to build your own mobile miter saw station. This was really a fun project and what makes it even better is that it's really functional, so I'm currently working on making some plans to show all the dimensions and everything I have here today so I can replicate this once it's finished, They will be in the description below if that is something you are interested in, you can check them out and of course don't forget to hit the like button and subscribe.

I hope to see you in the next video. See you.