I'm considering my next shop project, a cart for my cut off saw. 

 

I like the plan shown here http://fixthisbuildthat.com/mobile-miter-saw-station/

 

This shows 93" overall length and that seems a bit long. I would have to make the cart shorter than the one linked here but I want to make sure that I have wings of appropriate length.

 

Your thoughts please.

 

Edited November 24, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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Mine's set in/on a cabinet, similar to the one you referenced. Except it's not mobile. There's 4' to the right and 5' to the left. 

That's because I needed that much cabinet, not because that much room was needed for the saw. But, it does come in handy, at times. 

The linked setup is not any too long. But, to keep it mobile, it couldn't be a lot longer. I think you'd be happy with it at 93".

take all the length you are can get...

every so often you'll work w/ longer material and may even wish you had more...

@Gene Howe,

I am worried about the referenced wings being too long for my situation.

 

I built my table saw cart so that the table saw is the same height as my roll around workbench.

 

I thought I would build my cut off saw cart just as high but now I have figured out I am not as apt to move me workbench around as much as I thought.

Due to space limitations, my miter saw cabinet is only 3' wide, but I can use my RAS table (to the left) to give me 8' of support, plus another 8' of clear space beyond that. On the right I have 3' space for cutoffs. Also, the cabinet is on casters, so I can move it closer to the RAS to give me about 5' of cutoff room, but for that I have to use a roller support.

John

The bigger the better. I used to use my saw on the ground and had to keep stacking things up to set the other end of the board on. When I built my shop I put it into the workbench. I love it now. It is so easy to cut large boards.

 

51 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

The bigger the better. I used to use my saw on the ground and had to keep stacking things up to set the other end of the board on. When I built my shop I put it into the workbench. I love it now. It is so easy to cut large boards.

 

I'm rethinking my whole setup because of the cross cut saw.   I have seen a few pictures of a router table incorporated into an arm of the cross cut table. All of my reconfigured stuff is on wheels. I'm considering fixed placement of the cross cut table but if I do, I know it will be another place to collect things.

 

Thanks for the input.

1 hour ago, ACR_SCOUT said:

but if I do, I know it will be another place to collect things.

Welcome to not having dedicated shop space..."Hoarders Law" = any flat surface is directly equal to the amount of stuff piled² on the top surface x 2Y+1 of junk accumulated underneath...

In layman's terms...Good luck with that idea

If your work is anything like mine, the longest length of board probably won't be more than 8' long.  With that, in most situations you'll likely be cutting a minimum of a 2' length in most applications from the 8' length. My set -up though not a permanent set-up  gives me 4' from one end and 3' from the opposite end with some open space either side for overhang. With this, I rarely have more than 2' overhanging  on the side of the piece being cut to size. So 7' or 84 " has worked well for me, as a hobbiest in a limited space shop.

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Welcome to not having dedicated shop space..."Hoarders Law" = any flat surface is directly equal to the amount of stuff piled² on the top surface x 2Y+1 of junk accumulated underneath...

In layman's terms...Good luck with that idea

Dave,

You need to post this in the math topic... 

@Grandpadave52,

Piled Squared, got it.

I built my table saw carrier to be exactly the same height as my workbench. Both are on wheels assuming I would pull them out to use them.  Well that did not happen. The workbench has not been moved in a very long time because it is usually piled square. The point is, I was thinking about using workbench as one side of the chop saw.

@It Was Al B,

That is some great qualitative analysis.  Other than when I was cutting 10' molding during a remodel I don't think I have cut much more than 8' material. 

A lot of it is going to be based on how much room you have in your shop and if you will be using your miter saw in your shop only or if you would use it for off site for projects as well. My shop is a 3 car garage which I have to have my wife's car parked in it. So all of my big tools (table saw, router table, band saw, drill press, miter saw and work bench are all on mobile bases. I used to do a lot of off site work for church and when helping some friends with projects so portability was important for me. I had looked to make a miter saw station similar to the plans that you posted and chewed on it for awhile. But I decided to buy a Ridgid Miter Saw Stand and it was the best thing that I could have done. It gives 9' of support and is easy to move as needed as well as it folds down (with the miter saw attached or I could remove the saw in less than 15 seconds) and I can easily get it in and out of the bed of my truck and roll it where it needs to go.

So just a little food for thought.

Here is a link to the Ridgid site as well as 2 pics I pulled up.
https://www.ridgid.com/us/en/ac9945-miter-saw-utility-vehicle#

 

@Allen Worsham,

Where is the fun in that?

 

I'm sure I can spend way too much and spend too much time making a mobile base by hand.