The far-from-ultimate Kapex miter stand

[fshanno]

It's not much to look at but it was cheap.  Despite it's appearance it's more than stable enough for cutting trim, demonstrating what a good idea the v-groove is.

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The table could be anything of course but they were clearing out the little miter saw fixture for the Jawhorse at $33 dollars so I got one.  Not sure if it's worth even $33 but what the heck.  You're supposed to mount a 2x4 in the jaws that will stick out to the sides.  It has rollers that that attach to the 2x4 to support your work.  I didn't have a long enough 2x4 handy hence the roller stands.  Using the 2x4 I believe you wouldn't need side supports to the ground for most work.

The little table is very stable and can be used simply as a table. 

I use the jaw horse to hold pieces for edge banding.  It can hold a cabinet side or deck up to about 60x24 pretty well.  Very fast clamp, much faster than clamping to the MFT.  I also use it to hold parts for the domino.

 

[duburban]

Hi, I think that your totally right about the "ultimate" stand because no brand can make anything to fit individual needs. It may be inconvenient to take off the saw just to use the jawhorse but that may be outweighed by not having to load another to the job.

I'm fascinated with home engineered setups here (crkpaul) etc... and this exact project is on my mind but my base is a dewalt miter saw stand.

Your material supports don't carry onto the saw base and fence to be fastened and cut in place to mark the blade. I'd prefer that but it would take a sacrificial piece/material support to mark the blade every time you assembled. I would also loose cut depth.

Your material fence has no t track with stop but a quick clamp is cheaper and has multiple purposes on sight. I was thinking about using aluminum L stock as my fence routered into a base but your setup looks great!

Can we include a saw hood in the r&d discussion?!

 

[fshanno]

Hi, I think that your totally right about the "ultimate" stand because no brand can make anything to fit individual needs. It may be inconvenient to take off the saw just to use the jawhorse but that may be outweighed by not having to load another to the job.

I'm fascinated with home engineered setups here (crkpaul) etc... and this exact project is on my mind but my base is a dewalt miter saw stand.

Your material supports don't carry onto the saw base and fence to be fastened and cut in place to mark the blade. I'd prefer that but it would take a sacrificial piece/material support to mark the blade every time you assembled. I would also loose cut depth.

Your material fence has no t track with stop but a quick clamp is cheaper and has multiple purposes on sight. I was thinking about using aluminum L stock as my fence routered into a base but your setup looks great!

Can we include a saw hood in the r&d discussion?!

The "ultimate" thing was a take off on Ron's excellent stand.  The idea was that this bare bones rig is far from the ultimate.  Just though it up while I was making it.  But you do have 9' of support on each side of the blade.  Not to be sneezed at.

Why not talk about a hood?  A starting place might be to look at the one Fastcap offers.

 

[Timtool]

it's not more or less ultimate than any other design, if this works for you then it's all you need and it can only inspire others to make their ultimate version.

nice work though.