Dr. P. Venkman
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One of these days, I’ll get around to making the changes I want to the wall on which my Kapex lives. I built a pretty standard, no frills miter station with a few drawers underneath and the cabinet tops level with the Kapex table. Over the years, I’ve discovered some things I wish I had incorporated and some things I wish I had done differently.
So I occasionally browse pictures of miter stations for inspiration, and I constantly see stuff like the picture below.
That Kapex definitely cannot make use of the full range of miter angles, and I’ll bet it can’t even get to 45 degrees. And god help you if you use the wrong hand to adjust it and slam the back of your hand into the corner of the counter.
I can’t tell for sure, but that box behind might also restrict the bevel cut angle.
Why do so many people put their miter saws in a setup that restricts their function like that?
ETA: I stand corrected on the 45 degree miter. At 45 degrees, the handle is (barely) fully contained within the width of the body. Which I guess is ok if you never cut greater than that, but still…

So I occasionally browse pictures of miter stations for inspiration, and I constantly see stuff like the picture below.
That Kapex definitely cannot make use of the full range of miter angles, and I’ll bet it can’t even get to 45 degrees. And god help you if you use the wrong hand to adjust it and slam the back of your hand into the corner of the counter.
I can’t tell for sure, but that box behind might also restrict the bevel cut angle.
Why do so many people put their miter saws in a setup that restricts their function like that?
ETA: I stand corrected on the 45 degree miter. At 45 degrees, the handle is (barely) fully contained within the width of the body. Which I guess is ok if you never cut greater than that, but still…

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