Article: Cantilevered Miter Station
This cantilevered miter station is patterned after Chris Gochnour's design as featured in Fine Woodworking (Jan/Feb 2001 pg 46-47)
With
unimpeded lumber storage above and below and a large, flat surface for easy
material handling, this miter station was just the thing for the Saws ’N
Dust shop.
Set at 34" high, the workstation does not interfere with long cross-cuts being worked on the table saw. A keyed removable fence system makes reconfiguration fast and easy and reinstallation is exact every time. The table top also serves to support several auxiliary tools, such as a Krieg Pocket Screw jig, a Leigh dovetail jig and an oscillating spindle sander. Future modifications could include a blank insert to make a continuous table top for extra assembly space or other needs.
Of
particular interest is the miter saw dust collection that is built into the
design. Patterned after the method used in New
Yankee Workshop (by Air
Handling Systems), it collects from both the blade guard and from a larger
down-draft port directly under the saw. To date, it has been very effective
at collecting from this hard-to-handle machine.
As of the date of this writing, the cantilevered miter station has been in use for almost two years without any saging or other indication of distress. The design is strong and because it has no obstructions underneath, lumber storage has been easy to manage. I recommend this idea to anyone who has both the space and the desire to have “something differnet” for their own shop’s miter station accomodation.
A construction pictorial is available in the Projects
section of this site. 
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