How I Built My Miter Saw Station - Lots of Tips & Tricks

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[@barthanes1]

Really nice design on your miter saw station. The edge clamp trick is perfect. You could add more storage in the boxes you used to elevate the upper cabinets of the saw station.

[@AquaPeet]

25:30 it's missing googly eyes! Gret workmanship Justin! Love how everything comes together and how you give everything a nice finished look!

[@timoerkens4184]

those transitions are godly

[@davebailey2296]

When I was young we learned from the older guys but now is seems I'm learning from younger guys like you. Really enjoyed this video. Hope to see more of you and your projects in the future.

[@_ErIc1976]

Ok the bike tube clamp thing freaking genius! Ok you got me I’m gonna watch more of your videos

[@mrcpu9999]

Loved the bit about using the small hole saw to make a bigger hole. I enjoyed this very much.

[@chrisp.76]

Love those handle pulls!

[@rodneysimpson5076]

that's a pretty cool trick with the bicycle tube on the pinch clamps... I will definitely be using that one.... thank you!

[@HDBoyWonder]

At first glance, it looks like an elegant coffee station in a modern kitchen. Bravo for going beyond the ordinary. Love this. I hope you have a shop tour posted.

[@robertsamagalsky1617]

I think the spring clamp/bicycle tube is a genius idea!!! I’m going to use that if you don’t mind. I will ofcourse give you full credit if someone asks!

[@JustinDepew]

Absolutely it's a good trick!

[@MadAsKiwi]

You weren't kidding when you said this was gonna be a long one, but well worth the watch. I especially like the bicycle tube on the clamps.. brilliant idea.

[@JustinDepew]

It's a tad long...Thanks for watching!

[@gregdeon705]

Great station , awesome build .

[@HippyRandallRev]

Man I wish that hole saw trick was real. Excellent video of course and good to see you back in the shop!

[@CRTF4Z]

Good job. Nice to see you back in your new shop.

[@SawDustMakerRJM]

Love how nice, neat and clean every thing looks in your shop. Great job!!!

[@csimet]

Nice build. I have sloped floors in my basement and the best trick I found was to drill holes in the bottoms of the panels (add some extra plywood to build up thickness if needed) and use pronged t-nuts & carriage bolts. That way you can adjust the height easily by turning the carriage bolts, as well as in the future if your floors move any. I'd also add some cleats under that drill press table top (glued & screwed) or rabbit the top into the sides... take the weight off the screws holding the top to the sides. ;)

[@musicbymark]

Super job Justin! Brilliant and original ideas for dealing w/ the dustiest culprit in most shops. Greetings from the U.P. of Michigan.

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks Mark!

[@craigpierre2765]

Awesome idea and those edge clamps are brilliant. Kudos

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks Craig!

[@williamodom2580]

Great looking miter station this is suggesting would it be better to have used adjustable feet with Jim nuts to keep unit level instead of the pine or plywood that would rot out due to moisture wicking up from the concrete. Great miter station and dust collection hood

[@walshesworkshop]

Great vid! Good tip with the inner tube on the clamp 👍 Loved the edging, especially around the drawer fronts

[@rayscrafield2106]

You are truly amazing. I'm so impressed with how your mind works. Your well thought out designs and all the planning really come together in each video. What do you do for a living? Your education has really paid off. Your parent should be VERY proud of you. Please do keep the videos coming. I know they must take a lot of extra time but I for one really do appreciate them.

[@LogHouseFarm]

Your workshop is so clean and organized! Looks great

[@andyharrington3516]

looks great. love the design.

[@henrysara7716]

Justin great works, congrats

[@ManCrafting]

That’s simply amazing. That is a ton of work. That said, you will benefit from it every time you go in the shop. Thanks for sharing the process. Lots of great ideas.

[@christopherdrzal3672]

It's great to see you making videos again - and more often! Your attention to detail is amazing.

[@MrKiingfsh]

love the spring clamp hax - Thanks

[@billhickman6455]

Recently found your site, very nice work, many great ideas, and best of all you are sharing with us!!! Thank you...

[@JustinDepew]

Glad to have you around Bill!

[@boikenc]

Looking forward to the Dust Collection Mod to the Drill-press. Thanks for sharing!

[@johnbarlow6546]

Justin, greetings from the UK in these difficult times. Excellent project and well worth watching. I am part way through building your strip sander. Regards

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks John! Let me know how the sander turns out.

[@patchesofgreen3832]

I really like how you installed the the drill press into the project. You are making very efficient use of your space.

[@robertrobinson3597]

After fighting dust collection for several years, I finally got smart. I opened the garage door, rolled out my jobsite saw and my planner and let fly with the sawdust.Of course, I have to work fast in the summer here in AZ.

[@JustinDepew]

That won't work too long in the Minnesota winter!

[@JosephQPublic]

Smart until a nice gust of wind blows the dust back into the garage. I know from first hand experience - but at least I get a nice tan working in the drive way!

[@alancongratssoonyoullhead5273]

Great job, just beautiful, love it 👍🏼👍🏼

[@tonysplace8009]

Excellent 👍 system as usual in your work! Keep'em coming.

[@rodv7779]

Fantastic build mate - Love those 3D printed pulls! Just subscribed and looking forward to seeing more of your great content! Cheers mate!

[@robertstigter9195]

It was worth, waiting for you to be back after such a long time. Good video with some very good tricks (Love edge banding with solid wood instead of adhesive tape) and excellent engineering. Hope to see you more regularly in you new shop now. Rgds from Germany.

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks Robert!

[@mikelabyrinth]

Beautiful. And immensely practical. Great work!

[@waynemahler2015]

Good video and some really nice tips. Will have to check more of your stuff out. Thanks.

[@indyfastal]

Good video, glad to see ya again, look forward to more projects...

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks Al!

[@gthmcty111]

Heyyyyyy it’s the engineer!!! Glad to see you back in the shop!!! Great video!!

[@ecaff9515]

EXCELLENT VIDEO AND PROCESS GREAT UPGRADE TO SPRING CLAMP

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks 👍

[@tomr6666]

Great job, lots of very good ideas! One question, what about the valuable space you lost between the lower and upper cabinets on either side of the miter saw?? That's a waste of valuable space man! How about some drawers or cubbies? Really liked the bicycle inner tube idea for edge clamps or even just a little extra clamp padding to protect the project. Also, really liked your 3-D printing items! The auxiliary downsized dust pickup is genius! You should market those if they haven't been already. The drawer pulls I liked, but the door pulls not so much. Door/drawer pulls shouldn't allow dust intrusion, in my opinion, into the storage area. I look forward to seeing more of your videos, thank you!

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks Tom! I will probably expand the storage under the cabinets in a future project.

[@andrewbrown8148]

Nice build, Justin~! Several cool features that I'll have to think about as I'm building my own. Thanks for the video~!

[@daveknott4563]

Love the bike tube for edge clamp!

[@markojarvinen]

Great job, good video and nice entertaining value. Keep it up. 👍

[@tbird341]

Really good work on this miter station and the tips along the way. Thank you!

[@trustmeppl]

Channeling your inner this old Tony or Jackman I see. Nice build, interesting leveling of the cabinets, easy then what I did with a custom lower frame which dealt with a 1" to 4" over 12' drop over my garage concrete.

[@befmx31]

The 3d printed stuff is pretty damn slick!

[@KetterHomeImprovements]

Good Job Justin. Just found your channel today and hit the subscribe button... and smashed the like button.

[@JustinDepew]

Glad to have you around!

[@jackknows6509]

Great ingenuity Justin. Really nice project and completion. I do like the 3D printed handles. Very nice. Do try to calm down, you seemed a little stressed, just kidding. This is an excellent video!!!

[@cwadub]

Looking really good. Well thought out with some great design features!

[@HGANGHONY]

Great build!

[@lakebum6211]

Nice! I got a kick out of the humor and very creative editing.

[@JustinDepew]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mrmurrayman]

"...all you really need is the right size hole saw and a good whack" Brilliant!

[@corydriver7634]

Awesome idea with the edge clamp I’ll be using that. That knee wall to the right of your miter-saw station looks like it may have some drainage issues on the outside.

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks, yeah there's no gutter on the garage so all the water gets dumped right by the foundation.

[@Griswald2000]

nice work.

[@JoeyRileyD]

Can’t wait to build something like this in my shop! Thanks kutgw

[@Yackhammer75]

Love the build, plus it gives you some small future projects for continuity. Such as the upper cabinet doors made to mach the lower as well as the handle on the dust drawer getting a remake to mach the 3d printed ones. Of course that's just my ocd talking. You do you and like I said great job all together on the whole thing.

[@JustinDepew]

I agree... Those differences bother me too!

[@AmuroRae]

I would have liked it anyways, it's a beautiful build, but I immediately clicked that thumbs up after that inner tube edge clamp tip.

[@big-irish-git]

I subscribed right then :-)

[@greglautz8470]

That was immediately when I liked and subscribed as well!

[@qualifierone8899]

Great video!

[@aerial_camera_video_imaging]

Nice work.

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks!

[@ryandetzel6530]

Bike tube YES ... I save all my inner tubes they are great for tons of stuff but this is the first I've seen them used like this ... Wish I knew that trick years ago!!!

[@trevorhoward6114]

Really enjoy your videos. You mentioned you did the math and determined you needed more holes in the downdraft top. What math? I am using your plans to build mine and don’t know how to do this part.

[@JustinDepew]

The area of the dust hose piping should equal about the area of all down draft holes combined. Determine the area of the dust hose piping using area=pi*r^2. Then divide by the area of the down draft holes to get the total number of holes required. It doesn't have to be exact, just close.

[@ecaff9515]

Thank you for sharing

[@neilf4128]

Everything you do is ingenious and well thought out. So there must be a good reason why you neglected to use that large space under the wall cabinets? To me, that seems a great place for small parts storage within easy reach while being a backing for mitersaw fence. Nomatter, I absolutely love your work. Great job.

[@JustinDepew]

I decided not to put drawers here because I figured it would be annoying to have to move tools and things that will inevitably collect on this work surface in order to get to the drawers. I'd rather not have drawers here than have the annoyance of not being able to open them easily. Maybe I'll change my mind about it later though. Thanks for watching"

[@JoeGP]

very nice, would love to have one like it, the one thing that bothers me is the wasted space between the top and bottom cabinets, there's like 8" worth of prime drawers space.

[@JusBidniss]

Great project! Love the hardwood banding, the straightforward elegant construction, and the precision on leveling the floor cabinets. Curious what use (if any) you'll make with all that space inside the upper cabinet pedestals?

[@alfonsobaker948]

instaBlaster...

[@zonnig46]

Hallo Justin, the shelf on which the heavy drill press has been mounted is only secured with 4 screws left and right. I hope the shelf will stay in place. It seems to me a little dangerous, especially when you put some pressure on the drill press. Thank you for the great videos. Greetings from Amsterdam The Netherlands.

[@GrumpysWorkshop4]

Gonna be building something like this in my small shop

[@TheLydras]

good to see you again :)

[@JustinDepew]

Nice to see you too

[@jayfoster5756]

The integrated drill press is a great idea. How has it been working out so far. Great overall design.

[@JustinDepew]

It's been working great! I really like the drill press there. I keep all the drill bits in the cabinet right next to it.

[@Warkive]

Really like some of the design elements. Curious though why you chose to abandon that space between the upper cabinets and the counter.

[@JustinDepew]

Nice initials :) The main reason I did not put drawers there is because I'm always putting things/tools on the counter there while I'm working and it would be very annoying to access any drawers in that space because there would always be stuff in the way of opening a drawer. So I'm saving myself the frustration by not putting any storage there. I wish I would have put the cabinets up higher another 2 inches because I often knock over my drill/driver that's sitting on the counter when I go to open a cabinet door.

[@Boiler98]

How much space do you have to the right of the saw? I'll be building my (much less fancy) station in a few weeks but am still trying to decide just how much space I need to the side that butts up against the wall. Do you find that the space you have is enough or would you have given yourself more if you could?

[@wafen40]

I don't know if it's just me, but I see what looks like a lot of Menard tools. I'm in the Twin Cities, so I have quite a few of their tools. BTW, great miter saw cabinet!

[@JustinDepew]

You're right. I do have some stuff bought at Menards.

[@zafarsyed6437]

That was great. Saw it when you 1st uploaded, but watched again 11 months later, and it's still a good watch. However, I do have to ask, did you ever seal those cinder blocks with waterproofing paint? Also, my 8 year old son saw this and thought I should update my hole saw skills, since you did it so easily... he asked why I made so much noise and sawdust if other people don't... 🤐

[@davesandler3743]

only suggestion would be cubbies or drawers under the upper cabinets. the dead space of the risers kills me. lolol

[@boblawson508]

Can you post a video of how well that dust collection works with the downdraft and the 4" pipe up to the ceiling? Ive been looking into making one of these.

[@JustinDepew]

Sure I can show that in a future video.

[@williamodom2580]

What would the dimensions of the four cabinets you installed on the miter saw station planning on building one and will probably buy unfinished cabinets and finish with Polly

[@summs_shop1300]

Man! That tube clamp is flipping genius! Those bad boys are pricy at any online wood shop

[@dansarfert3585]

Really great build and an excellent design! What size is your shop there?

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks Dan! It's about 10ftx20ft

[@robertsamagalsky1617]

What is the make and model of your desktop drill press and how do you like it so far?

[@JustinDepew]

Craftsman 12". For the money I have no complaints. It's been good and has enough power.

[@_ErIc1976]

I want to re design my shop now

[@Bennyboy-dog]

Very nice Justin...full of innovation! Do you need to align the slots on either side of the mitre saw with the mitre saw and each other very accurately? I realise they are used for your adjustable end stops, but they could be used as extensions to the mitre saw fence to aid cutting longer lengths. Am I over thinking this? :)

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks for the comment. No they don't need to be aligned. Only the fence on the miter saw is needed. You don't really need extended fences to cut long pieces.

[@Bennyboy-dog]

@@JustinDepew Thanks Justin.

[@selulancie]

Nice build! The only thing I would have done differently is perhaps add drawers or something to the volume lost below the upper shelves, to min-max the storage :)

[@JustinDepew]

I contemplated this, but decided against it. My thought was that there will often be tools and stuff set on the work surface while working on a project. And then to get into the drawers I would have to clean all the tools and stuff off to open them. Well see how it goes.

[@neilf4128]

@@JustinDepew No matter, that answers my question. But in such a small space, I imagine your pretty tidy anyway and small parts are a must for an engineer.

[@jasonf5920]

Fuckin' finally... someone who finishes all of the wood BEFORE assembly. Thank you.

[@90Davidea]

Bought this for my friend for his birthday, and he loves it. Father-in-law was a little jealous, even. :) Built solid, but light enough to move around for projects. Easy to use kzbin.infoUgkxPeGkHOMe05FySypTOvYumxMn-xi39oRe and makes great precision cuts. Doesn't come with a laser mount, but the fence is straight as an arrow and if you measure carefully, it's not a problem. Can handle dimensional lumber with ease, but of course, there's a limit to how thick. Handled a 4x4" post without a problem, but 4x6" we had to flip and cut twice. Only thing we've noticed is make sure to tighten the nut that holds the saw blade when you take it out of the box and maybe check up on it occasionally. For some, this is probably a no-brainer, but we neglected to do this and a few months in, found the motor running but the blade spinning at about half speed or less. Tightened the nut, and problem was solved. Very happy with this purchase. Dewalt makes sturdy stuff.

[@grumpygoat4729]

Great video. What size is your workshop?

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks. It's about 10'x20'

[@fabriziodiclemente710]

Hi Justin, why you don't 3d printed the same pull of the drawers also for the doors? Just to prevent entering sawdust. Anyways it's a very good job, I really liked it!!! As always thumbs up!!!

[@JustinDepew]

Mostly because I hadn't thought of the design of the drawer pull yet when I was making the ones for the doors. The hole wasn't too big of a deal on the doors. It's okay if a little dust gets in there but I'm sure it won't be much.

[@justjames9246]

HAHAHAHAHA . .. The clamp is worth the time to watch!!!! Nice idea!! Any reference on videos on 3D printing those handles?

[@andrewmittelstadt3270]

Are you going to add drawers to under the top cabinets in the future?

[@JustinDepew]

Possible future project

[@peterdejoseph5197]

What program do you use to desige your items/

[@transformationofthebride2295]

What brand of 3d printer do you use

[@RiCo-pi3qo]

Thank you for posting the 3d models. I was going to have my son print them but his printer in no longer. I'm new to this 3d printing world. Any suggestions on where to get them printed?

[@JustinDepew]

There are online services that can 3D print objects for you, although I have never used them so I can't vouch for a single one is particular. Which models are you interested in? I could print some for you for a fee.

[@RiCo-pi3qo]

@@JustinDepew Thank you for that. It's very expensive to use another service. I need one of the Dewalt hose adapter and 2 of the 4" PVC to Shop-Vac hose 45 degree

[@georgekapralos6549]

Nice tips Well done Loved the drawer pulls Is the 3D file available?

[@JustinDepew]

I will upload and post a link in the description.

[@CB71SS]

What size shop do you have? I am fixing to buy a shed and I don't have a lot of room, maybe a 10' X 12' or 10' X 16'.

[@JustinDepew]

A little under 10'x20'

[@SKTWoodDesign]

Great work. What model is your dust extractor?

[@JustinDepew]

Harbor freight 2HP

[@delmardade4291]

Great build! I'm curious where you got the hose that runs from your saw to the DC Tube.. I've looked all over and can't find anything to fit the dewalt saw!

[@JustinDepew]

It's a regular shop vac hose. The adapter to the saw is 3D printed.

[@rufusTfirefly67]

Nice project and well done, as always. I really like using those deck screws as well! Did you cover over that outlet on the wall or did you cut out the back of the cabinet?

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks! I ran a power strip from the outlet to under over by the drill press.

[@gerrygilmore4337]

Great video as usual. but why oh why did you waste all that storage space under your upper cupboards

[@NASTYcraftX]

I recommend putting the dust collector in the garage even at the expense of heating the shop. It makes an incredible difference not having it vent into your workspace.

[@JustinDepew]

I keep going back and forth on this... is this what you do?

[@NASTYcraftX]

@@JustinDepew I vent mine directly outside. And I dont notice a difference when heater is on. I say stick in garage and run a temp line into shop, heat it up and run it for like 30 minutes and see if the shop gets cold.

[@JustinDepew]

@@NASTYcraftX I like the idea of venting outside but with my small shop I can't get over the fact that I can literally suck all of the hot air out of it within a few minutes given the air flow of the dust collector. Granted I only heat the shop on a limited number of days....

[@NASTYcraftX]

@@JustinDepew ya I understand. It only gets to like 35° here tho.