Tool pawn - new bosch 12" SCMS

**pellcorp** · 28th December 2011, 06:02 PM

Hi,

I was able to upgrade to a 12" Bosch blue sliding compound mitre saw - old style not the new glide type for $799 including two Bosch blades. It's a awesome saw and I am enjoying the extra capacity. I also am building a mitre saw station, so far just the bench has been built.

I am going to sell the makita 1040 10" cms that I upgraded from, my older ryobi SCMS and the portable stand I got from bunnings to help recoup some of the cost, you can see them all on the bottom shelf cleaned up ready.

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**crowie** · 28th December 2011, 07:27 PM

G'Day "pellcorp",
I have the 10" version and the only fault is the dust shoot.
I added a length of wrap-around fluted rubber matting coming down from the dust shoot to the cutting surface.
I now have better dust collection.
Enjoy your saw, they a pretty u-beaut.
Cheers, crowie

**pellcorp** · 1st January 2012, 07:13 PM

Update ...

I was experiencing blade wobble which was marring my test pieces. I tried both stock thin kerf blades. I got out my dial indicator and both blades have a runout of 0.15 mm. the arbor has less than 0.02mm runout, so I bought a Irwin 60T blade and that has a max runout of 0.04mm. and now I am getting great cuts without marring. so the stock blades are a waste of time!

I also realise the sliders have to be treated a little more gently than non slider. if you push the head it can deflect up to 0.30mm.

these dont sound like a lot but 0.15mm is enough to mar acut.

with these changes I am again happy with my new saw.

my next challenge is getting the mitre saw station finished. I have been working on then today and I have really struggled to get everything squared up. cdex plywood is aweful, hardly a consistent thickness.

anyway think I will throw my first effort away and try again, maybe with all pynewood (chipboard)

its quite a challenge getting everything square, its not like furniture where a 1mm variance is hardly going to be noticed (except on joints obviously)

anyway more fun tomorrow and pictures of yhe completed station if I am not to embarrassed !!!

**pellcorp** · 1st January 2012, 07:18 PM

this one is what I was aiming for ....

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Sliding Compound Miter Saw Workstation

**Scribbly Gum** · 1st January 2012, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by crowie

G'Day "pellcorp",
I have the 10" version and the only fault is the dust shoot.
I added a length of wrap-around fluted rubber matting coming down from the dust shoot to the cutting surface.
I now have better dust collection.
Enjoy your saw, they a pretty u-beaut.
Cheers, crowie

Any pictures of this Crowie?
I have the same problem - even with a dust collector attached it still does not collect much from the area directly behind the blade.
Thanks
SG

**crowie** · 1st January 2012, 08:46 PM

G'Day "Scribbly Gum",
My work bench is similar to yours with the saw mounted across the end.
I also have an engineers vice bolted to a block of hardwood for use in the QA Woodwork Vice.
You can see my slide out shelf in one half of the bottom level.
I've attached a "pdf file" of the setup c/w detailed photos of the fluted rubber curtain on the dust shoot which I add to try to help with the dust collection.
I catch 90% most of the time as long as the mini cyclone & triton are clean.
I have plans from Chris in Canberra to make a 2 drum cyclonic dust collector and am in the process of sourcing/sorting the parts.
Cheers, crowie

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**pellcorp** · 3rd January 2012, 08:06 PM

Well I scrapped the in feed and out feed tables and started again, and I am really pleased that I did. I copied NYWS ideas and did it all with CDex plywood - and it worked out really well. Within a sheet of paper of being flush (it's a sheet of paper under so I can shim as required)

I used my stacked dado set and glue, screws and brads

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**crowie** · 3rd January 2012, 08:11 PM

That's come up a treat, well done "pellcorp".
What are your plans for dust collection?
Cheers, crowie

**pellcorp** · 3rd January 2012, 08:17 PM

I am going to build a box in the back of the saw and connect to dust extractor

**pellcorp** · 6th January 2012, 11:59 AM

I have finished the additional infeed segments, these are temporary segments than are clamped onto the side of the table to give me up to 3.5m of stop block length

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**pellcorp** · 6th January 2012, 07:18 PM

And now finished the fence stop

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Copied from a YouTube video

Theirs looks better than mine but I guess it would coming from a finish carpenter with 20 years experience

**pellcorp** · 6th January 2012, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by pellcorp

I am going to build a box in the back of the saw and connect to dust extractor

I am not sure that's going to work as when I do mitre joints the box would have to be very wide, who knows I may still try it, just not straight away

**crowie** · 6th January 2012, 07:47 PM

You're doing a top job on the saw bench, indeed....pellcorp.
You could do a dust box out of mini-rib sheet with a dust collection shoot dropping down under the back of the saw bench?
Cheers, crowie

**pellcorp** · 6th January 2012, 08:15 PM

Side view of stop block

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**pellcorp** · 7th January 2012, 05:25 PM

I love this saw 320 mm cross cut - nice

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