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We have a thread going on showing our shops. I would like to start a thread that just show our saws. I have mine setup to suit me and I am sure many of you have done a few mods to make yours work for you. If we would post some pix I think we could all pick up some ideas.
I'm not sure of this posting pictures bit but will try.
I have a 20" Hawk and share my workspace with a car so everything I have is on casters so it can all fit in half of the garage, er, shop. The casters I used on my saw are from Woodcraft and are made to work on a contractors saw. They do just fine on the Hawk stand. I know RBI makes some as well but these were cheaper. I made a partial shelf to fit the stand. It has a cement block on it for stability. Probably could have used something better but that' what I have. I have both a magnifying light and a foot pedal. This was a lot of cords to deal with so I put an outlet on the shelf and plug everything into that. This leaves me only one cord to have to mess with. The tray is an RBI tray and is very handy since having to be moveable I don't have a workbench next to the saw to keep things on. The pedal is held to the stand with a magnet when moving the saw.
There is a dust collector hole in the stand under the blade. It is not very big but I ran my DC hose up to it. On top of the hole is the top part of a half gallon milk jug to act as a funnel. As you can see it does only a so-so job of getting the dust. Would like to try making the hole bigger to see if that would help.
The light is clamped to a piec of 2 by on the side of the stand. It is an inexpensive lamp and doesn't fit well in the lamp hole on top of the saw. Plus, I feel it would make the saw too top heavy when moving.
I would like to improve the dust collection, both on the top and bottom, and hope to get some ideas from you folks who have done this.
EarlinJax
I'm not sure of this posting pictures bit but will try.
I have a 20" Hawk and share my workspace with a car so everything I have is on casters so it can all fit in half of the garage, er, shop. The casters I used on my saw are from Woodcraft and are made to work on a contractors saw. They do just fine on the Hawk stand. I know RBI makes some as well but these were cheaper. I made a partial shelf to fit the stand. It has a cement block on it for stability. Probably could have used something better but that' what I have. I have both a magnifying light and a foot pedal. This was a lot of cords to deal with so I put an outlet on the shelf and plug everything into that. This leaves me only one cord to have to mess with. The tray is an RBI tray and is very handy since having to be moveable I don't have a workbench next to the saw to keep things on. The pedal is held to the stand with a magnet when moving the saw.
There is a dust collector hole in the stand under the blade. It is not very big but I ran my DC hose up to it. On top of the hole is the top part of a half gallon milk jug to act as a funnel. As you can see it does only a so-so job of getting the dust. Would like to try making the hole bigger to see if that would help.
The light is clamped to a piec of 2 by on the side of the stand. It is an inexpensive lamp and doesn't fit well in the lamp hole on top of the saw. Plus, I feel it would make the saw too top heavy when moving.
I would like to improve the dust collection, both on the top and bottom, and hope to get some ideas from you folks who have done this.
EarlinJax
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