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Mitre saw stand

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We’re shortly going to be getting a Festool KS 60 and I’d like to get a stand for it. Festool’s own stand is expensive, so that’s out of the running without even considering its features. Any advice on picking a mitre saw stand that’ll work?
 
If you don't want the Festool one, I would probably make one as a cabinet or trestles.

I have the GCM 12 and the stand made for it. They fold up very well and are robust. However, these sliding mitre saws, with stand, are always really heavy and awkward to lug about. A lot of people use the Makita folding stand as it is cheaper (but not as good).

If I wanted the stand, I would save up and get the one designed for the saw.
 
PS: meant to say the Kapex fits on the built like a tank Bosch stand (which I why I posted in the first place :| ) and works fine, but the heavy duty Bosch stand is only a bit cheaper than the Festool I think.
 
Which stand do you have, Adrian? I see Bosch stands from £100 up to about £270. The Festool equivalent would seem to be the underframe set with extenders at £745. :shock:
(FFX prices inc. VAT).
 
Mine is this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-Gravity- ... 197&sr=8-9

I think it's the most heavy duty portable one that Bosch do. It's actually a good stand, but to be frank I would not want to be lifting the GCM12 on and off it very often. This has good arm extenders (too much slop at full extension but you can compensate for that. It also folds up with the saw mounted if you want to get it in a van or minimise storage space. However, even doing that requires muscle power that I can't usually be bothered to extend. I can recommend the stand if it is ever such a lot cheaper than the Festool equivalent. Tough as old boots, easy to wheel about, easy to level and a stable platform in use.

I've had it 5 years and it is a good as new.
 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/DeWalt-Heavy-S ... B004WG5BRU

I have the kapex 120 and use this stand on the odd occasion it leaves my workshop, I also have a few other SCMS that do go out to site frequently and all have the dewalt fittings to attach to this stand. I have a couple of these stands and they’re very useful, they’re easy to set up and can be used without the saw attached as a work stand.
 
I find the biggest advantage of the Festool stand is what I would call the wings, think the official name for them is trimming attachments.

With most portable stands the workpiece is only supported by the saws base and the little adjustable upstand things, I find the problem with this set up is the upstands are often not in the right place to support the workpiece or offcut so need constantly moving. The wings on the Festool stand give full length support which I find much better, also the length stops work well on the Festool but the fold up style on the others are rarely accurate enough to give repeatable cuts.

The Festool stand is expensive but works really well, think I paid about £350 for mine when I bought it and thought that was expensive!

All the other stands will do the job (I had my Kapex on a DeWalt stand for a couple of years before I got the Festool version) but I would upgrade them by copying the Festool wings and making some kind of plywood shelf which was level with the saw base and rested on the upstands to give full length support, you could also add a nice little flip stop.
 
Thanks for all the advice and info. I'll make something in the long run, but for now I went for a 100 quid Bosch stand similar to (but cheaper and heavier than) the Dewalt stand shown above.
 
I’d be interested to know more details about exactly how you attached your kapexes to the stands.

The Bosch stand I got features M8 carriage bolts with an M8 channel in the brackets through which the carriage bolts are intended to go. Because of the design of the brackets, the underside of the bolt is inaccessible which is why they provide carriage bolts.

The KS60 has 4 round M6 holes for attaching to a base as well as 2 M8 holes with hex recesses with a very shallow circular recess at the top. It also has 4 rubber feet attached.

While I’d feel better with 4 attachment points, with the hardware I have, I think the two M8 attachment points might be sufficient. The washer can sit in the top of the M8 hole in the saw with the nut and some of the bolt above the surface of the saw. (I’ll need to check the saw still has full range of motion). Does it sound reasonable to only use 2 attachment points?
 
Thanks Ian. I’ll probably clamp the front on both sides just to be sure. (When attached to the MFT top, Festool only has bolts in two places and the feet sit in the holes in the top). The protruding bolts do limit range of motion but only when both angles are extreme, so it should do for now.
 
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