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Hey Steve, I like the setup and don’t make a long fence. You just don’t need it and it will always be in the way (IMHO). I’ve had a bench like yours for my miter saw for years and have never found a need of a fence longer than the one on the saw. The shop is looking good.

The fence comes in handy for using stops on repeat cuts… Nice setup, gotta get around to making one of these sometime soon.

Nice looking set up. You have a very clean and organized shop.

Very nice Steve…..and cleaner than my kitchen for sure. Great use of ikea stuff in my opinion…..
I like the removable fence idea, at least on the left side…..like Dan said….

Nice and clean Steve. But you know what happens with any horizontal surface…….lol
I agree with Paul, no additional fence. You can always clamp a stop on the side tables if you need repetitive cuts.

That looks good, Steve. Maybe you could fabricate a simple, long block to rest against the wall, fitted so the outer edge is at a fence distance from the wall. You could add toggle clamps on top of it to act as stops for repeat cuts, or a screwed-down block in a movable T-track.. Use the block sort of like an outrigger bench hook idea, to move along the wall whatever distance from the cutting table you need. Store it away when not needed.

Nice job on this addition, Steve. The fence addition really will come into use only if you cut trim and moldings and will take up space otherwise. And putting the bed of the saw level with the bench is the way to go. I did not go this route and had to put an auxiliary fence on my bench, which ate up valuable bench space. But I did put drawers in the wings of the fence for additional storage.

great ms station.i built mine last year,though not nearly as nice as yours.its a lot easier to use now.thanks for sharing.

Nice setup and great re-use of the Ikea material.
I wish my shop was half as clean as yours.

Very nice Steve. The challenge now, is the magnetic attraction that all flat shop surfaces have for clutter ;-)

BTW, I AM jealous…

Thanks People.
Those photos were from when I just had built it. The magnetic attraction has already started to happen. Here is a photo from today. I am building 25 kitchen cabinet doors and have started roughing out the frames out of hard maple. Starting with rough stock, it is a bunch of work.

I put a new Freud cutoff blade in the chop saw, what a difference. Also installed a shelix assembly in my jointer – again what a joy to use.
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That’s a great build Steve.
I like your shop. Very well organize.
You got a lot of tools.

Hi Steve. Just stopped by to say Hello.
A great station. I do also like the removable fence idea. But it seems that you have already chopped maple for the next generations.

So where is the problem ?
Everything has to be somewhere and this I would call a multi function
work bench assembly table and a fine place to store too many tools .
Great job recycling and putting it to good use

Sorry forgot to mention the clamps on the multifunction window sill .

Great build. Like the design.

Very nice work Steve.