Hawk Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Just finished my first time taking my scroll saw with me camping. The bench I built for it is a bit much to get out of my basement and then set up and tear down daily when camping. It is on the heavy side. So my question to those of you scrollers that have traveled with your saws, is there a portable bench/table that will be easy to carry and still solid enough to keep any vibration to a minimum? The pic is my current setup. The table weights more than the saw and awkward as heck to get up and down the basement stairs. Chris Edited June 20, 2022 by Hawk Add pic OCtoolguy and Dan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, Hawk said: Just finished my first time taking my scroll saw with me camping. The bench I built for it is a bit much to get out of my basement and then set up and tear down daily when camping. It is on the heavy side. So my question to those of you scrollers that have traveled with your saws, is there a portable bench/table that will be easy to carry and still solid enough to keep any vibration to a minimum? The pic is my current setup. The table weights more than the saw and awkward as heck to get up and down the basement stairs. Chris Clamp it to the picnic bench. They're plenty heavy. Edited June 20, 2022 by OCtoolguy danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 The current one I use is now very transportable friendly. do know it can be adjusted to a table and break down and reassembled for ease.If your interested let me know and I can draw up some plans to help you. Hawk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 My father inlaw had his mounted to a sheet of 3/4" plywood. He had some holes in his truck tail gate ( not what I would do but..) where he bolted the saw / plywood too. He ran the saw basically off the tail gate of the truck. I've seen folks just clamp a saw to a picnic table too. I don't know how well it worked like that.. Harbor Freight has those foldable sawhorse stands.. I wonder if mounting the saw to a piece of plywood and then somehow clamping to those. I want to get me a set of these.. they look very heavy duty and fold down into very compact size. https://www.harborfreight.com/32-in-steel-adjustable-sawhorse-1300-lb-capacity-57807.html?_br_psugg_q=sawhorse OCtoolguy, Hawk and danny 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 Jorgensen Work Tables would probably work good for a mobile base. OCtoolguy, danny, kmmcrafts and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millwab Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 12 hours ago, Hawk said: The table weights more than the saw and awkward as heck to get up and down the basement stairs. Chris, does the saw have that much vibration that you need that heavy of a stand for it? OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted June 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Millwab said: Chris, does the saw have that much vibration that you need that heavy of a stand for it? Not much vibration, I've just noticed when trying different stands while getting acquainted with the saw that ones with some weight to it seemed to help the saw to preform better. Might be in my head, but something I keep in mind. Thanks to all who had suggestions, I believe I have great ideas to work with now. Chris danny and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millwab Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Would this one work better for you? Looks to be not as heavy as your current one. 1C902B96-BC58-4EA9-8A17-500295D3DB4D.webp OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.thumb.jpg.95d348aa76923344a5cab534cc1b3bc1.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.