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I just got a 12″ Kobalt sliding miter saw and need a stand. Found a Ryobi for $60 at HD. Got it home, but found out that Ryobi doesn’t recommend using it with anything bigger than 10″ sliding miter.
I don’t want to spend alot of $ on a stand, any recommendations?
My Home Depot has the Ridgid stand for 149 right now. It was 99 on black friday. May drop down again if you are willing to wait. It’s still a pretty good stand at 149 in my opinion.
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eddie1976 wrote:
23 minutes ago, eddie1976 said:I just got a 12″ Kobalt sliding miter saw and need a stand. Found a Ryobi for $60 at HD. Got it home, but found out that Ryobi doesn’t recommend using it with anything bigger than 10″ sliding miter.
I don’t want to spend alot of $ on a stand, any recommendations?
give craig’s list a try, or Kijiji I see them on there cheap from time to time and are usually not used much so you get a good deal on something that either works or it is broken……no guessing if it going to burn up 15 minutes after you get home….
comp56 wrote:
11 minutes ago, comp56 said:give craig’s list a try, or Kijiji I see them on there cheap from time to time and are usually not used much so you get a good deal on something that either works or it is broken……no guessing if it going to burn up 15 minutes after you get home….
Not much to burn up….I already have the saw, just looking for the stand.
eddie1976 wrote:
18 minutes ago, eddie1976 said:Not much to burn up….I already have the saw, just looking for the stand.
that is what I mean when your buying the stand only nothing is electrical to burn up or die on you I would take a chance buying used
Thanks for the comments guys.
I was happy with the Ridgid stand, I just couldn’t stand the saw ?
@eddie1976 would building your own stand work?
I bought the Delta stand for $149, the Ridgid was $199 at the time and they look almost the same. I have a Bosch 12 inch GCM12SD on the Delta and it works fine.
rfwjr wrote:
21 hours ago, rfwjr said:I bought the Delta stand for $149, the Ridgid was $199 at the time and they look almost the same. I have a Bosch 12 inch GCM12SD on the Delta and it works fine.
I noticed that – the stands look exactly the same
I’d be curious to know why the Ryobi isn’t able to hold a 12″ saw. It’s rated for 400 pounds (according to their site), a 12″ miter saw and the wood you’re cutting isn’t going to weight that much. I have a Ryobi stand and it seems pretty beefy, kinda curious as to why they’d say it couldn’t hold a 12″…
Kato wrote:
4 minutes ago, Kato said:I’d be curious to know why the Ryobi isn’t able to hold a 12″ saw. It’s rated for 400 pounds (according to their site), a 12″ miter saw and the wood you’re cutting isn’t going to weight that much. I have a Ryobi stand and it seems pretty beefy, kinda curious as to why they’d say it couldn’t hold a 12″…
As I have been reading and learning (more than I ever wanted to) about this subject it appears the issue is related to stability rather than total weight. I guess the slider coming forward or back off the stand might make it unstable and have it tilt forward or back, causing it to fall. I don’t know how true that is, but many of the stands aren’t recommended for 12″ sliding saws. If you want one, you need to upgrade to a bigger one, for alot more money. The one I bought is $60, but the ones that are recommended for 12″ sliders are about $150. I will try to use the one I have and see how it feels. If it doesn’t feel steady or stable, I will take it back and cough up the extra money.