My miter saw stand collapsed halfway through a big crown molding job

It happened last Tuesday while I was cutting a long piece of 5-inch crown for a dining room. The whole thing just folded up, dropping the saw onto the concrete garage floor. The stand was a cheap one I bought years ago, and the main locking pin had sheared clean off. I had to stop everything, prop the saw up on some scrap 2x4s, and finish the cuts by hand. It added about two hours to the job, and I was not happy. I ended up ordering a new stand that afternoon, a DeWalt one this time. Has anyone else had a stand fail like that, and what did you replace it with?

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kelly47016d ago

Man, that sounds like a total nightmare. I had a cheap stand buckle on me once, but it was my own fault for overloading it with scrap wood like an idiot. The whole thing just slowly sank to the floor while I was looking for a pencil. I felt like a real genius that day. I switched to a Ridgid stand and it's been solid, but mostly because I stopped using it as a storage shelf.

wells.evan16d ago

That DeWalt stand is a solid upgrade. Did the broken pin show any rust or wear before it gave out, or did it just snap without warning?

skyler_johnson3216d ago

Ugh, that's the worst! I totally feel your pain (and @kelly470's slow-motion stand failure sounds pretty rough too). My old stand did something similar, just a total letdown in the middle of a project. Good call on the DeWalt, that should treat you right.