SKIL 80092 Folding Table Saw Stand
The stand and table (with fence) is probably around 45 pounds: with the bench saw removed (and it comes off in less than a minute), it’s easily tote-able …you don’t need wheels (supposedly, there’s a wheel kit for this, but I’ve not been able to... The thing is worth more than the saw, and makes the “folding” aspect of the table less of the focus than the table as a platform for the improved fence. You don’t use the stock bench saw fence (well, while the bench saw is dropped into the table). The extension table alone makes the Skil (and the Rousseau and Trojan) better than the majority of the “stand-only” designs of most manufacturers (like the Dewalt, Makita and Craftsman stands), even the folding ones. I saw the 80092 on Amazon (I was actually searching for an inexpensive miter saw stand, and stumbled across this), and as the price was right (from Skil Reconditioned), and LESS than a fourth the price of the competition, I ordered it. The quality... The fence makes the bench saw a joy to use, and a minor revelation as to what a bench saw is capable of: it becomes a tool in its own right. (Yeah: a cabinet saw isn’t a circular saw after all, and in the same way a bench saw really comes into its own with this fence system. even my dainty wife can tote it. Sure bench saws in general are noisy and *obviously* less precise than even a contractor saw, but you can save on mulch, and the labor spreading it, by sawing in the garden. The table isn’t limited to the Skils (and it will fit all models of those). I use it for outside work, onsite work, and when I don’t want to make sawdust with the Delta/Incra table that is my main workshop cutter …especially when I’m cutting crap wood that is NOT going to touch my Delta/Incra tablesaw. I have the Skil 3400A bench saw (you can often pick these up used for next to nothing on Craigslist). the 80092 will also fit Bosch, Delta, Dewalt, Hitachi and Makita benchtop models (several of these are direct bolt-ons, some you have to do some drilling for, but Skil includes an additional manual with full-size drilling templates to make it... You can be setup and making dust within an hour out-of-box (give it two hours, if you’re the klutzy type who drops stuff, or you’re an anal retentive type who’s wouldn’t dream of setup with using a dial indicator …I mean, on a bench saw. Assembly was easy, and tuning (to the table, and the blade and fence) was both easy and minimal and intuitive. The folding design is different than the Rousseau uses, and nothing like the Trojan (both of which I’ve only studied photos of, so YMMV). You get increased rip capacity (of course: there’s the right-side table extension)....