I wish I'd taken a picture, but I ditched the chintzy sheet metal
legs and replaced with some 2x4's, a piece of plywood, and 4
casters.
My friend cut the 2x4's to fit the bottom angles under the saw
frame. I had to alter on a bit by hand (not quite perfect but it
works) to route around the power switch. The 2x4's I screwed into
the plywood base, and bolted the casters underneath. On the back
side (the tensioning spring side) I put a piece of pegboard with some
hooks to hold spare blades while not in use. I plan on
polyurethaning the whole contraption so it's liquid resistant.
After poly-ing, I'll try and get some cross members between the legs
to support a drip pan, and on the plywood I'll add a coolant pump
system. Hopefully.
I went this route after I mangled one leg and had a lovely experience
balancing a circular saw (unplugged, thank goodness), a saw blade,
and the bandsaw, which was falling down. After recovering from that,
and determining that the leg was not worth trying to fix, I went the
2x4 route instead. It's much sturdier, and since it's on 4 casters,
can be wheeled quite easily around the shop. Two of the casters lock
in place, and the other two are fixed position casters.
Anyone else replaced the stand for their saw?
