As it is with any commercial plans, I made my own modifications. Update:
After using the cabinet for a while the only thing I would change from the
way I built it is to install drawers in the cabinet instead of the doors
and shelves.
The plans showed installing a backer board to the
fence, thereby allowing for a stop system near the blade. A bad side
effect of that is width of things you can crosscut has been reduced by
3/4". I devised a different system. I have a longer stop block
that reaches from the wings over the miter saw base for short cuts. I also installed
wider fences than the plans showed. Also, I installed a fence the
full length of the wings.
The plans called for shop vacuum in
the cabinet. I just hooked it up to the dust collector. I have since
devised a hood for it (actually Wood magazine designed it). It
slides along the back of the cart on two electrical conduit pipes and I
move it to capture the dust when I do miter cuts The little hole
on the saw just
did not get
all the dust. I have found out though that the port on the saw got most of
the dust. Now it just shoots it into the hood and gets sucked right
up.
I took the moveable hood off the miter saw and made a
hood that curves around the back of the miter saw. I hope this catches
more of the sawdust coming off the saw.