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Very Useful Features, But Not Perfect
The good:
Stronger than your typical work stand. Nice features like a built-in height guide, height adjustment crank, and clamping and tilting head.
My favorite of these is the fine-tuning height adjustment crank. Trying to get your material supports to the correct height is a pain (like the rollers/supports on a miter saw stand). Setting the height for stands usually means guessing, checking, then re-adjusting the height until it is close enough. With this stand, you can get it close with the main height adjustment and then turn the crank to get the final, exact adjustment.
The bad:
The clamp and the "locking" knob for the tilting head don't hold particularly great. But they will likely work for most applications.
The height markers on the side of the stand seem to be off by an inch. One would think that with the fine-tuning height adjustment set at zero offset, the heights marked on the side would be to the top of the stand, but they seem to give a reading off by an inch. I won't rule out the possibility I misinterpreted something or took a bad measurement, but I haven't figured out what went wrong yet.
I was looking for a work support stand to help support material like 4x8 sheets of plywood or extra long dimensional lumber on my table saw, miter saw, et cetera. They have dedicated 3-in-1 stands for this, but most of them seem to have poor reviews. So I went with the approach of getting a Rockwell RK9034 JawStand XP and combining it with a scrap piece of 2x4 and some roller bearings. It was a little more expensive the buying the 3-in-1 stands, but the end result is a much sturdier and more versatile tool system. The roller bearings I used can are here:
Set of 6 TruePower 1" Roller Ball Transfer Bearings
July 2015 · Tools and Home Improvement · verified purchase