Chop Saw Length Stop???

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I have a Makita 14" Abrasive Chop Saw that I am wanting to rig up an adjustable length stop so it would make it alot easier for those repetitive cuts. Has anyone done this and had any luck with it? I am looking for any ideas that you may have. Thanks!
Reply:Here's a few picts of the stop that I used to use on my trim table at my old home.It clamps on a 2x4 fence that matched up with the saw fence. I've aslo done a ton of quick stops for repetitive cuts in the field. Attached Images.No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Thank you DSW, the pictures help!  I appreciate your input.
Reply:Homemade one, all steel, with slots for shavings to fall down between back of fence and table.Bought a sticky back tape measure, so you dont have to measure and mark.Its on my cold saw, but the same thing will work fine on a chop saw.The table part is upside down 6" channel.The back fence is a rectangular tube- I think its 1" x 2".The actual stop is a lot like the one shown above- its a copy of a Biesemeyer miter saw stop.http://www.deltaportercable.com/Prod...roductID=13595 Attached ImagesLast edited by Ries; 11-14-2009 at 05:08 PM.
Reply:That is EXACTLY what I was looking for Ries!! Thank you!
Reply:be sure to put the stop mechanism on the clamp side of the blade. If you put it on the free side, the cut off piece can jam between the spinning blade and stop mechanism and then things get really exciting!
Reply:On the cold saw, the vise moves to either side, depending on what you are cutting.But also, the cold saw spins so slow- about 40 rpm- that I have never had the problem you describe. I put the vise on either side, just depends- sometimes the stop wont fit inside the vise, so I put the vise on the right, sometimes I put the vise on the left- both work perfectly well on a cold saw.Some cold saws even have vises built in, on both sides.