Driver
11th January 2004, 09:41 PM
Here's something very basic. I don't have a dedicated workshop (yet!). So I use the back patio. This means that if I want my marriage to survive, I have to clear away my gear after a day's woodworking.
The photo shows a simple planing and assembly table made from an old door, attached at either end to a pair of cheap vice/sawhorse trestles (ex-Bunnies - $29 each) and supported in the middle with a basic sawhorse.
The whole thing can be taken apart in 5 minutes and stored away. It takes no longer to put together.
I use the vice elements of the end trestles to clamp long pieces for planing or sanding - in the same way that you would use the end vice in a real bench. Instead of bench dogs, I just clamp a piece of timber across the table.
It's a decent size - more than 2 metres long by 800 mm wide - which means I can assemble quite large pieces of furniture at a convenient working height.
We're not fancy but we're cheap! (Western Australian joke!)
Regards
Col
The photo shows a simple planing and assembly table made from an old door, attached at either end to a pair of cheap vice/sawhorse trestles (ex-Bunnies - $29 each) and supported in the middle with a basic sawhorse.
The whole thing can be taken apart in 5 minutes and stored away. It takes no longer to put together.
I use the vice elements of the end trestles to clamp long pieces for planing or sanding - in the same way that you would use the end vice in a real bench. Instead of bench dogs, I just clamp a piece of timber across the table.
It's a decent size - more than 2 metres long by 800 mm wide - which means I can assemble quite large pieces of furniture at a convenient working height.
We're not fancy but we're cheap! (Western Australian joke!)
Regards
Col