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26th October 2008, 03:03 PM #1Deceased
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Sturdee’s collapsible sheet cutting table & extra workbench/assembly table.
For years making a cutting table for cutting large sheets has been on my wish list, however with first my Triton and now my TS being fitted with the Triton sliding extension table it has not been a priority. Rather something to be done later.
But after my radical Prostectomy I have had to unlearn bad habits and relearn good one. This involves less bending and lifting. So manouvering large sheets into my workshop is no longer something I would like to do so the cutting table became urgent.
Having seen many types I decided to combine the cutting table with a removable top so that it could work as an extra workbench and assembly table. I also wanted the table to have tool shelves under it to temporary place rulers, pencils etc, whilst working on them.
Thanks to the assistance of Bitingmidge I settled on a height of 800mm, I used some old fold up sawhorses as the basis and apart from $ 5.00 worth of timber from Bunnings the rest is recycled.
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26th October 2008, 03:06 PM #2Deceased
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Making the basic frame.
I made a basic frame from the non structural timber from Bunnings as per photo 1 to which the old saw horse legs are bolted.
Next I cut some rebates into the pine stretchers so that they fit onto the saw horses – photo 2 and 3.
Finally I glued blocks on the saw horse top to keep the stretchers in place as per photo 4. These blocks were machined out of the original saw horses tops.
Peter.
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26th October 2008, 03:09 PM #3Deceased
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Making the removable tool shelves.
I found some discarded three ply in a skip (photo 1) which was good for the light weight shelves.
Photo 2 & 3 show the simple construction.
Photos 4 & 5 show them in place and resting on the bottom of the frame and photo 6 shows the simple fixing detail.
Peter.
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26th October 2008, 03:12 PM #4Deceased
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Making the removable work bench top.
For the top I used a sheet of spruce structural ply 12mm thick that was originally part of a packing case – photo 1. It had a bend in it from being stored incorrectly but as it was a tad short I glued and nailed some edging to the top which helped straightening it out.
Next I fixed some clamps on the underside to hold it to the saw frame itself. Photos 2 & 3 show the clamps closed and open.
Photo 4 shows the top on the table and the clamp detail holding it down.
Peter.
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26th October 2008, 03:15 PM #5Deceased
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Finally.
Finally photo 5 shows the completed unit.
I will give the top a final sand and then finish it off with a few coats of sanding sealer and a coat of Ubeaut Trad wax, similarly to the finish on all of my workbenches.
The unit can be completely dismantled and the folding legs of the sawhorses folded up and put away, but when assembled the top is rock steady and well supported by the stretchers.
Definitely worth making.
Peter.
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26th October 2008, 03:58 PM #6Hammer Head
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nice job, looks like some thing the festool boys would build,
better becareful you have changed your colours once from orange to blue are you going to green next
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26th October 2008, 04:58 PM #7Deceased
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No, that green although great is too expensive for me, I'm happy being green in recycling timber that cost nothing.
Next is a CS cutting jig. The one from Cliff Rodgers is probably the one I'll copy, but first I'll see if I can make one that will use the old Tritan saw carriage. Such a one would be more accurate in use as it will hold the saw on both sides and I could also use the old router carriage.
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13th November 2008, 07:53 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks very much for all of this, Sturdee. Would you give the dimensions of the top, please?
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