185 days ago
by DSnyder |
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So, here is the current status. Doesn’t look like much progress from 2 months ago, but several things have actually taken place:
1. Built homemade belt guard (yes I could have bought one off ebay or from Sears but this was more fun)2. Installed safety switch and wiring.3. Added dust bin under the saw using scrap formica material. The design might be original? I was planning on building a “ramp” down to a hose connector, but saw this scrap and thought I would try it. S...
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257 days ago
by DSnyder |
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1. Start2. Finish!
So…I got the fence installed on my new table saw workstation today, and realized that I am way behind on sharing this. The problem is, any time I get on LJ I end up looking at other people’s cool stuff!
This is not an exhaustive list of the resources and references I utilized, but these are the ones that I bookmarked and came back to several times. Some of the other ‘table saw workstations’ on this site are RIDICULOUSLY drool-worthy. My goal wa...
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450 days ago
by kaaahl |
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I’m sure this has happened to other people—you start out trying to do one thing and end up doing all sorts of others. That’s the definition of yak shaving—one thing leads to another and before you know it you end up needing to shave a yak when all you wanted to do was (insert activity).
I have the bench top to the basic shape I want, including dado-ing out some chisel and saw holders.
I started to visualize the base of the bench—I like to get exact meas...
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1216 days ago
by Josh |
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The reason I originally found this site was because I wanted to make my tablesaw more ‘usable’. I have a small craftsman beginner type table saw and I wanted to add a wing or something to give me more support for cutting so I looked around for plans and found a ton of awesome work stations on this site. I guess the design comes from Norm Abram (sp?).
Anyway, I decided to finally get going on this so I took the things I liked from all of your projects and tried to use them in my...
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