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#1 ·
A Fair Idea Made Better

I had finagled this set-up to obtain a "taller" fence on the table saw.Raised Panel Set-Up
While this did work, it left much to be desired, and today I took a few minutes to make a more permanent solution. It couldn't be simpler…
I quickly gave the same drawer fronts used in the temporary set-up a rough sanding, then marked approximately where I wanted bolts with chalkChalk marks where the bolts will go
I then bored out some shallows for the bolt heads[IMG alt="Drilling "Shallows" for bolt heads "]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3930370320_5248654cfd_o.jpg[/IMG]
Then clamped up the two sides in preparation for drillingClamping the two sides for drillingDrilling to receive bolts
All that was left was to put in some spacer blocks, which I screwed in from the backAttached spacer blocks
And there you have it![IMG alt="New and improved "tall" fence"]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/3930370280_0bac3ce3a4_o.jpg[/IMG]
It's on there good and tight, is still able to be moved for width adjustment, and doesn't interfere with the fence clamp either! Simple! :)
 
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Thanks, guys! Necessity, Invention, I'm told they're related…
Good to see you back, David! Don't you know the bills come first young man, then the luxuries?! ;-)
 
#7 ·



I made something like that once.

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It was for my old Craftsman Contractors saw. I did some walnut cabinet fronts with it.






I also made similar jig for diagonal cove cuts. Looked pretty cool after good curved scraping.
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Hey Mike !!great shop aid …brought back old memories !!
 
#9 ·
A Router Table??

Well, not really, but I have the capability now…
I've been wanting to make a sort of Router Table ever since Bob Kollman sent me a care package of Plastics…
No matter what idea I finally decide upon, all of my thought's unifying theme is using the plastic as the top…
So I took a couple hours this morning to finally make the top or work surface…
I marked the locations of the screws with the 1/4" scuff plate that was on the Router and simply made an extended scuff plate. Then I cut another 1/2" sheet of plastic to beef it up…
I just had to clamp it up, and test it out… It'll work perfectly as is, for now…
Thanks, again Mr. K!! :)Router Table Capability[IMG alt="New "Router Table" showing Steel Saw Horses"]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4908048872_e9d03dd468_z.jpg[/IMG]New "Router Table"End View
 
#10 ·
well done there michael ,

if you bolt one end of that fence
you only need to slide and clamp the other
much easier .
if you have a miter slot
you will want a parallel fence ,
or bits with bearings .

good start place ,
let's see where this grows up to be .

now we can have a new box every week , LOL !
 
#27 ·
Shop Evolution...

I've got a small shop…
Personally, if I had unlimited resources, I would still work in a small area… it's simply less steps. But it seems like lately my small space has been shrinking… Wood finds and gifts, new machinery, and it is after all, the overflow room of my apartment…
Recently, I've been of a mind to clean it and re-organize, but it's a daunting task at this point… a rare, "I don't even know where to begin" type of thing… "Begin at the beginning!" you'd say, right? But it's not clear to me where that is anymore and, for once, I don't have a "Vision" of what I want to reach for…
But yesterday I was sure of a couple of things… I've had this old Craftsmen "Scroll Saw" sort of thing that hasn't been used for years now, and it was only marginally useful to begin with… It's not easy for me to throw things away, but out the door it went!!"Old Thumper"
I saved the motor (it works like a charm) and the roll-around that it was on. That was something I threw together 8-9 years ago, from a thick slab of pine my Brother gave me and an old hospital IV stand that someone had thrown away…The Roll-a-round...
I cut the upright of the IV stand with a pipe cutter down to about 2" and drilled a hole through the pine… simple…
It looks like it's crooked on the wheels, but I determined the center of gravity of the slab by balancing it on a baseball on the floor… and drilled the hole where it balanced… that actually worked pretty well, it's very stable…
With that "Platform" clear, it was on to step two…
When I got my jointer, I was a very happy Woodworker!! I mounted it the day I got it onto the old bureau I refer to as a "Bench"...Jointer mounted on bench...
Well, truth be told, it's the handiest machine in the world… when I need it… but I don't use it enough to have it be a "Permanent" fixture on the bench…
I'll bet you can guess where this is going!! That's right!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Rolling Jointer!! LOLJointer on Wheels
It fits right into the slot recently vacated by that "Boat Anchor" of a saw…Jointer's new home...
When I need to use it, I'll just roll it out, put a scrap of angle iron V-up in front of the wheels (to chock it), hook up the vacuum, and I'll be good to go!!
And the best part is…[IMG alt="I've got my "Bench" back!!!"]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/5435328092_ebe17740e8_z.jpg[/IMG]
I've got my bench back!!! :)
 
#28 ·
I have that same jointer (except with a Sunhill label on it), and love it. I must say though, there is no way I could use it that close to the floor. Too many back problems to stoop that far!
 
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Continued "Musical Shop" Play...

Every time it rains, I'm getting water in the basement shop. I've been here long enough now to see the flow pattern though, and to have discovered the "high ground". So I've been moving and re-moving the shop around… again…
I started with the Scroll Saw Table that I made back in the "90's. After emptying it off and out, it occurred to me that I had never taken a picture of the old thing…The Scroll Saw Table...
It's a sad affair that I knocked together out of some old Glass-shipping crates. The sides were already established, so I just tied them together with some cross-members, and shelved and sheeted it…
After a while, with the wide-open front, it started to rack a little… So I borrowed a trick I had seen, took a heavy hammer and flattened out a length of electrical conduit on the ends, drilled some appropriate holes, and attached it to the front. It does not rack anymore…
Here it is, loaded-up once again, in its new location…All loaded-up again, in its new location...
Once I get a little lighting, it should be ready to roll again…
I've had an old bureau in the shop for a long time too. It's an old beater of a thing, in the 1950's "Hollywood" style, but I've found it very handy for tool storage and table space.
When I was in Henniker, it received water damage from being in the basement there, and this mis-treatment continued here. I flipped it on end, to access the damage… The Water is making the particle-board sides disintegrate…Problems with an old Bureau...
I suppose most of you would trash the thing, and build (or obtain) new, but I resolved to save the thing…
When I was cleaning the cellar here, I found a couple of 2"X 4" Tees that somebody had fashioned and nailed to the floor joists above… I'm not sure of their purpose (hanging bicycles on maybe?), but I was very sure that I didn't want to be smacking my head on them!!
I took them down, and later apart… They'll make perfect new legs for the old bureau…[IMG alt="Some found 2"X 4" material..."]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7589013032_8b890da63b_z.jpg[/IMG]

As luck would have it, they were within about 3/16" in length of each other, so I didn't have to trim them…
A spacer board was used from the top to position them…I used a spacer board at the top...

Then I drilled some slightly out-sized holes to attach them. In order that they didn't pierce through and interfere with the drawers, I made a mark for the drill depth to accommodate the old bugle-head screws I used…Setting and marking the screw depth...

As an aside, I used the same type screws, to attach the project from the week before, the "blocking-off" of the two basement windows…Basement Window...Basement window blocked off..

Anyway, it was then a simple matter to set the depth on the drill press, drill, and to start attaching these bad boys…Screwing legs on...

And after a few minutes, I had a set of new legs for an old bureau!New legs for an old bureau...

There's Life left in the Old Girl after all!! :)
18 July 2012
 
#56 ·
Router Table Evolution

(In wondering where to put this, it was discovered that a "Shop Projects" series had already been begun, but an entry for this Shop had never been made… until now)

With the success of the recent Planer Table project, inspiration was kindled to build a permanent work table for the Router…
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You would have to be pretty long in the tooth around LJ"s to remember, but the plastics for the top were gifted to me nearly 10 years ago by our own Rob Kollman… It has been very useful, in conjunction with those heavy-duty sawhorses, in a host of applications! Drawbacks remain however: #1) Lack of mobility (always a drawback when it's a seldom used tool or machine in a small shop, or any shop!), #2) Those saw horses are indeed HEAVY-duty, they weigh a ton… For me, I'd rather have them outside, for all of that work, and lastly #3) I have no good way of raising and lowering the router in this configuration, it's a real hit-or-miss type of thing…

So anyway, a small table was fashioned to fit a previously, long-established top…
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A small floor jack, that was readily available, turned out to be 2" too long to be used to lift this beast, so a way had to be contrived…
Started, by making a bumper/scuff plate that fits nice and snug for the router bottom…
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Keep it simple they say, nothing simpler than the Lever!
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It worked from the outset, but some refinements were made…
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Instantly, infinitely variable for height with only one hand, while the other operates the brake/stop on the router's plunge base, nice and easy…
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Now I can start that Christmas project… :)

4 December 2020
 

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#57 ·
Router Table Evolution

(In wondering where to put this, it was discovered that a "Shop Projects" series had already been begun, but an entry for this Shop had never been made… until now)

With the success of the recent Planer Table project, inspiration was kindled to build a permanent work table for the Router…
Motor vehicle Wood Gas Automotive exterior Machine


You would have to be pretty long in the tooth around LJ"s to remember, but the plastics for the top were gifted to me nearly 10 years ago by our own Rob Kollman… It has been very useful, in conjunction with those heavy-duty sawhorses, in a host of applications! Drawbacks remain however: #1) Lack of mobility (always a drawback when it's a seldom used tool or machine in a small shop, or any shop!), #2) Those saw horses are indeed HEAVY-duty, they weigh a ton… For me, I'd rather have them outside, for all of that work, and lastly #3) I have no good way of raising and lowering the router in this configuration, it's a real hit-or-miss type of thing…

So anyway, a small table was fashioned to fit a previously, long-established top…
Table Wood Gas Hardwood Flooring


A small floor jack, that was readily available, turned out to be 2" too long to be used to lift this beast, so a way had to be contrived…
Started, by making a bumper/scuff plate that fits nice and snug for the router bottom…
Wood Gas Hardwood Circle Pattern


Keep it simple they say, nothing simpler than the Lever!
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Lumber


It worked from the outset, but some refinements were made…
Wood Interior design Floor Gas Flooring


Instantly, infinitely variable for height with only one hand, while the other operates the brake/stop on the router's plunge base, nice and easy…
Wood Gas Shelving Hardwood Machine


Now I can start that Christmas project… :)

4 December 2020
Now that is Genius!!
 

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