Scroll Saw Stand #1: Building materials and stand top

David
Mister Practical at work again, I see. Nothing like having the project partially cut out and dropped in your lap for free. Eventually will make a bunch of mobile stands, but that has to wait a while. Will probably start on that in 6 months or so.

This weekend, putting some embellishments on my sled, and going to make a temporary router table as a mod to my old purchased one. On call, so don’t know how much I will get done…..........

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska

nice find david. I like the clamps, unfortunately my budget is insisting that i stick with the hf’s for a while longer.

-- RKWoods

I really loved this post. The opening line was fantastic and I did laugh out loud. I also chuckled at the line about your wife.

I think you did a good thing, rescuing that pine from the dumpster. Well done.

I just bought a couple more Irwin clamps myself. They are really handy. I am not sure why I get so excited with each new clamp purchase, but I really do. I also salivate when I see one of those grown up shops with a gazillion clamps. It is completely irrational, but I just love them. Clamps are cool.

Ok, off to do some woodworking. Fun post. Thanks.

-- Brian Meeks, http://extremelyaverage.com

What are HFs?

-- Brian Meeks, http://extremelyaverage.com

Harbor Freight.

Nice lumber you have there.

-- Ohh mann...pancakes and boobies...I'll bet that's what Heaven is like! ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

Looking good David.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

You is off to a good start!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

When we lived in Washington State I would find lots of “Used Wood”, but since living her in the Islands, I don’t come across much myself.l But I am lucky to have friends that are on the lookout for me. It’s great when we can take someone’s trash boards and find a good use for it.

-- Hawaiilad Larry

Thanks for the kind comments all. Just came back home after the weekend. Going to see how much more I can get done this evening.

Jim – I know how the “on call” life works good luck this week. I am on call also. Though I am sure being the stork has a tad more pressure to it than the IT stuff. I will definitely be looking for your sled in the next James Bond flick. I am sure Q wishes he was alive to see :)

Brian – Thanks for the comments on laughter. I laugh at myself more than a little when I know that the neighbors probably can only see the soles of my tennies when I see something I think should be salvaged. I haven’t received any pocket change from them yet, but I am sure it is only a matter of time :)

Everything in my shop usually has to be tied to a justification. So any amount I save by recycling, doing it myself, etc. goes into my mental accounting books as a credit to offset the debit of my tool purchases. And this does not just apply to woodworking in general, but the overall spirit of doing it yourself. So, when i did my roof last summer, that justified a heck of a lot of tool purchases :)

David

-- There is little that is simple when it comes to making a simple box.

David
Gees…...thanks for the suggestion…...I think I’ll go break something in the house when Sherie isn’t home, let’s see, what would I need a big bandsaw for, well….....

I just may have to drop something really heavy on some of that Stickley furniture…............

Seriously, one of my first ‘real’ projects, after a set of book ends to get warmed up, is going to be a small end table, thin thing that sits next to one of the lounge chairs in my den. Sherie got it real cheap second hand many years ago for a smaller, and much less fancy den. There is some salvage oak in it, but it was never wonderful to start with, and it had been poorly repaired. I am sure I can claim that the legs can’t be cut with my toy bandsaw, and that will justify it. Can’t buy it till I got some room, unless I run across a real steal.

........and a money making suggestion for you….......find some sneakers with holes etc in them…....and then you will look more needy when dumpster diving…..........(-:

About to cut the sides for my router table mod. Must have the router table going when I do the stop block, as well as the miter arms for the sled. I got carried away with plans for the stop block system. What a great excuse not to make a real project…............(-:

Q is a tough role model…............

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska