I had to make some holes for shelf supports in the entertainment unit I am making, so I set up
the Torque Workcentre ...I used the travel limiting stops on the Y axis… marked the distance on the sides of the boards…. locked the X axis …marked the back fence in line with the router bit… I used a spiral upcut 8 mm bit…moved the router to the backstop on the arm and drilled a hole them moved the router forward to the stop and drilled another hole… moved the board to the second mark and repeated step 1..
2 minutes later a full series of holes that all lined up for the shelves on the two sides of the cabinet..24 holes all in the right spots. And with the depth stop set all at the right depth too..
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14 comments so far
dustbunny
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#1 posted 1220 days ago
Soooo Sweeeet !! ; )
Lisa
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spanky46
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#2 posted 1220 days ago
When I grow-up I want to be just like you! lol
Impressive!
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stefang
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#3 posted 1220 days ago
If you keep this up Larry, a lot of guys are going to begging you for a chance to buy one of the Torque Centers.
-- Mike, American in Norway
joebazooka
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#4 posted 1220 days ago
Okay Larry, what’s a Torque center cost and where can I get one? LOL
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patron
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#5 posted 1220 days ago
” there’s holes in them ‘thar boards ” – gaby hayes
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mtkate
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#6 posted 1220 days ago
That’s so cool. Beats all the crappy jigs I make ;)
Karson
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#7 posted 1220 days ago
Larry: Another great use for your new tool.
But why 8mm why didn’t you do 1/4”. I’d have a terrible time finding 8mm shelf pins.
also a 8mm router bit wouldn’t be easy to find either. LOL
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Lee A. Jesberger
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#8 posted 1220 days ago
Hey Karson,
These guys down under can’t even get the water in their toilets to go the proper direction when you flush it.
mm, phooey.
Nice post Larry
Lee
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patron
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#9 posted 1220 days ago
so their eggbeaters work backwards too ?
an omelette that was whipped backwards ,
and toast that was buttered on the bottom !
maybe they are all left handed ?
might explain why they all live ,
’ down under ’ ,
and
’ out back ’ (LOL) ?
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a1Jim
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#10 posted 1220 days ago
The Torque workcentre Really does do it all. very cool.
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Todd A. Clippinger
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#11 posted 1220 days ago
I think this is a pretty cool machine. It is like a CNC machine without the CNC part.
I could see plenty of uses for the Torque Work Center.
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degoose
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#12 posted 1220 days ago
Thanks for the comments guys…
Karson… here in Australia we use brass sleeves in the timber for the shelf pins to go into… this stops the pins from becoming sloppy in the hole if you change the shelf height. The 8 mm hole is for this sleeve…the hole in the sleeve is 6 mm or close to 1/4 inch…the sleeve and pin are a matched set.. You probably have something similar….
Joe.. PM coming your way….
Jim… yes It does do a lot… can’t make an omelette or coffee yet..
and Todd If you would not mind… could you list some of the things that you can see for the Torque to do.?.. we may have missed some things..
I will be posting more as I use the Torque to do other things.
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Kent Shepherd
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#13 posted 1219 days ago
Larry, Funny you posted this now. I was thinking yesterday of different ways to use the Torque Workcentre, and this was one of them. Looks like it works great for shelf pins.
Thanks
Kent
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donjoe
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#14 posted 1216 days ago
Impressive machine. Outstanding.
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