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No it’s not purple heart and no it’s not fine furniture but it sure was cheap. I have about $2.50 in this project for glue.
Just before the building slow down, I was able to raid dumpsters across the street from me to get out quite a bit of scrap 7/16 OSB and a few short sections of 2×4. I cut the OSB into 4” wide strips, laminated four strips together for each leg and laminated 3 pieces together for the cross piece on top, leaving 18’ of the center piece open to slide my adjustment board for the 2/4 top.
Side supports were 3 pieces laminated with the center longer than the other pieces to serve as a tenon through the legs.
The leg bottoms were cut to 15 degrees. Where the top cross piece enters the leg it is notched to provide vertical support.
The adjustable center board sits at zero to match the other horse. It can be moved up and dowels popped in to be the same height as my table saw. I use this to support long pieces hanging off the side of the TS. So the lumber was free and it serves me well. The horses can be stacked.
The fine finish comes from paint left over from the 1998 homecoming float. You might expect the home town team is the Vikings with the purple. I got rid of it finally!!
The only downside of the project is that these horses are too darned heavy. They are okay around the shoup but you really would want to move them very far.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
7 comments so far
LocalMac
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posted 280 days ago
Yes! There’s nothing I love more than bargain shopping and it looks like you sure got a bargain. I like the idea of the adjustable center. I think I might try making something like that for the table saw. Thanks for the idea.
-- Don't tell her I'm in the shop!
Rustic
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posted 280 days ago
I love dumpster diving
-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI
WoodSpanker
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posted 280 days ago
Heavy or not, the price is certainly nothing to complain about! :)
-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!
slick1970
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posted 276 days ago
Here in my County we still have dumpsters for each commnity to throw trash in. Each county around us have Sanitation Trucks that come to curbside. Lucky we don’t! So therefore everytime I carry my trash off I always look in the dumster 1st. I have found some good things. Good find!
-- David, Tignall,Georgia
Shotgundad
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posted 253 days ago
I always look in the dumpster too. My wife HATES it! But I find a lot of good stuff most of the time!
-- Brian
Dusty56
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posted 218 days ago
Looks like a great idea and the nice thing about the weight is I’m sure it doesn’t move on you when you use it for outfeed support and keeps itself stable … I was wondering about the color and didn’t know if it was just a theft deterent …LOL
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .
Rob Drown
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posted 109 days ago
That is high class recycling think of all the glue you kept out of the landfill or smoke out of the cogen plant. What a guy!! And they work well too.
-- Sharp tools and thin whispy shavings make woodworking a joy.