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I built this stations for a couple of reasons;
- Needed a spot up and off the floor for my spindle sander.
- Storage for all my sanding supplies and tools.
- Much needed additional storage
I also took the opportunity to look into a couple different things;
- Oak and Cherry together.
- Inset doors fronts.
- A chance to use different finishes.
Well this is what I ended up with. For the most part it is an ok finish. I had a problem with squareness of the carcass, despite my best efforts. So I fudged the end results by marking the sides of the drawers with my compass like you would to mount a cabinet on an uneven wall. So I have a slight gap issue on the sides of the drawer fronts, but I omitted that photo (for my benefit).
At work we had some left over bits and pieces of 3/4 oak B-2 plywood, so that was used for a majority of the carcass assembly. The table top is 3/4 MDF with a laminate mounted on top. In the laminate top I epoxyed some recessed nuts so when I ran a bolt down through the holes in the OSS Sander, I had a place to secure it.
The drawers are 1/2 European Birch ply and I used a Frued Drawer lock bit on the fronts, another first for me. In the middle drawer, as you can see in the photo below I put a divider with some removable dividers to partition off for my 5” sanding discs. The bottom drawer has a couple kerfs in it incase I wanted to seperate something down there too. The drawer slides are K&V slides from Lowes as well as the drawer pulls.
The casters are 3.25” Colson casters from Great Lakes Caster. The front two are swivels with TOTAL LOCK brakes on it. They not only lock the wheel, but the swivel. I had rigid casters in the back but didn’t like the moveability of them so I replaced them with swivels as well.
Finish is a Watco Danish Oil (Natural). Three coats were applied to the outside, with the third being a sanding coat with 600 grit. I might throw a fourth on with sandpaper as it still has a slight fuzz to it in some spots.
Overall I think it turned out pretty good, despite some drawer front gap issues.
-- Kalamazoo, MI
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MsDebbieP
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posted 1041 days ago
character—not issues, character!!
We just purchased this sander. I really like your cart and the drawer. You can be guaranteed that I’ll be back having another look at this baby.
Thank you for posting and sharing your wisdom.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Quentin
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posted 1041 days ago
Nice station! I love that you have a central location to store all your sand paper!
2 Questions:
1. Why is this article called “Homemade Air Cleaner”??
2. How do you like the Ridgid OSS (that goes for you too MsDebbieP)?
Don
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posted 1041 days ago
Homemade Air Cleaner??? What am I missing?
Quote TaterSalad: ”Finish is a Watco Danish Oil (Natural). Three coats were applied to the outside, with the third being a sanding coat with 600 grit. I might throw a fourth on with sandpaper as it still has a slight fuzz to it in some spots.”
Spud, Mate, I think you will have more success getting rid of fuzz if you tackle the “fuzz issue” before applying the finish. The fuzz is woodgrain that has been raised by application of the Danish Oil. It causes the fibers of timber that have been crushed flat against the surface during the sanding process. When you rub your hand over the raw wood prior to applying the finish, it feels absolutely smooth. But as soon as you apply the finish this wood-fiber stands up.
The best way to deal with this is to make it brittle so it will easily “break off”. Apply a thin coat of highly diluted shellac (one part shellac to 10 parts methylated spirits). This is called ‘sanding sealer’. It will dry almost immediately. Now take 0000 grade steel wool, or use a freshly hooked scraper and knock off this erect fiber.
You will find the fuzz issue no longer arises (pardon the pun).
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/
TaterSalad
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posted 1041 days ago
Quentin, it is called homemade air cleaner because I was thinking something else at the time. I got one of them too, just need to post some pics.
DOH!
BTW, I have had limited use of it so far (got it for a steal). But what little I’ve used it, I like it so far.
-- Kalamazoo, MI
MsDebbieP
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posted 1040 days ago
How’s the sander? Well, I’ve used it, so that says alot. (Well, it says a lot to me – feeling comfortable around it is important).
I haven’t used any other sander so I can’t compare. Sorry that I wasn’t of more help
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Napaman
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posted 414 days ago
tater…this was not your first project post…but in the PULSE PAge…its one of THE oldest projects…I am bored…so thought i would go backwards and see the old stuff—-the oldies but goodies…very cool stuff…
have you seen LJ’s lately——10,000 projects now!!!
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jwarner75
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posted 342 days ago
tater,
never be ashamed of your Fubups, that’s what makes a woodworker a woodworker, I don’t know any woodworker out there, even a profesional one that don’t fub up form time to time, and they omit their fubs just so no one knows they do make them…
That’s what I like about Marc, I admit mine, it’s how you learn, and it’s how you get others to give you tips and hints and maybe tricks on how to fix what you did to better your Skills..
keep it up, i like the Station, i’m going to be building me one for my Combo Sander soon, but Going to be a little different, I’m going to use Dowels to hold my Sandpaper in, So I can stack it and If need be i can pull the Spindles out, it will remind you of a CD Spindle.
You But it will have more Dowels on it so it holes the paper Square or even.
Keep up the good work.
Handi
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Dusty56
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posted 241 days ago
I like your mobile stand ..Have you tried to use a mitre gauge on your OSS ? The slot on mine is 13/16” instead of the standard 3/4”......Everything else seems fine with it so far though.
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