Sanding Station

well done charlie ! great place for the new sanding outfit . i too am very tempted since reading all the favorable comments on that sander .

Beautiful sanding station. Good looking shop, from what I can tell. (As is clean!) I think my next power acquisition is one of those sanders.

Lookin’ good. How did you construct the carcase/face frame?
And I gotta tell ya, that reclaimed cabinet is pretty sweet.
Looks like a shrine to cutters, or something you’d find in a Wood Doctor’s office.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Thanks, guys.

Doug, I used butt joints, glue, and screws on the body. (In the second photo you can see buttons on the side hiding screw heads.) The face frame, as well as the door stiles/rails were joined with 3/8” dowels using my doweling jig (which I think is one of the greatest inventions since sliced bread). Yeah….yeah….I know I should be doing mortise and tenons. It’s just my way of bucking authority. <g>

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nice job Charlie. The portability will pay dividends. I do a similiar thing with my scroll saw & metal cutoff saw, both are on wheels but not on specially designed work like yours.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

looks good. enjoy your new sander.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

I guess I’d better post this to show I really do have the sander. <g>

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

ok charlie i know a photoshop sander when i see one ! lol

You got me, mrtrim. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

ROTFL. Looks real enough to me. And, Charlie I’m so over M&Ts were Kreg or dowel joints will do the job in a tenth the time. I don’t think you’re going to have kids swinging on the doors to your cabinet

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Nah… at 18 and 21 they are a little old for that.

I do see one of those pocket hole jigs in my future, though.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

There ya go, another convert! I have mine in a sanding/grinding station that was originally built as a prototype but soon just became a shop fixture. It’s built with fine woodworking materials such as 2×4’s and pocket screws. The sander slides out and locks when I want to use it and tucks away when not. I like yours better.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

That’s pretty cool engineering though, Tom!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nice Charlie. I’m trying to finish up a couple of small projects before I start on some cabinets and shelves for my shop and sander. The sander is still in the box in my sun room. My wife asks me almost every day since Christmas when I’m going to set it up. These things take time and planning, I tell her :-)) Your sanding station looks great.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Bill, from slitting the box open to sanding, the whole setup took maybe 10 minutes. You sound like my dad …when he gets a new tool or piece of computer equipment, the first several days are devoted to research, memorizing the instruction manual cover-to-cover, etc…, etc…. Me, on the other hand, I just yank the thing out of the box and start using it. Instructions are for when something goes wrong. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

That cabinet is way to nice to sit under a sander! Good job.

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Maybe it should be in the house after all, just leave the sander in the sho-er-garage.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

It must look very nice in your shop. Enjoy it.

-- Jiri