Made some progress the past couple of days. Started building the cabinet for the right side of the saw. I had two drawers that were intended for another project, but they were the wrong size so I’m using them here. I built the cabinet to fit the drawers and added a smaller top drawer.
No drawer slides yet…Gotta go buy those still. I was amazed (not in a good way) at the prices for the full extension slides. Once I started adding them up, I had a little sticker shock. But I guess, just like everything else, you get what you pay for.
Anyways, the two boards clamped to the rails are just there so I could get an idea of how long I wanted to make the top.
Comments (good or bad) and suggestions are always welcome.
Thanks for looking.
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oldskoolmodder
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posted 255 days ago
You can never have enough storage. It’s gonna be a monster to move around the shop.
-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric
EEngineer
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posted 255 days ago
Only 2 comments:
1. with all the work you have done, why preserve the stand? I’d fill in the space below the saw with custom cabinetry providing more storage or maybe even a separator to collect most of the big stuff before sending it off to dust collection.
2. Cheap slides- believe it or not, I’d recommend HD. They have good, high quality fully-extensible slides for a lot less than you’d pay at any of the woodworking outlets
-- "Find out what you cannot do and then go do it!"
Woodchuck1957
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posted 255 days ago
Well, since EE brought up the subject of dust collection on your saw, this is what works the best for me, and why. PSI dust hood
raf
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posted 255 days ago
EEngineer:
1. I know…I regret that decision now. I decided not to do it because since I work by myself, the thought of actually moving the saw off its base and onto a cabinet was a little daunting (in hindsight…lousy reason). I may still do something about this, but we’ll see.
2. I checked lowes, but they had a lousy selection. I’ll have to check HD.
Wookchuck:
I like what you did…I may have to “borrow” that. :)
Thanks for the comments.
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 237 days ago
Nice work!
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker