My new toy... (pics)

Pbrown3701 · #1 12/14/2007, 06:10 PM

So I just finished my new saw and router table. Not really reef related directly, but it is where I will be doing a lot of my DIY projects from now on. What do you think?

These were before the T molding on the edges and the fence were mounted.

Snowboarda42 · #2 12/14/2007, 06:25 PM

Looks kick @$$!!

So, what are you gonna make?

jaws_too · #3 12/14/2007, 06:39 PM

nice piece, wish my workshop was as clean as yours.

rgaskins · #4 12/14/2007, 06:39 PM

Heck yea, that's SUPER nice!

Pbrown3701 · #5 12/14/2007, 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by Snowboarda42
Looks kick @$$!!

So, what are you gonna make?

Nothing for a while... This project took care of my "urge to build something" at least for a little while.

Thanks - I'm really pleased with the way it turned out.

Donw · #6 12/14/2007, 09:16 PM

Looks great but I can still see the floor. I need to send you some sawdust.

Don

dattack · #7 12/14/2007, 10:19 PM

What's the base/table made out of? MDF?

Justinandkrista · #8 12/14/2007, 10:26 PM

looks like a cool little setup that would be nice to have when ever needed.

Pbrown3701 · #9 12/14/2007, 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by Donw
Looks great but I can still see the floor. I need to send you some sawdust.

Don

Don - i'm very much an amateur compared to your wood working. You'd have layed some fancy veneer on the thing and it would have looked outstanding...I just put some enamel over it to cover up the imperfections. I vacuumed up the sawdust a little to take the pics...it is a garage afterall.

Dattack - Yes, the entire thing is made from MDF - except the sub base which is 2x4 skirted with MDF and a few hardwood cleats here and there.

Donw · #10 12/14/2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by Pbrown3701
Don - i'm very much an amateur compared to your wood working. You'd have layed some fancy veneer on the thing and it would have looked outstanding...I just put some enamel over it to cover up the imperfections. I vacuumed up the sawdust a little to take the pics...it is a garage afterall.

Dattack - Yes, the entire thing is made from MDF - except the sub base which is 2x4 skirted with MDF and a few hardwood cleats here and there.

Na i think it looks great and makes a little saw much more useful.

Have fun
Don

Justinandkrista · #11 12/15/2007, 12:04 AM

Yea for a little craftsman table saw thats a huge improvement and will make life much more easy. All table saws are a mess to clean up anyway, the work space is what i liked and the storage. Looks like you got yourself a nice garage. Now you need a project and post some pics of it.

marino420td · #12 12/15/2007, 03:54 PM

Looks great. I need to make a router table. Do you have plans? Or at least a source for your hardware?

jnarowe · #13 12/15/2007, 04:46 PM

Man that is sweet. Did you cut off parts of the original table? I can't seem to get my brain around a project like this. I always get stuck on how to make it flat.

draleigh · #14 12/15/2007, 07:48 PM

that looks great. you have plans for that or is it something you just kinda came up with. Anyway - it looks great

darkarcher · #15 12/15/2007, 08:32 PM

looks awesome if i had the space i would love to have one of those for my work

miatawnt2b · #16 12/16/2007, 10:52 AM

Excellent! Can you explain how you did the table saw fence? Where did the pieces/parts come from?

-J

Pbrown3701 · #17 12/16/2007, 03:57 PM

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Originally posted by marino420td
Looks great. I need to make a router table. Do you have plans? Or at least a source for your hardware?

The plans i used were out of old Woodworkers magazine. The only materials besides wood were some misc hinges and drawer slides and then i took the insert and router fence off my existing craftsman router table. Both would be easy to make without though.

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Man that is sweet. Did you cut off parts of the original table? I can't seem to get my brain around a project like this. I always get stuck on how to make it flat.

I just removed the rails and extensions off the original table and mounted angle aluminum (adjustable height) around the edges of the table. The top surface then sits on the angle after adjusting it to the right height.

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Excellent! Can you explain how you did the table saw fence? Where did the pieces/parts come from?

-J

The table saw fence was just purchased on ebay. It's a delta unifence model number U30. It mounted up pretty easy using angle aluminum again and the bolts that came with the fence. The router fence is a modified aluminum fence from a craftsman router table (i slotted it and added an oak facing).

hllywd · #18 12/16/2007, 09:34 PM

Hmmmm..... Gives me some ideas. I have a full size Craftsman and the table is never quite big enough, also when it's stored the motor sits against the wall making some open dead space for the area it takes to store the saw. On top of that the legs are a PIA and the roll around base just plain sucks and I never have enough space for the saw accessories! Thanks for getting me thinking about this, yours looks great!

Tim

RONCGIZMO · #19 12/16/2007, 09:47 PM

Nice job! now you can start making speaker boxes for kicker

cannarella · #20 12/16/2007, 10:56 PM

Very nice.

You will like that Uni-Fence. So easy ot adjust and make dead on. If you get tired of it ot need to add jigs on it check out the Uni-T-Fence. I got one and love it.

Best of luck with the new system. I am sure it will bring many years of dedicated service.

Andy