SetBuilder
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25 minutes ago, ChrisK said:
Love it dude
My wife would put it outside in my shop and say enjoy your new work bench....
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1 hour ago, plumbfitter said:
Two Words..
Ron Paulk.
Google his work table. There are thousands of modified versions out there. Im building one for my garage in the near future.
I bought the plans for the Paulk table, but have not made one yet. If I do decide to make one I would have it done on a CNC machine.
I made a small version for the top of my box at work and it took me about 3 hours and killed a new router bit.
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1 hour ago, Jronman said:
Good ideas @SetBuilder I was thinking I could have the table 4x4 then if I need it to be 4x8 I can add an extension. Maybe multiple extensions with various function if I need. Possibly one with a laminate top so I can use stain and glue on top without having much trouble with cleanup, another may be a down draft table. Possibly one could have a spot for a router. I'm planing in the way future when I have honed my skills and saved a couple thousand getting a dedicated table saw with router lift. Never really thought about making a spot for a router table. Great idea. What brand of casters would you go with?
No particular brand comes to mind. I had no choice but to go with small ones as that way its close to my table saw height. But if building from scratch I'd go with larger ones.
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23 hours ago, ChrisK said:
Made a little more headway today. I wired in a junction and a 2 gang and a single, then headed to Mom in laws with my wife and son. Maybe some more tomorrow!
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkWhy drill out the studs to run the romex, you could have just hung it on the peg board? HA HA
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Thats 210lbs on there and I still needed to pull on it to get the shelves straight. Then I added 3 pieces of threaded rod for the top of each box. I did the same thing and put them in on a bit of an angle and had weights on them as I screwed them together. They should be pretty bomb proof even if loaded with all books.
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He should pull his videos and patent it before someone steals it.... Nice idea.
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Personally for a work table I would not build anything smaller than than a 4x8 as long as you have space for it. My two 4x8 tables I bought on craigslist as they both had good metal frames. I figured by the time I bought all the materials to build a nice bench I could just buy one already made and modify it to my liking for pennies on the dollar.
You can build nice drawers underneath, but again by the time you buy materials, you can buy a small Husky tool box, pull the wheels off and mount it under the bench.
Two things to think about. Make sure you have a good edge to clamp to, and plan on space to make a router table into the top.
At work we use plywood for the 4x8 rolling tables and we often just screw projects to the table. When the surface gets all screwed up we just slap a new sheet of plywood on top. Since they buy in such bulk, a new sheet of finished plywood is about 24.00
As Chris said, large 6-8in casters is the way to go.
Just my two cents...
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On 1/13/2017 at 4:06 AM, AnonymousJoe said:Same here I only use setting 1 on cabinets. I've learned the self tapper mode works best with short screws, if ur using it on long screws it can be painfully slow. It's actually a really great setting but I think it's more for thin sheet metal
I guess that makes sense. I finally looked at the instructions and the self tapper mode is for 20-28 gauge sheet metal. A lot of the stuff I use self tappers on is 14 gauge.
I handed it to a guy at work who runs all Dewalt to put a few screws in with it the other day. A few minutes later he comes up to me asking for the model number and ordered one.
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14 minutes ago, Jronman said:
is it on a leash?
A 13 ft one....
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Yeah, It looks cool but it might get old after a while. I have a crank base we use as a kitchen island that I want to put a big redwood slab on eventually. Currently I just have a piece of melamine on it. I also would love to copy the Leaf table I found a pic of.
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This is how I used the dowel jig to drill straight holes into the shelving. Since I was using 4 foot shelves I drilled them with a Kreg jog to attach them to each other. As I slid them over the studs I would clamp them together and put the Kreg screws in. Next I made some simple boxes to sit on top. Next I just need to add more threaded rod level it all out and screw the boxes to the shelves. It should be plenty strong.
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I had some time today and made some progress on the shelves.
I started by modifying a 3/8 dowel jig so I could drill into the center of 1in shelving. I spray painted the end of the threaded rod so I knew how deep to thread them into the studs. I just used a drill to drive them in :). When I drilled all the holes I put them in at a little bit of an angle to try and compensate for the weight pushing them down.
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My Festool ROS sander just sits there when I say stay! No need for a sitter...
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I picked up some more Ridgid boxes to day...
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3 minutes ago, overanalyze said:
I am done with my iron! Also I hope this torpedo level meets my needs...I am a picky sob when it comes to my torpedo levels...lol!
Are you the one selling the cut table plans on eBay?
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I picked up some live edge cherry for a project for a friend. Has anyone used epoxy to repair knot holes and cracks in this type of wood before? What brand epoxy did you use? will it sand clear or leave scratches? any tips or tricks would be appreciated.
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What are your thoughts on the settings? The first setting is so slow it is pretty much useless and the self tapper mode sucks. I was putting together aluminum frame store windows and the screw would start well but the speed would slow down so much it wouldn't even drive a 1in self tapper into aluminum.
The love the gun on settings 2 and 3 but the rest are pretty useless.
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3 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
I was hoping my 26" boxes could stack on top so that's cool.
I still like the Ridgid tool boxes better. You can leave them in the back of a pick up truck and not worry about the rain, plus you can stand on them.
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I would love to own a Felder jointer / planer combo, buy way out of my price range.
http://www.felderusa.com/us-us/products/jointer–planers.html
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Just now, JimboS1ice said:
Now thats just sickening, talk about neglecting a tool...
Yup, that and a dewalt miter saw were left on a truck in the lot. They did not even have to unload it, all they had to do was park the truck inside. The shop is about 60,000 sqft with 3 huge roll up doors.
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The plywood one I made stopped a 2x6 dead in its tracks on a kick back when it bound up. But I mainly use them for small pieces when I do not want to get my fingers close to the blade. The other day I was cutting quarter round to make shoe molding out of it, basically taking the thickness of the blade off of it, NO way was I getting my fingers that close to the blade.
We have about 8 saw stops, but I do not trust them as they are so poorly maintained.
Here is one that spent the night out in the rain...
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I do not see myself spending 30.00 for a feather board. I bought a few at rocker brand ones a while back when they were on sale. I mainly use them on the router table.
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11 hours ago, Stercorarius said:
I'm going to see if I can cancel mine. It was intended as a Christmas present for someone but March seems a little late for that. I'd keep it but woodworking doesn't get me my paycheck and I don't have free time for anything else.
See if you can change the shipping address. I'll take it and happy to give you something extra for your troubles.
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Since the feather boards at work are always disappearing I make my own sometimes. I find them quicker and easier to use, I just use two quick clamps to lock the plywood to the edge of the table.
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New work bench for shop.
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This site has some nice bench ideas http://www.theenglishwoodworker.com/the-english-workbench/