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I went back and forth over the Rotex 90 and what I bought. I currently have two different Bosch sanders that work very well and the main thing I wanted was the ability to sand into corners and small parts so went with the DTS 400 and saved some money. I think the 2mm stroke might do a better job for fine sanding but not sure. I would like to try a Rotex and see how it compares to the Bosch units I have before buying one.

Thank God I did not know that little tidbit of information because over the weekended I ordered this. http://www.bobmarinosbesttools.com/orbital-delta-sander-dts-400-t-loc-/p/567871/ If I had known that I would not have been able to buy another Festool product

Holy chit !

Just finished a book case for my daughter. She has a L shaped couch in her basement and she wanted a narrow bookcase to go along the side leg of the couch so she could sit drinks, snacks, etc there. She watches way too much HGTV and of course all you need according to those shows is a skilsaw, paint brush, screw gun and 30 minutes and you can build really nice furniture. I started off with cheap pine ($130 worth if you can call that cheap) which was laminated and full of knots. It did not take me long to wish I had bought better lumber. Her other furniture is really dark so I decided to use dye instead of stain to hide the variations in the grain. This method actually made it look a lot more like hardwood and looked pretty decent. It also covered a lot of the knots which I dont think stain would have done. Yesterday I put a couple coats of General finishes clear on it and today 3 more coats sanding in between. I will let it sit a day and then get it out of my garage. Daughters Got to love them.

Well sounds like a fun job !

That is a cool bathtub. MDF huh? Why do they build stuff like that instead of using a regular bathtub? I guess its easier for the before and after. As far as Lexan or acrylic you would be losing your glue bond to the grid below and relying on screws. Not to mention after a few weeks it would be a haze in my shop. But look cool for the photo shoot after you built it

Thats pretty cool. Have not see that done before. You are right there is no room for error so CNC would be the way to go. I would think those would take a pretty good beating. The only part of this project I am not looking forward to is the mess MDF makes. But for staying true it works much better than plywood.

Looks great. You should be able to put light stuff like push sticks, etc on the inside door too.

Yes, one of my favorite tools. I have had this for about 3 years but wish I bought it 30 years ago. Has a V on one side so you can drill pipe too. Your issue is very annoying and have had it happy many times. http://www.rockler.com/big-gator-v-drill-guide-standard?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_content=pla&utm_campaign=PL&sid=V9146&gclid=CNGg453e1NECFYa2wAod47gD0g

I have to say I like the wheel setup on your table saw better than most I have seen. Nice design.

Yes, you insert a banana and see how much it deflects.

I have brought this up in a couple other threads but will be starting a center island bench upgrade in the near future. I am waiting on a new wood vise before I lock in the top design. My objectives are: Super flat top so I can assemble wood projects and dont have to worry about gluing and clamping them out of square. Add some additional small shelving on the end for some of my "nicer" wood hand tools like planes, dovetail saw, Japanese pull saws, chisels, mallets, marking gauges, etc. Additional wood vise. I currently have three diebold bank cabinets with a 1 1/2" top mounted on it. I am going to remove the 4" base and mount them on an angle iron structure with jacking bolts so I can level the cabinets before installing the top. I need to remove the base because the new top will be 4" thick and I do not want to increase the height of my bench beyond its current height. Here is my current setup. Here is the planned bench Here is a section view showing the grid in the torsion box top Anyone built one of these torsion box tops? I have watched a view videos and seems the preferred method is using winding sticks after leveling out 2x4s on sawhorses. Seems like there should be a better way so open for suggestions.

I guess I was just shocked by the corded interest is all. Only because 95% of the time cordless is more than adequate. And regarding your comment about the battery wearing out. At one time I had a couple Dewalt impacts, 3 drills and a few flashlights just because it was more attractive to buy a nice kit with two batteries than pay $230 for no tools and two batteries So not arguing about the any performance increase but for most things its just not needed. But no doubt the long term value is better on corded tools and will last a long time. But I just hate cords. Vendor lock-in is a huge deal but I have finally got over that. Only took 20 years of therapy though.

Looks like you are in good shape then.

Yea no doubt about all that. I do a lot of steel work and my cordless stuff stacks up pretty well against any 3/8" corded drill I have owned. If I had to do some drilling in thick steel my 1/2" Bosch would make sense. I just dislike cords Thanks for input.

Yea cordless comes at a cost and what sucks is having that investment and having batteries start taking a crap. So I get all that and just asking

I have no doubt the bars will be plenty strong. The biggest concern would be what you put in it as far as weight becoming tipsy. Definitely wasted space down there that would be nice to reclaim.

What's a cord? Sorry to sound ignorant but what is the love for corded drills? I can see if you were at a bench doing repetitive drilling 8 hours on end but I have not plugged in my Bosch corded drill in 10 years. Cost? 20 years ago I had a place for corded stuff because the cordless technology had not evolved to where it has today. So school me. What are your needs that make this better?

Love the laundry. Girls OK too

Fine my me

If anyone has anything go ahead. If not, I will try and find something.

Looks good. I need to do something long term for clamps. I am clamping them to a board and it looks/works OK but screwing down clamps to secure them over my head is not much fun. I have a mix of clamps but mostly those F Clamps. Be anxious to see what you come up with.

Well one thing you should consider when designing this and I speak from failures If you are going to do woodworking then build something that is 100% flat and level. I have several benches in my shop. Basically six total. Two are for metal work and two of other four would be OK for assembly of woodworking projects like your end tables. One is on wheels and I only pull it out of the corner on big projects. The ideal bench for doing this is my center island bench that sits on steel cabinets. It works great for a lot of things but the top has some twist in it. I assume its related to slope in the floor. It looks flat but the twist is there. So when I start to assemble stuff like cabinets and am clamping and gluing parts together I end up with that twist built into the item I am building. Some items this is a huge issue. So my plan is to rip that top off redo the base under my steel cabinets. Weld a frame with bolts with jacking screws to start off level. Then I plan to build a torsion box top which will be 4" thick grid with hardboard around the edge. I watched a wood whisperer video and he goes through the steps on how to build one flat. Not sure if you want to go to this much effort but just wanted to share this as its fought me ever since I built it. If you end up doing woodworking you want something flat ! Below is a drawing of what I am building. I hid the top so you could see what the grid looks like.

What kind of work do you plan to do on it?

Does your bench need to disassemble? If not I would avoid legs like this and go with a more traditional braced leg with a short leveling device on the bottom. Just for stability purposes. I have a mix of castor types and leveling jacks in my shop. The best is what they call a footmaster caster which a ratcheting pad on it. They are stupid expensive but I found 4 new ones on Ebay.