Blog series by Tag84 | updated 02-16-2013 02:47 PM | 5 parts | 17614 reads | 27 comments total |
Part 1: trying to build cheap machines
Hi Lumberjocks.For about 2 months i’ve been sharing a workshop with Andrius Sta, who i met thanks to lumberjocks!We are still trying to arrange the shop, and we use eachothers tools. Which is great to share eachothers knowledge. I bought a cheap, about 80 dollar mini tablesaw a while ago, and thought about demolishing it and putting it under a better table.Had some boards left and decided to use them as table. I’m still thinking about laying a aluminum sheet on top, it’s ...
Part 3: shop tour
Hi everyone, I was in the woodshop today and decided to take some pictures. Andrius :http://http://lumberjocks.com/Andrius_Staand I share this space for about 5-6 months now, and it’s starting to get decorated better every week. The building we are located in was an old chemical warehouse, transformed to a creative hotspot for all kind of trades.Here is a list( in dutch) of the disciplineshttp://www.vechtclub.nl/xl/?page_id=593 Here are some pictures of the woodshop at night.....
Part 4: Clamp rack
I started building a clamp storage cabinet.For the Bessey’s this seems to work really well.Andrius noticed that they might stay put better facing down the other way.It’s just a small angle of about 10 degrees.Maybe a good tip for anyone with these type of Bessey clamps?
Part 5: finished clamp rack
I recently finished our clamp rack.Held together with alot of screws and glue.I cut out the upper shelf notches with the tablesaw, halfway trough the board and screwed strips underneath as reinforcement.I hope it might be usefull to somebody.