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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#1 posted 03-19-2009 04:43 AM
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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#2 posted 03-19-2009 04:59 AM
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
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Woodchuck1957
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#3 posted 03-19-2009 05:28 AM
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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#4 posted 03-19-2009 03:39 PM
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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#5 posted 04-06-2009 12:21 AM
Nice work!
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