PeteG
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At last I was able to make a start on the new home for the mitre saw which has been sat on top of a Workmate for several weeks. I cut the ply for the base a couple of nights back, but as yet none of the sides
have been joined. I want to make a slide out blade holder housed between the two left hand sheets, but I'll need to fit the runners before joining all the sides. It'll also be housing a dust extraction unit, front entry with a cupboard door, hose going through the back, and I'll be making up one drawer. I may router the door to give the impression of several drawers.
Today I made the wings which will support the side tables. I'd been a little unsure about the design on these until late last night and it was only once I was in the shed this afternoon,
I decided how I was going to make the cuts. I do have a very nice Bosch jigsaw, I'm just not very good using it!
Then I remembered a couple of Ron Fox videos I watched months back on making templates with MDF and double sided tape.
I hadn't used a guide bush before on the router but this seemed to be the way to go for the best result, which I know I wouldn't have achieved with the jigsaw!
Both sides complete! I can't put my finger on it, but I do enjoy using the router...
This will give you more of an idea of how the sides will look, and hopefully these will be flush with the top.
Before calling it a night I drilled the pocket holes in the back and also the hole for the dust extraction hose.
I was going to buy one the hole saw kits in Screwfix but when I arrived they had the Bosch quick release system ones on display. It's brilliant! Fits together in two seconds and is very secure.
This afternoon I drilled the pocket holes for the three sides, and for anyone like me who didn't know what a pocket hole was up to a few months back, this is the Kreg Jig pocket system. [ Other pocket hole systems are available ]
Before moving on to the blade housing I glued the side table hinge supports on to, and what will be the main base sides. This also gave me the chance to use my new G clamps, an "Axminster Mid Week Madness Special"...
On to the blade housing. I spent a while working out how I was going to do this, then I remembered the router came with an attachment for cutting circles. So in a 12 mm piece of MD I cut a large circle out
which I could then use as a template with a bearing guided cutter.
Thanks to photoshop this will give you an idea of what I'm on about I also have to admit and thanks to photoshop again, I don't have two spare blades and I've only made the one housing. I'll router the
second one tomorrow night. The image is just to help things look a little clearer in case my explanation sounds like waffle! I'll also add at this point, it would have been easier to pop the spare blade in a draw!
More to follow soon (hammer)
have been joined. I want to make a slide out blade holder housed between the two left hand sheets, but I'll need to fit the runners before joining all the sides. It'll also be housing a dust extraction unit, front entry with a cupboard door, hose going through the back, and I'll be making up one drawer. I may router the door to give the impression of several drawers.
Today I made the wings which will support the side tables. I'd been a little unsure about the design on these until late last night and it was only once I was in the shed this afternoon,
I decided how I was going to make the cuts. I do have a very nice Bosch jigsaw, I'm just not very good using it!
Then I remembered a couple of Ron Fox videos I watched months back on making templates with MDF and double sided tape.
I hadn't used a guide bush before on the router but this seemed to be the way to go for the best result, which I know I wouldn't have achieved with the jigsaw!
Both sides complete! I can't put my finger on it, but I do enjoy using the router...
This will give you more of an idea of how the sides will look, and hopefully these will be flush with the top.
Before calling it a night I drilled the pocket holes in the back and also the hole for the dust extraction hose.
I was going to buy one the hole saw kits in Screwfix but when I arrived they had the Bosch quick release system ones on display. It's brilliant! Fits together in two seconds and is very secure.
This afternoon I drilled the pocket holes for the three sides, and for anyone like me who didn't know what a pocket hole was up to a few months back, this is the Kreg Jig pocket system. [ Other pocket hole systems are available ]
Before moving on to the blade housing I glued the side table hinge supports on to, and what will be the main base sides. This also gave me the chance to use my new G clamps, an "Axminster Mid Week Madness Special"...
On to the blade housing. I spent a while working out how I was going to do this, then I remembered the router came with an attachment for cutting circles. So in a 12 mm piece of MD I cut a large circle out
which I could then use as a template with a bearing guided cutter.
Thanks to photoshop this will give you an idea of what I'm on about
I also have to admit and thanks to photoshop again, I don't have two spare blades and I've only made the one housing. I'll router thesecond one tomorrow night. The image is just to help things look a little clearer in case my explanation sounds like waffle! I'll also add at this point, it would have been easier to pop the spare blade in a draw!
More to follow soon (hammer)
