Cutting 8 x 4 sheets

[Woodchips2]

If anyone is interested I can upload the drawing (pdf or dwg)

Yes please. That is a very clever idea although I'd have to adapt it to fit on my Stanley sawhorses. What make are your sawhorses?

I currently use a frame similar to a pallet that was advertised I think in Good Workworking but the disadvantage is storage and weight.

Regards Keith

 

[Dibs-h]

I work in 3D CAD all day long and almost everything I do on the workshop is first drawn in 3D...

Right ban him - this is just frankly not on! Come on Mods - Click on Ban?

:lol::lol::lol: Only jesting! I have trouble waking up dormant braincells from 20 or so yrs ago to get round Autocad in 2D let alone 3D. Just not fair!

Even worse in 1 handed mode!

Welcome to the forum!

Dibs

What was that Dib's you want us to BAN YOU :shock:
Well if your sure. May I suggest that you sort out your affairs, answer all your pm's, and tidy your desk, before we will grant your wish. Shall we say by 6pm? :wink:

Cheers

Mike

I need more time Sir - stuff takes ages longer doing everything one-handed! : :shock:

Mind you just managed to take my Nokia N73 completely apart - resolder a surface mount volume switch and re-assemble it back into a completely new case - 1 and a bit handed. But that's not helping my case here for a time extension - I suspect. :lol:

 

[TheTiddles]

If anyone is interested I can upload the drawing (pdf or dwg)

I work in 3D CAD all day long and almost everything I do on the workshop is first drawn in 3D...

I'm just designing something very similar to be made out of ply but including the legs, more of a knock-down sawhorse/cutting/asssembly table, all in SolidWorks of course...

Aidan

 

[chippy1970]

This looks a good bench. I have made the flip over type bench with the Triton stands thats at the start of this thread but this plywood folding legs one looks good to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4VTxEGyU0Y

 

[Solidmind]

Hehehe...

Here is the drawing if any1 is interested.

http://www.solidmind.se/Cuttin_board/Grid.pdf

Take care!

 

[Carlow52]

I have the 3m cutting guide from Hilti c/w a small circular saw.
I use 2 by 10 foot Alu ladders on saw horses or on the ground with what ever offcuts are lying around as sacrificial pieces.

The ladders also go on the roof rack

i picked up the ladders at the local hire-shop for 20 quid as they had got damaged and could not be re-hired

 

[dance]

It's just a small board with a baton screwed to the underside that clamps in a £7 Focus workmate clone, but the 'arms' extend to fully support a full 8x4 sheet and I just unclamp it and lean it against the wall when I'm done. My workshop is a tiny single garage so space is at a real premium!

This sounds good! Got a picture? Thanks!

 

[Benchwayze]

I can't believe I'm the only person to have thought of this but I cut 8x4 sheets resting on a couple of old pallets. If you arrange the cut so that it passes up between slats you can use the pallet time and time again and it provides excellent support for the sheet so it doesn't drop at at the end of the cut.

Aren't pallets full of nails? I realise you're describing aligning the cut with a space but there remains a risk, surely?

I've been using the same pair of 50" lengths of MDF for about 8 years - clamped in a couple of workmates. Plenty of partial cut marks but nothing that stops them doing the job. I suspect I'll still be using the same pieces in another 8+ years time... I work outside though so not realising the benefit of the OP.

With regard to accidentally cutting metal with a saw blade.

I cut half-way through the metal stiffeners, on the underside of my Triton worktable, stupidly setting the depth of cut too far into the slot! I was surprised to discover that all the blade needed was a quick resharpening. (By a specialist, as they are TCT teeth!). The saw cut doesn't seem to have upset the table at all, so I left it as a reminder!

I don't have a problem cutting sheets down to size. My local sawmill cuts all sheets to size, free of charge. I appreciate that it's probably in the price of the materials, but it feels free! It also makes transporting the stuff much easier and saves me a lot of time. When I have ten cupboards/cabinets to build for the kitchen, it will be a real boon!

Regards
John

 

[Mark A]

I usually buy 8x4's from B&Q Tradepoint because they have a free cutting service, its local and actually quite cheap (although the WBP plywood is cr@p!) But if I need a full sheet I've made a platform out of 4x2's which sits either on folding sawhorses outside or over the top of my workbench in my 8x10 shed and use my plunge saw. To cut up smaller pieces I usually lay some 2" polystyrene on my workbench - it's sticky enough so I don't need clamps and get stored against the wall with a bungee when I don't need it.

That's how I do it but it's slow and awkward because once I'm set up I can't do anything else

Mark

 

[morrik27]

I get the supplier to cut sheets down with their huge panel saw, I've been going there for a couple of years now, and although they never charge for cutting it saves a lot of time just giving them a cutting list. If accuracy is important I ask for it a little bigger, but the best bit is the consistany if I want to do large carcasses, for say a bookcase.

Even the shelves end up presice, rebate the shelves the same as the carcass then profile cutter to take the depth down.

 

[Mickfb]

Hi I am new here and this is my first post, so hello.
I have made a simple frame with 4 legs and 6x1 sides. I have 4 bearers notched to go over the sides both ways as table is not sq. I lay the MDF board on the table and position the bearers so you cut between them. This makes clamping the board easy and the off cut does not hit the floor ( or your foot).

Mick.
P.S what a good site this is.

 

[Benchwayze]

Hi I am new here and this is my first post, so hello.
I have made a simple frame with 4 legs and 6x1 sides. I have 4 bearers notched to go over the sides both ways as table is not sq. I lay the MDF board on the table and position the bearers so you cut between them. This makes clamping the board easy and the off cut does not hit the floor ( or your foot).

Mick.
P.S what a good site this is.

Hi Mick,


What a good idea you have there too!
Welcome aboard. Enjoy the banter too!

John