Outfeed, Assembly and Router Table Build

[Chems]

 

[TrimTheKing]

Looking good Chems

Where is it going to live, where your current router/outfeed table is now?

 

[Chems]

Yeah just a direct switch. I heath robbinsoned that table, it was first a flat base for that big vanity I made, then I added 4 legs with a couple of screws to use as a nice big table, but its very unsteady with no cross support. Then I chopped it down to size when the new saw arrived. Its no good as a router table or outfeed as its to unstable and not quite the right height. Really looking forward to getting this done as underneath I'll have somewhere to store loads of stuff.

Can't decide wether to put a small square of down draft in, I'd need 413 5mm holes to equal the area of a 100mm hose. It'd be useful for small sanding tasks, using the dremel and bits over it. I'd lose one drawer on the centre section.

 

[mickthetree]

Looks like you're getting on with that big saw alright.

Did you manage to sort out the blade tracking? It was cutting slightly skew wasnt it?

 

[Chems]

Yeah I got it sorted, it wasn't the blade but the table. There was a built in adjustable mechanism for tracking its run. I broke it. So I used washes instead to get it in line which was a lot quicker and a lot less fiddly. I actually managed to get a full 8x4 12mm ply sheet on and cut it but didn't get a picture!

 

[mickthetree]

yes, I suspect balancing the board on the table with one hand and trying to get a shot with the other hand would be quite tricky!

Any progress with the planes? I have just recieved a 240grit waterstone today to address the back of the blade that was the same as your 5 1/2

 

[Chems]

I link you tothisto answer your question, not PT used.

Worst than balancing the board is how do you get to the switch one youve got it on?!

 

[Chems]

 

[OPJ]

SIP can do an 8x4:

...How do you turn the saw on/off???

 

[Chems]

Pre Planning! You need to go around to that side an put your hand around the rail an hit it. Not ideal!

 

[jedmc571]

Hi Chems,

All coming together nicely, it must be great having space

BTW have you actually done a shift yet since you bought the SIP :lol:

Watching with interest.

Cheers

Jed

 

[Chems]

I've put out one or two fires since getting it, I'm not stretching myself thou!

I find woodworking so much more fun with the right kit and I'm a real table saw lover.

 

[trousers]

SIP can do an 8x4:

I'm facinated by this.
There's a bloke in another thread who claims his very similar saw will quite happily rip 8 x 4 sheets.
What happens when you want to take 1200 x say 200mm strips off your full length sheet? Especially if its 25mm mdf.
Looking at your picture I don't see anything to support the larger piece of panel before, during and after such a cut. And I doubt your garage is wide enough?
So I assume the answer is that you cut a full sheet in half first (as in picture), and then take the strips off the half sheets?
Just interested to know how you do it.

 

[Chems]

No your right, no way to rip an 8x4. I noticed on the SIP PDF before I bought the saw it said it could handle 8x4 sheets and I thought that was a bit of a joke, no chance I thought. But it can do it but getting it on the saw is hard. The rail isn't long enough to do 8 feet but there is a leg you can put on the rail to give some extra support. To do a full 8 foot rip you'd need a proper panel saw.

Having said that the guy your talking about may have just done a straight rip across the table top not using the sliding table. I ripped down and 8 foot by 600 board the other day, required having the door open to get the infeed distance.

 

[Chems]