This is a good cheap upgrade for it.
https://www.axminstertools.com/axminster-small-rip-fence-upgrade-100257
https://www.axminstertools.com/axminster-small-rip-fence-upgrade-100257
Thanks, but I have found the supplied fence to be very accurate.This is a good cheap upgrade for it.
https://www.axminstertools.com/axminster-small-rip-fence-upgrade-100257
I like the look of that. I have an old woodwork book from the 70tes that has a few projects in ply. May have to dig it out for another read.Some time ago I build this out of plywood.
Now I added a chest of drawers next to it using same material and method:
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It's real fun to work with plywood and oak - the pattern takes seriously long time and tons of patience, but the result is very nice when danish oil is added. I am very new to wood working, but I love it, it's the perfect corona therapy.
You made what you planned to make and it looks pretty tidy to me, job well done. I'm going to be making one this year, how did you join?Not as impressive as most of the work on here but heres my tv bench
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I just can’t imagine how long it took you Danish to glue all those bits together, the effect is most unusual. So how thick are the drawerfronts? And did you do each one separately or did you do them as a wider one and then re-saw it to thickness? Most impressed how you’ve got the pattern flowing down drawer to drawer.Ian
um well yes that's what I thought when I built a circle cutter for my little Dewalt as I need a 12" circle of ply for the bench sander I'm building. I tried it on a scrap bit of 9mm ply and got a perfect disc so went to cut the final item from the only piece of 18mm I have and it cut it perfectly 'almost' to the bottom. So, I thought I would simply flip it over and screw in the jig and finish it off, only to discover the jig wasn't quite right and I ended up with a off centre rim on half of the top and the other half of the base! To make matters worse I'd cut it to exactly the required finished diameter so no room for correctionNever underestimate the value of a good jig!
um well yes that's what I thought when I built a circle cutter for my little Dewalt as I need a 12" circle of ply for the bench sander I'm building. I tried it on a scrap bit of 9mm ply and got a perfect disc so went to cut the final item from the only piece of 18mm I have and it cut it perfectly 'almost' to the bottom. So, I thought I would simply flip it over and screw in the jig and finish it off, only to discover the jig wasn't quite right and I ended up with a off centre rim on half of the top and the other half of the base! To make matters worse I'd cut it to exactly the required finished diameter so no room for correction
Ok but I have to get some good quality ply delivered first as we're shielding. I will remake the jig tomorrow.That sounds like most of my posts. MAKING a bench sander? I hope you'll post photos!
I think if it was me I would cut it out to within a few millimetres with a jigsaw and then mount it and get it spinning like a lathe and use a chisel to just trim the edge (from the front). You might have extremely good reasons why that would not work of course! IanOk but I have to get some good quality ply delivered first as we're shielding. I will remake the jig tomorrow.
You're dealing with someone with borderline OCD I'm afraid. I bought the sanding disks complete with stick on velco backing disc. I tried it against the rubbish ply disc and it overhangs enough to bring me out in hives..I think if it was me I would cut it out to within a few millimetres with a jigsaw and then mount it and get it spinning like a lathe and use a chisel to just trim the edge (from the front). You might have extremely good reasons why that would not work of course! Ian
Ps You have a disk that’s only a little bit out, you could try and do what I’ve just described with that disk, it’s not imperative that it’s exactly the same size as the stick on sandpaper disc. And if you are doing a 12 inch one you can buy 300 mm or 305 mm, I think, from memory.
My OCD is so advanced that I have to have to it alpha-sorted to C D OYou're dealing with someone with borderline OCD I'm afraid. I bought the sanding disks complete with stick on velco backing disc. I tried it against the rubbish ply disc and it overhangs enough to bring me out in hives..
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Id love to have a go at something like this but where would I start
glue strips of wood together then plane it, sand it, rout the edges, finish it.
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