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[Doug71]

A cabinet, the customer couldn't buy one off the shelf that was the right size, the design is to match some other cabinets they have.

Made out of cardboard as usual, customer going to paint it.

Apologies, the workshop is an absolute tip and the photos are terrible!

Used some actual real wood for the legs!

It's kind of fitted and freestanding at the same time if you know what I mean

 

[TRITON]

Finished this off this week to solve my issue of putting my glass/mug on the floor while I watch TV.

Form and function. two of the guiding principles of design.

LOUD VOICE - THIS IS NOT MY TABLE - UNFORTUNATELY
You dont always need to follow convention.

Elli design. Achille table -

 

[curryjunkie]

got a new tablesaw , the saw itself is powerful and quiet, but the supplied fence is crap, after trying to tweak it for several hours ive decided its just not up to the job, it wont keep square and shifts considerably when you lock it, axminsters fence extrusion is a ridiculous profile and why they didnt stick with a square section is beyond me.the fence extrusion isnt even square! any way ive scrapped it and fitted a new saw fence from rutlands that locks down front and back it slides in 2 tracks and fitting was tricky because i wanted the whole fence to swing out of the way when not in use. my shop is small and im waiting delivery of a planer thicknesser, the fence rails extend well past the saw and would interfere with operator space if they were fixed. after lots of headscratching i attached hinges bolted to a rail on the left side of the saw, the existing threaded holes came in useful to attach hard stops, i only had to drill 2 holes in the cabinet to bolt on a hard stop. quite pleased with the result, its flat square parralel and rock solid, just have to extend the table on the right side with some half inch birch ply. i wanted to be able to cut 2 foot on the right of the blade. it all looks a bit heath robinson but im not concerned as long as it works as intended, used thick plastic around the wear areas as the extrusion is aliminium and i dont want wear .

 

[curryjunkie]

Form and function. two of the guiding principles of design.

LOUD VOICE - THIS IS NOT MY TABLE - UNFORTUNATELY
You dont always need to follow convention.
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Elli design. Achille table -

thats lovely design, looks a bit tippy though i suppose theres a fair weight at the base, ok for a coffee cup at your side.

 

[Fitzroy]

after lots of headscratching i attached hinges bolted to a rail on the left side of the saw

That’s a clever idea! I have a similar space issue with fence rails that stick out, I’ll need to look if I can do similar.

 

[MarkAW]

Ditto

 

[rob1693]

Finger joint jig made from off cuts, made following steve maskerys youtube video, some test cuts in done in offcuts just need a litlle fine tuning

1/2 inch now set up pretty well

 

[steve355]

I must be completely mad. Sash moulding plane modular mother plane system coming along. The plane on the bottom will cut a basic sash profile and plane to the right will cut an ovolo profile into it. Idea is I can make an ogee/astragal profile plane or whatever and then be the proud owner of limitless sash moulding planes. (Why?!!)

 

[Jameshow]

I must be completely mad. Sash moulding plane modular mother plane system coming along. The plane on the bottom will cut a basic sash profile and plane to the right will cut an ovolo profile into it. Idea is I can make an ogee/astragal profile plane or whatever and then be the proud owner of limitless sash moulding planes. (Why?!!)

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Nice!
Do you grind your own cutters or buy in??

 

[steve355]

Nice!
Do you grind your own cutters or buy in??

I’ve been making my own. Funnily enough, that’s what I was doing today. I may as well explain how, because absolutely nobody knows that I do all this stuff. My wife just thinks I am “down the Shed”

Start with a sheet of 1/8 inch 01 tool steel. Blue and mark up.

Then I have this little horizontal milling machine that I bought as a wreck on eBay and refurbished. I effectively use it as a metal table saw it does perfectly straight cut with a good finish, and also allows me to dial in the measurement I need to 1000th of an inch.

After a bit of deburring and touching up, it looks like this.

But then it needs to be tapered in thickness from 1/16” to 1/8”. To do that I have this old Eagle surface grinder, again, bought on eBay as a wreck and extensively refurbished.

I can’t really hold the camera and operate it at the same time, but here is me trying to do that.

You can see the taper in this picture

So now we have a good quality, accurate, moulding plane iron. A bit of a palaver, but now I have the gear, I knock them out pretty quickly.

Here is the iron in the new plane

 

[clogs]

I like the metal machines.....very handy.......

 

[Jameshow]

I’ve been making my own. Funnily enough, that’s what I was doing today. I may as well explain how, because absolutely nobody knows that I do all this stuff. My wife just thinks I am “down the Shed”

Start with a sheet of 1/8 inch 01 tool steel. Blue and mark up.

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Then I have this little horizontal milling machine that I bought as a wreck on eBay and refurbished. I effectively use it as a metal table saw it does perfectly straight cut with a good finish, and also allows me to dial in the measurement I need to 1000th of an inch.

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After a bit of deburring and touching up, it looks like this.

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But then it needs to be tapered in thickness from 1/16” to 1/8”. To do that I have this old Eagle surface grinder, again, bought on eBay as a wreck and extensively refurbished.

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I can’t really hold the camera and operate it at the same time, but here is me trying to do that.

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You can see the taper in this picture

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So now we have a good quality, accurate, moulding plane iron. A bit of a palaver, but now I have the gear, I knock them out pretty quickly.

Here is the iron in the new plane

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No one has checked and approved your drawings!

 

[Fitzroy]

I’ve been making my own. Funnily enough, that’s what I was doing today. I may as well explain how, because absolutely nobody knows that I do all this stuff. My wife just thinks I am “down the Shed”

Start with a sheet of 1/8 inch 01 tool steel. Blue and mark up.

View attachment 168211

Then I have this little horizontal milling machine that I bought as a wreck on eBay and refurbished. I effectively use it as a metal table saw it does perfectly straight cut with a good finish, and also allows me to dial in the measurement I need to 1000th of an inch.

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After a bit of deburring and touching up, it looks like this.

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But then it needs to be tapered in thickness from 1/16” to 1/8”. To do that I have this old Eagle surface grinder, again, bought on eBay as a wreck and extensively refurbished.

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I can’t really hold the camera and operate it at the same time, but here is me trying to do that.

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You can see the taper in this picture

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So now we have a good quality, accurate, moulding plane iron. A bit of a palaver, but now I have the gear, I knock them out pretty quickly.

Here is the iron in the new plane

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That’s bloomin’ marvellous, love those old tools.

 

[steve355]

Basically finished my mother plane today. Tomorrow morning, it will have a fence screwed on it, and then it’s a question of hardening the iron, tuning it up, and getting it to work well.

I’m quite pleased with that, everyone of these I do, seems to be a level better than the last. Not perfect, but really coming along.

 

[Amateur]

Don't let any youtube videos kid you.
Solid oak planks and decent sanding and finishing takes a lot longer than sheets of 8x4 mdf glued up filled up and painted.

 

[steve355]

Cuts perfectly All it needs now is the ovolo mould.

 

[TRITON]

Don't let any youtube videos kid you.
Solid oak planks and decent sanding and finishing takes a lot longer than sheets of 8x4 mdf glued up filled up and painted.

Best get some padding on that saddle

" Be like sittin' on a razor blade"(best Manchurian accent)

 

[bourbon]

not as complicated as others on here. From a Richard Blizzard plan. (the book was £4.75 on the bay)

 

[Fanous]

Made a back scratcher for my missus and her mom - they love back scratching.

 

[Steliz]

Acacia wood. Started off as just a pot then things went weird.