Thought it was about time I posted some pictures after 6 months of just asking questions !
My "space" is in the cellar, originally this one room and bench.
When I needed the whole bench for construction, then the mitre saw had nowhere else to go than on the floor. Vac pipes and extension leads everywhere. Nowhere to put anything. Dust everywhere. No in-feed or out-feed for the (horrible little) T/S. Something had to change ....
After building an extension on the house I've now been able to claim the whole cellar as my domain and rearrange properly.
Since I only do this as a hobby and escape to the cellar maybe part of the weekend + a couple of evenings I had to come up with something that made maximum efficient use of space and my time - I wanted to be able to go down, plug in, and work with minimum fuss.
So I came up with this - The Rubikk Cube Workbench !
I don't claim it's pretty, nor is it by any means fine cabinet making, but it's big and strong and above all efficient.
Under the Wealden-based router table hangs the ex-Jake Triton MOF001 I talked about here :-
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums...ostorder=asc&highlight=triton+mofoo1&start=45
All 3 tops are individual and slide out. If I need to rip long lengths in the T/S then the whole bench spins 180 degrees :-
and I feed through the door opening into the back room :-
If I need more workspace then there's a 4th top which slides in the middle (it's stored in a rack under the bench when not in use). Or the complete router table can be slid out and mounted on a stand on the bench in the other room or outside when (if) the summer comes. This then gives me one big work area + the T/S :-
Here (I havn't got as far as the router table stand yet !) :-
The mitre saw has been banished here. I did play around with having it movable on the new bench but soon dropped that idea :-
Future plans include (a) Proper, plumbed in dust extraction - probably a Record RDSE3 wall mounted where the filing cabinet is now, and (b) a new T/S - probably a Metabo TS250.
And I need to start making a few things ............................... !
Chears
Mark
My "space" is in the cellar, originally this one room and bench.
When I needed the whole bench for construction, then the mitre saw had nowhere else to go than on the floor. Vac pipes and extension leads everywhere. Nowhere to put anything. Dust everywhere. No in-feed or out-feed for the (horrible little) T/S. Something had to change ....
After building an extension on the house I've now been able to claim the whole cellar as my domain and rearrange properly.
Since I only do this as a hobby and escape to the cellar maybe part of the weekend + a couple of evenings I had to come up with something that made maximum efficient use of space and my time - I wanted to be able to go down, plug in, and work with minimum fuss.
So I came up with this - The Rubikk Cube Workbench !
I don't claim it's pretty, nor is it by any means fine cabinet making, but it's big and strong and above all efficient.
Under the Wealden-based router table hangs the ex-Jake Triton MOF001 I talked about here :-
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums...ostorder=asc&highlight=triton+mofoo1&start=45
All 3 tops are individual and slide out. If I need to rip long lengths in the T/S then the whole bench spins 180 degrees :-
and I feed through the door opening into the back room :-
If I need more workspace then there's a 4th top which slides in the middle (it's stored in a rack under the bench when not in use). Or the complete router table can be slid out and mounted on a stand on the bench in the other room or outside when (if) the summer comes. This then gives me one big work area + the T/S :-
Here (I havn't got as far as the router table stand yet !) :-
The mitre saw has been banished here. I did play around with having it movable on the new bench but soon dropped that idea :-
Future plans include (a) Proper, plumbed in dust extraction - probably a Record RDSE3 wall mounted where the filing cabinet is now, and (b) a new T/S - probably a Metabo TS250.
And I need to start making a few things ............................... !
Chears
Mark
