That is very useful and why don't trend or someone make a tool for doing this, many times i could have used something like that, good work.Warning: this post contains cellulose-based materials...
Today I acquired two lengths of t-slot extrusion (supposedly off-cuts and hence cheap, but I can't imagine considering 1.25 m long pieces as off-cuts!).
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The bits sticking out the top are bits of mild steel that I turned to 20 mm diameter and drilled/counterbored for an M6 cap screw.
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They drop into the holes on the bench and provide the rails for my recently-made router slide to run on:
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Now I can "machine" the top of a piece of wood up to 350 mm wide and up to about 1.1 m long and can handle any thickness up to 60 mm.
I had a bit of (just under 30 mm thick) oak that had been planed on one side so I thought I'd try that as it saves faffing with shims to get the first side flat.
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I'd originally planned to hold it down with double-sided tape as I did with the small bit of walnut I tested before getting the long extrusion lengths, but I don't think the board was flat enough or the tape was too old or something, so I held it down by running a bead of hot melt glue round the edge. Note to self: I don't need hot melt all the way round - it's stronger than you'd expect!
Half-way across:
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I did one pass running front to back (moving sideways until the previous cut line was roughly in the middle of the slide and then pulling the router towards me and then pushing it back to the back). I then did a pass at the same height setting going left-to-right/right-to-left, moving the router towards me by approximately the full (25 mm) width of the cutter after each pass. The whole board took less than 10 minutes at a guess, although I didn't actually look at the clock before or after!
All finished (and sawdust everywhere!)
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After tidying up a bit:
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It leaves some streaks in the wood, but they're very light:
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I took a hand plane, withdrew the blade and then gradually moved it back out until it just started to touch the wood. One very quick and very light pass and the streaks are gone:
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Then I just had to get all the hot melt glue off! Next time I'll probably just put a few small hot melt glue blobs around the rim - I'm sure that would be enough.
That is very useful and why don't trend or someone make a tool for doing this, many times i could have used something like that, good work.
Na. I can't compete on price with the likes of stairbox unfortunately.
Easier to get it built. Well in kit form here
Anyhoo, miserable day here so needed something to do
Not enough room. The upstairs hallway is only 1.4 wide.Too late to this party now , but did you consider a spiral staircase?
Too late to this party now , but did you consider a spiral staircase?
Aye, I think we've all had one of those. Knife is coming along nicely!
Finished the cross cut sled for the tablesaw today. Also had to modify the riving knife that dewalt supply a little bit, but it makes the saw a lot more usable now.
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No problem. Looking good.Not made but cleaned up the Edwards folder. @fizzy ill need to book that pallet later
Great job, I've been meaning to make a sled for mine for a long time now,.....did your saw have the 'claws' either side of the blade? I'm guessing that it's OK to totally remove these? I can't recall seeing them in use once a sled is fitted??