While we have been waiting for the prices and delivery of the building materials to be completed, we needed a replacement saw table to make it as easy as possible to accurately slice our materials into their required shapes and sizes.
So using 10 metres of 2 inch by 1 inch box steel tube and another 7.5 metres of 1 inch by 1 inch box steel tube, we made 3 modular frames, 2 of them a square with 4 legs and the third one a 2 leg “end” frame.
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Then using a 25mm thick MDF sheet, we sliced it up into 2 halves, each being 4feet by 4feet and screwed down onto the metal frames. Hanging off the edges are sliding channels using some of our Oak timber to provide a smooth slots for the machines (like the circular saw module) to easily run in and out for adjustment against the position of the fence.
We have adapted our circular saw, the router table and our big chop saw, each having their own Oak sliding rails mounted on them so we can just swap in and out the machinery we need next.
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We will finish the table by making a fence which can be moved back and forth by 200mm steps and the machine then can be moved to provide the necessary width of cut or guide for the router.
This will allow us to be consistently accurate and produce regular pieces at all the same size etc.