The Modular Work Bench for our Circular Saw, Router and Mitre Saw is progressing. The last few of days of work have seen the construction of the fence and also preparing the surface of the Work Benches.
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The fence is made up of 18mm Plywood strips, one for the vertical to act as the guide surface, and the 2nd strip is flat horizontally to provide stiffness to keep the fence from bending under loads. The gap between the two Modules, saw another but shorter fence being made which will cross pass the Machine Module and connect together both sides, to make one very long fence, totalling about 3metres (10feet) of straight guidance.
The shorter piece was designed to be “Plug and Play” using 16mm round steel rod pieces to lock the ends together.
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Then, the Work Bench itself had a series of 16mm holes, spaced apart 200mm laterally to allow the whole fence to be locked into various positions that will provides a good support when working on whatever Machine Module is being used.
Plus also a series of V slots, both vertically and across, has been cut into the surface of both benches to allow for the sawdust to hide away when a work piece is being pushed through the Machine Module, hence reduce the problem of too much sawdust causing the work piece to ride up on a cushion of sawdust.
A large woodworking vice was bolted to the bench along one edge. Then the electrical system was installed with a 4 way strip being controlled by a NVR safety switch (No Volt Release) which turns off if the power in interrupted. This allows a emergency stop switch to be fitted on both sides of the bench.
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Last of all, the whole surface of the two Work Bench modules and the vertical surface of the Fence, were coated in polyester resin to provide a hard wearing and smooth finish to reduce the friction.
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