New mobile base for the 'new' contractor saw...
When we moved
out here to Terrell, I got a great shop and house. Only problem I have
so far is the electrical
service would
have had to be redone completely to allow me use of 220's in the shop (I
needed four).
This would have
run me over $2k even with me buying the materials at a discount. The idea
was born to run all 110v tools again (just like the old days). Only problem
is that I didn't want to buy a new tablesaw. I
checked around
and asked for a 1.5 hp TS on all the woodworking boards and finally found
a very
well kept
Delta Industrial 36-670. Brian is a 'neighbor' of mine...he lives about
8 miles away. I have bought three of his machines (Delta Bandsaw,
Harbor Freight Dust Collector and now the Table Saw).
I had received
a 'Best Ever Workshops' magazine and decided for the very first time,
to build a mobile
base for the TS, the 43" Beismeyer fence system I bought used and the router
table extension that came with the fence. The Beismeyer came from another
local woodworker's shop. The total costs of this project so far....$225
for the saw, $11.27 for the two extra casters (had four already) and $80
for the fence (I had all the plywood and the MDF core Oak door already).
Here's what I wound up with so far. I have a few other pieces of trim to
add later as well as other storage shelves and, right now I am readying
the house for a BQB party that will last from Monday til Thanksgiving.
The highlight will be the November 22nd Dallas concert and maybe even a
BBQ appearance at my house by Wishbone
Ash!!
I started out
with a 7' tall MDF core Oak veneer office door that I bought for $18 last
month.
I was going to
use it for a benchtop until I found out it would work very well for the
TS base.
I had to add
two more casters (not shown but in the center of the base) in lieu of a
torsion box
design underneath
(which would have been hard to negotiate on my slightly unlevel shop floor).
The base was
trimmed out in Red Oak.
Now comes the
box Brian had built for the Delta's dust collection (he saw the same plan).
I modified it a bit
by adding 1/4"
Oak ply and trimmed it in Red Oak as well. Everything had to match you
know! He did a great job inserting the female threads for the saw's stand
bolts. The box was screwed down onto the base.
Now comes the
box I built for the router table extension support...it also has the dust
collection
port and a door
to get into both that compartment and the lower storage area. I had the
Pine door and frame we picked up at a garage sale for $1 (I know it doesn't
match, but the size was perfect!). This was made entirely from Red Oak
ply and solid wood scraps laying about my shop. They were all leftovers
from two
Red Oak bookcase
projects.
I decided to angle
the TS and workbench in the shop a bit to ease the crowding over by
the sliding miter
saw. The result makes the shop very easy to work with....next comes the
router base for the one to the right of the bandsaw. Got to get it in the
dust collection mode as well!
I also built
two lumber racks (one can store up to 14')....no more sawhorses full of
wood in the shop!
