I know there was a thread where I had posted some pictures of the mobile shop work "station" I built for my table saw, router and miter saw, but I could not find it. So I'm posting some updates here. This is still very raw, and built from ALL upcycled lumber. I have purchased screws, tite bond iii glue, a pocket hole jig and some other items. The cabinets are not perfect, but the wood was free! You can also see the still unfinished sharpening station I built and posted in that other thread. To many things going on and not enough time.
The above is a suspended (1/2 " all thread) shelf/cabinet with sliding doors, this is in the rough stages and built to carry a very heavy load
for storing tools and supplies. It is roughly 8' L X 21" D X 15 1/2" H interior dimension. The "shelves" are plywood resting in rabbets, glued and screwed.
The faceplate is made from 2X4 with 3/8" parallel routed dadoes to act as tracks for the 3, 1/4" plywood sliding doors. The 2 x4's were badly twisted,
I straightened and glued and screwed into place. The screws will get filled and everything will get painted. Then I will move tools into the cabinet.
This smaller cabinet is similar, except it is made from 3/4" plywood scraps I had. I recessed it so I would have room for my new Ridgid sliding compound miter saw.
The new sliding compound miter saw it can make up to 70 degree cuts!!! This was on sale at Home Depot, the saw was $439 plus tax with free shipping and free saw base, normally $229! The saw was dead nuts on out of the box. I had been planning on buying another brand that was about $400 more, but having been more than satisfied with the Ridgid table saw I decided to go for it. The only problems were with the base, it was out of spec and one tube was out of round. Nothing that could not be fixed, the out of round tube was straightened with some channel locks and a file to deburr things a bit. As well as a pipe clamp to move the tubes about a 16th on an inch, nothing major, just some extra time. I have already leveled the extensions perfectly. This should make some projects much faster.
The above is a suspended (1/2 " all thread) shelf/cabinet with sliding doors, this is in the rough stages and built to carry a very heavy load
for storing tools and supplies. It is roughly 8' L X 21" D X 15 1/2" H interior dimension. The "shelves" are plywood resting in rabbets, glued and screwed.
The faceplate is made from 2X4 with 3/8" parallel routed dadoes to act as tracks for the 3, 1/4" plywood sliding doors. The 2 x4's were badly twisted,
I straightened and glued and screwed into place. The screws will get filled and everything will get painted. Then I will move tools into the cabinet.
This smaller cabinet is similar, except it is made from 3/4" plywood scraps I had. I recessed it so I would have room for my new Ridgid sliding compound miter saw.
The new sliding compound miter saw it can make up to 70 degree cuts!!! This was on sale at Home Depot, the saw was $439 plus tax with free shipping and free saw base, normally $229! The saw was dead nuts on out of the box. I had been planning on buying another brand that was about $400 more, but having been more than satisfied with the Ridgid table saw I decided to go for it. The only problems were with the base, it was out of spec and one tube was out of round. Nothing that could not be fixed, the out of round tube was straightened with some channel locks and a file to deburr things a bit. As well as a pipe clamp to move the tubes about a 16th on an inch, nothing major, just some extra time. I have already leveled the extensions perfectly. This should make some projects much faster.