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How to Make a Cutting Platform for Sheet Goods
comments (1) March 25th, 2009 in Blogs
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by Michael Standish
Supported on a pair of sawhorses, this platform provides flat, stable support for full and partial sheets of plywood and other panels: the perfect complement to an edge guide and circular saw. Made from 3 1⁄2-in.- wide, 3⁄4-in.-thick plywood rips, the platform is strong but light and portable. A 3-ft. by 7-ft. size works great.
Join the parts without metal fasteners so that your blade won’t be ruined if you kerf the top; instead, use biscuits or regular dowels. I’ve found tapered Miller dowels to work best. With a big setup like this, there is less fussing with clamping and gluing, and you can drive them in with a few hammer taps (www.millerdowel.com).
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