Thought it might be interesting to see some typical job site work station set ups. I do mainly interior trim and the station pictured here is designed for that purpose.As you can see, the table has got a lot of wear, A lot of trim has been cut at that table .Notice the overhang in the back for clamping stops, the drawers for tools and all sorts of supplies, the catilevered sawhorses so that I don’t trip overthe legs.I’ve gotten a lot of coments on this set up , but I wonder if I might be able to tweak it just a little.
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Very nice! I can smell the sawdust just looking at those pics!
Nice.
http://www.kulakswoodshed.com/
Jay, it's nice to camp out in one spot for a while. Don't have the opportunity near enough. When I do, something like this is set up in the largest space. If needed, the saw comes off the box and the ht of the box is the same as the top of the table saw, for long or big rips. There's also a 2x6 slide lock bd that holds the work for planing the edge.
Sorry for the dust.
A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Sorry for the dust.
It reminds me of a snow globe.
Thank you.
Merry Christmas.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Merry Christmas.
You know the sad part is. I saw people setting up a Christmas tree lot today. They were framing the stands, stringing the lights, and rolling out the burn barrel.
Well,
It is Halloween.............A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
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Not for interior work, but this is my version of a work station.
Let's not confuse the issue with facts!
GD, can you do a pig on that thing?
A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Very nice. It's not unlike my daily scene. My miter saw is on wheels though so I can position it for long cuts, and go from room to room if needs be.
Nice setup. I have a similar one, about the same size, without the drawers. I made sliding extensions that slide into the table, or I can slide them out and lock them for repeat cut on stock up to 8' or to support long baseboards or crown.
I like the offset sawhorses too.
Mike
It is an interesting topic Jay! Thanks for thinking about it.
Even though I primarily frame, I'm big on setting up shop. I always drag my horses with me all around the jobsite. I don't usually create anything too fancy, but I always do something even if it's just a piece of plywood over the two horses.
Here's a pic of my roof sheathing setup.
That was my ingnagural attempt and I now have a much better idea of what I really need.
blue
wheres the tv and the couch??
and whadya do when ya gotta go?It's Never Too Late To Become What You Might Have Been
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A bunch of nice solutions to be seen in this thread.
There are a lot of talented, creative folks that post here.
The heck, you say?
your hired
That thing is so cool, it makes me giggle.
You frame houses like a girl.
Edit: that might not be funny, if you've never seen the movie The Sandlot. In any case, I think it's funny
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Jedi.
Cmon peeps. Post those workstation pics. I know you have them out there. Don't let this thread die so soon!
blue
thats funny, I just took this shot yesterday cause I was so proud of how clean I left the job over the weekend.
That's clean Pete. What body of water is that behind you? I love working on water projects.
blue
if you go due east from that window, you'll hit africa.
most of my work is right there on the atlantic. (atlantic beach, jacksonville beach, ponte vedra beach) it's really great, but I tell you what, the salt air is hell on tools.
plus, don't let your guys bring their mombo scanners (binoculars) to work -- lot of time wasted chasing bikinis.
I've got to post pics of the mobile job saw stand I rigged up...just need to get a picture tonight or tomorrow.
I'm also planning to buy a hollowcore door and recess some of those kreg removable bench clamps into the surface, along with some 3/4" holes for hold-down clamps, etc.
Anybody using the hollow-core door system?
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I used to use a hollow core 36" bifold door. I still have it somewhere. Works great, but it lost considerable strength over time. I'd say 6 months of daily use is a realistic life span. I laminated some 1/4 luan over it eventually, but now I just use 4- 2x4s. I find them easier to work with, and I always have blocking when I need it...
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
Justin, I have a plethora of hollow core doors, and usually haul a couple to every job for work tables. So what's this "system?" What in the gosh darn golly have you done to Rez?
Justin-
how do you recess a Kreg bench clamp into the face of a HC door?
Aren't the skins too thin to do that?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I set the router for the depth of the kreg insert plate, and cut through the facing of the door. Once I cleaned out all the corrugated cardboad inside the door, I inserted a piece of poplar into the hole with glue, screws, and a cleat on the backside of the door to keep the thin facings from bending under stress.
With the poplar in place, I again used the router set at the original depth (of the kreg insert plate), and just hogged out the extra poplar and cleaned up the corners of the cut with a chisel before inserting the kreg plate and fastening with the four screws as usual.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention that you need to clean out the wood directly under the "keyhole" shape of the kreg plate so that the clamp can slide in and out. I did this before I attached the plate by just cutting a chunk from the poplar with the router - I was working freehand for this because the finish look of the recess didn't matter.
Make sense?Justin Fink - FHB Editorial
Yes, thanks. Simple and effective.
I tend to make things more complicated than necessary.
pete you arent talking bout atlantic beach NC are you?Due to recent budget cuts the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice.
no, mr. mojo -- this atlantic beach is a suburb of Jacksonville. where's central armpit?
talahassee?
nah a little town called leesburg .If my wife didnt have a very lucrative hairdressing shop we would be back in atlantic beach NC in the morning
i was born in key west raised just south of wpb and everytime i come back to florida i am reminded why i left the last time
Due to recent budget cuts the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice.
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I've been through there. bass capital usa
bass boats, camo, and chewing tobacco stocks are blue chip thereabouts.
when I first came to florida from canada, I asked a co-worker what the difference is between a redneck and a good ol' boy.
he thought for about 2 seconds and then drawled, "well, Pete, a good ol' boy is less likely to kick your #### after drinking all your beer"
does that include shop like spaces also?? i got one for transporting tools around. i got some of the shop, but dont know if that rates??new yankee workshop it's not, not real pretty but it does the trick, it's cramped ,dirty, but full of tools and sawdust and spittin' out stuff daily. and to think we get paid for this shid.....
ooooo- a wood lathe! ( Jet 1442 if I'm not mistaken)
watcha makin' with it?
exterior balusters 146 of one profile, mahogany(phillipine) painted. although i wanted to exaggerate the entasis, they squashed like a bug. to my eye it looked a hell of lot more elegant, but the damn preservation of hostoric antiquities gave the big rasberry.
then an assortment of interior stair balusters, havent gotten the original yet. they have assortment and try to decide on what goes where." Feed the good wolf....."
that's a lot of balusters! You doing them all by hand, or do you have a duplicator?
I'm in the middle of matching some balusters for a client myself. I've got 9 balusters to turn, and 2 newels, all of oak. As you can see from my posting time, I'm taking a break. Gotta go back soon, tho, or I'll never get them done.
i did a few over two dozen by hand as i was waiting for my duplicator. vega duplicator 36" , but there no way around it you still have to sweeten' it up by hand. i'm charging around $20 a piece, that includes paint. i spray primer/oilpaint. with a sata conversion hvlp. here some pictures taken kinda quickly when i got home. i have 75 more to do, it' s just as time consuming priming/painting sanding in between coats. they look great when i'm finished ,but truly loathe the process. good luck with your project..." Feed the good wolf....."
Really, you've got to be a peep to haul around some of those rigs<G>I went all out and spent 35 bucks on some Rugged Buddies, and bolted them to a trashed 14" x9' LVL. I can actually move it around by my self! I can beat on it, drill on it saw on it, and even stand on it. If it's not on a job, it's on top of the camper. Sucker even fits in most elevators.Table saw stand breaks down and fits in the truck. The outfeed table works great for prints and entertaining. Notice the high tech push stick<G>I've also got a couple of straight fir 2x8s I throw on a couple of plastic horses for coping, routing, beating, drilling...If I can't carry it myself, if it doesn't do multiple duty, if it doesn't fit into or on top of the truck, if it can't stand the weather, I just keep it in the office<G> "what's in a name?" d'oh!
And then there's the pics, that post almost wore me out<G>... "what's in a name?" d'oh!
I see the windows in the background. Is this the house with the strange ones in the midst of upper runs? The ones that needed the special trim fix?
Tell us what your solution was.
Well Gene, not the same, these are even more challenging. Norco POSs...upper flanking windows are a different pitch, and set with tops 1" higher than the center unit. Seems the architect/builder ordered them that way. All six are supposed to be trimmed as one, hmmm...I'm thinking of another thread for them<G>Now those other windows...we'll be going back for the lockout on Monday, the scaffolding oughta be down (unless they want shoe around the wheels<G>), I'll be getting some finished pics. "what's in a name?" d'oh!
Are the rugged buddies the blue legs? I've never heard of that tool/term.
blue
I think he is talking about this.
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Legs you fasten to a board to make a sawhorse or work table. Amazon and others sell them, made by Target Precision, and branded as "Rugged Buddy."
I hang out with a tough crowd<G> "what's in a name?" d'oh!
Jeez, doesn't anybody use Workmates anymore? Best tool B&D ever made....
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Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
That the new fangled oil-cooled 12" DW saw?http://www.costofwar.com/
Nope, those are high-tech, oil-stabilized, incrementally-adjustable support stands equipped with integral portability modules sometimes familiarly known as cheap plastic casters....
Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
"doesn't anybody use Workmates anymore?"
Yup. This setup is going to Mississippi with me.
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My karma ran over my dogma.
Excellent! That gizmo is one of the most versatile units anybody's ever come up with. Tool stand, workbench, clamp, vise, outfeed table, lunch-box stand....
I bolted my CMS to a sheet of ¾" ply with a 2x2 spline screwed on underneath for the jaws of the Workmate to grab. Makes it real easy to drop it in or pull it out if the Workmate is needed for something else on the site.
I've got three of them, all different models. One is the basic no-frills X-type folding model that I carry in the truck at all times; that usually gets designated for the CMS on site. The second is the one you saw in my photo, a standard two-height, collapsable-parallelogram type that normally lives in the shop and is where the CMS is installed when it's there. The third is a fancier model with a 3-position flip-up jaw that will adjust for wide stuff and clamp things vertically as well as horizontally. I fitted that one out with a pair of cleats screwed onto the top of the jaws so it can clamp onto the portable TS, or the router/shaper, or the tile saw.
If I ever get rich, I'm gonna buy their big Bertha model. I hear it does everything but wind the baby and wash the cat....
Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
My only big complaint with the workate thingies is the table surface - They just aren't very durable. I oughta take mine apart and make a new top with some hoak or somehting...
Housework is evil, it must be stopped.
The original jaw leaves on Workmates are veneered MDF, which, as you noticed, isn't very durable. I had to replace the ones on my first Workmate when a 14-foot 2x6 leaning up against a gable wall got nudged over somehow and fell dead onto it and busted one of the leaves smack in two.
I found out they are not ¾" stock, but closer to 1", which is interesting. I wound up using a couple of pieces of 5/4x6 spruce decking I had lying around, and that turned out to be quite durable and very stable. Still in service 9 years later.
It's worth the trouble to route a V-groove and a couple of vertical V-notches into the replacement jaw faces to match the original design. If you ever need to cut a hunk of pipe or dowel rod that groove makes a big difference.
The other odd thing about them is that the hole size for the plastic dogs that come with them is a ??/16" size I can't now remember offhand. The dogs won't work worth a snot if you drill to the nearest eighth....
Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
Been there done that...I used a PT 2x6 for my new jaws..did the same as you...used the old jaw as a pattern.
I think it was 13 / 16 for the holes, but I long ago lost or destroyed the orange plastic dogs, so I made an asst. of stubby dowels and custom tops or pads.
Mine has lived outdoors for yrs, a shot of white lithium grease when I thinl about it keeps it ticking well..
I also will tell anyone who has one, RIGHT NOW , superglue all the rubber feet and mid pads..I think I lost 3 outta 4 of the mid pads, and one foot..LOL Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"I don't think it's funny no more" Nick Lowe.
I also will tell anyone who has one, RIGHT NOW , superglue all the rubber feet and mid pads..I think I lost 3 outta 4 of the mid pads, and one foot..LOL
Super glue will hold those rubber feets? I'm impressed; I never woulda thot it....
I've lost a few feet, too; the solution I came up with is hockey tape over a cardboard shim to keep the thickness of the feet all even. It'd be a smart move to just wrap some hockey tape over all the feet right outta the box, now that you mention it....
Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
Roofin tears up my handles..snips, tongs, riveter/ I apply a dab o' cyano to all the rubber meets the handle ,,sometimes in the store!
But the store police frown on that on Mondays..
I buy new Wiss snips ( red) 2x a month. They get dull, right fast.
tongs get better with use..love em. Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"I don't think it's funny no more" Nick Lowe.
buy new Wiss snips ( red) 2x a month. They get dull, right fast.
I'm surprised you haven't gotten a pneumatic shear or nibbler. I keep a pair of Wiss yellows in the tool box for small stuff, but if I gotta cut a 16-foot length of flashing outta 20ga, no way am I gonna do that by hand if I don't have to. The air-powered tool goes through it like a hot knife through butter.
Here's a pic of the nibbler. Handy little thing....
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Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
dino-whats the brand name of those nibblers, i got some roll copper stock that i have to cut straight . and those nibblers sound just the ticket..." we judge ourselves by our motives, and others by their actions........."
If you gotta cut it straight, you want pneumatic shears, not a nibbler. Nibblers are great for following teeny little radii all over the place but are hell on wheels to hew to a straight line.
That one is a Chicago Pneumatics, IIRC. It's a 'mini' nibbler. I'm pretty sure they make shears, too, but I don't know what sizes.
I did see a medium price Porter Cable pneumatic shear at the local dealer recently. It has a swivel head, too, which strikes me as a useful idea. I can't recommend it 'cause I haven't tried it out; all I can tell you is it exists. Check out an industrial supply catalog; they usually have stuff like that.
Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
thanks , i just goggled there place by me . thats got the goods . .." we judge ourselves by our motives, and others by their actions........."
Glad to be of help. Enjoy!
Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
nope. we do rips on the break,,Grant does the serious shearing in the shop..it is all fine. Them cutters just make anothrt cord or hose to trip on.............no joy on a roof. Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"I don't think it's funny no more" Nick Lowe.
anothrt cord or hose to trip on.............no joy on a roof.
I heard that...Why you think I purely hate when I gotta wear a harness and tie off to something? Figure with 1 hose + 1-2 extension cords + 1 light rope to haul stuff up from the ground I've already got a full spaghetti dinner up there and I don't need another one.
Dang just made myself hungry again...is it breakfast time yet? Already had supper....
Nitey-nite, dreamin' of corned-beef hash N eggs on hot buttered toast....
Dinosaur
A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...
But it is not this day.
Thanks for the advise on gluing the feet on where were you 5 years ago, before I lost mine
Hey Boss, Nice saw !!
"Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and now, die, I think the Republicans have done a fine job of getting government out of our personal lives" -Craig Carter.
Yep, mostly for handplaning a board or for running the electric planer. Squeeze my router into it and have a instant router table for small stock profiles. Have to admit it is the best tool they have made, plus it was free.
Today I finally got a steady rest set up for my spindle project. They're about 7/8" dia. at mid span, with a total length of 36". What a PITA to turn before.
Now at least I can apply some pressure, and make some time with them. I'm charging $30 per spindle, stain grade, unfinished. But that's probably a little low considering my time involved with them.
I want to check and see what a baluster from one of the stair companies goes for, and see if I'm in the ballpark. Gotta ask at the lumber yard when I remember.
I'm saving the newel for last. At 3" dia., it should be a lot easier to turn.
I'll post some pics tomorrow or Sat.
i'd suggest the one way spindle steady it's in the pic's, around $108.00 it a great rest . with little or no vibration at 2500 rpm . i cant enough about it. after about 70+ i've realized i'm short on the price only because of the prep and paint .that price does not include the stock cost. but confident i'll make it up on another leg of the project. the milling of the rail top and bottom , installation, none of it is straight forward. the top is elliptical with the bottom cut off flat. the bottom is square with a bead and a cyma recta in it.. so like i said this got some meat to the next leg.. looking forward to your pic's...cheers" Feed the good wolf....."
I think I'd be turning and selling without the finishing, were I you.If I ever do that, that is the way I will do so. I'll take the K.I.S.S. Approach. If all you have to do is the turning, you don't need as much space, tools, setup, etc. Let someone else do the painting or other finishing.
"Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and now, die, I think the Republicans have done a fine job of getting government out of our personal lives" -Craig Carter.
i cant tell ya jeff how much i hate to paint, but... i got the job by kinda by elimination. they had poor luck finding people,and when they did they werent happy with the product. i was building all this stuff, windows ,doors tables , blah,blah,blah.stacking in the corner and things were literally starting to pile up. and they werent getting finished , so i got pizzed off and built a spray booth , and started spraying. . and they liked it , and i have to tell you it's one the worst judgement's on this job , i spend 65%-70% of my time priming, filling, sanding, then priming again then sanding then painting , etc. etc.. the outcome i have to say is pleasing to the eye and there happy. but what a burden i've always hated to paint, this has bitten me in the buttocks in a big way. my mantra is "there's joy in repition","there's joy in repition". right about the thrid time the pinwheels start turning in my eye's and i go someplace else... ah well live and learn.." Feed the good wolf....."
OK, here's some pics for you
and some more
I realize they're a bit big, but you can't see much detail at smaller sizes. I hope you're not on dial-up.
nice work shep coula questions . is that wood you used cherry?? , how about on the new fingers? how you get the edges so crisp on the newel , which i really like by the way. i'm gonna send some pictures to you via-e-mail from a table i tried uploading to a post three times with no success. they are large i have dial-up, i turned the legs on the table thanks for the pictures.... alias(kent).." we judge ourselves by our motives, and others by their actions........."
Nice adaptation on the steady rest fingers...yer the kinda guy I'd be glad to work with anytime. "what's in a name?" d'oh!
Thanks- working with you would be fun
the only problem right now is that I had to "steal" one of the thrust bearings from my bandsaw, since I just had 2 bearings laying around. So I'm gonna have to scavenge my steady to use my bandsaw again<G>
Shep -
I've seen more than a few steadyrests that used inline skate wheels for thrust bearings. Maybe a little quieter than steel? So you're the guy that actually likes the skew chisel. Let's see, by my count that makes two people - you and Richard Raffan, oh wait, he hates the skew, too. I sure don't envy you guys production turning all those spindles. The closest I've come is turning all the knobs for my custom kitchen cabinets - 40 or so. On two kitchens to date. By the way, that exposed link belt on your headstock gives me the heebie-jeebies! I envision unattached fingers laying in a pile on the floor under the lathe!
I'm sure the in-line skate wheels would be quieter, but the steel ones were what I had. So I endured the noise.
That exposed belt doesn't bother me- I don't turn from the end of the lathe. I've thought about making a cover, but it would have to be hinged or something to change speeds. Maybe someday- like when I sell it.
9 spindles isn't really a whole lot. I did a job a few years ago where I made 188' of a 1/4" dia. oak beaded spindle- that was a pain. They were for a contractor restoring a staircase And after I delivered them, he said he goofed- he only needed 188" of spindle. And he had written 188 "feet". But he paid for the full order; 12x what he needed.
the balusters and newels are all red oak, one of my least favorite turning woods- just splinters too easily
the new fingers are some scrap ipe' I had- just figured it'd be hard enough for what I wanted, especially since I'm not much of a metal worker
as far as the crisp edges, its a combination- 20 years turning, actually liking a skew chisel, and (still ) luck
I had an old steady rest that I modified to work better. The OneWay is nice, and on my wish list.
I'll have pics tomorrow of everything.
Jay, where do you cope trim on this setup?
I lay the work on the table, overhanging on the right side, clamp to the table with a quick grip clamp and use a coping saw for all copes. The left end has a block which rotates up to act as a stop for planing small pieces, and larger pieces rest on saw horses and get clamped to the tableside.
It just looks too high for coping saw. I guess it works for you. I love the drawers, I'm already planning my next mitre saw stand and that idea is going right in there - unless you have registered it as intellectual property or something?Lignum est bonum.
Perhaps he copes in the pull down position.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
No, it's not too high for coping. I'm 6 ft. 2 in. , so it fits just right.
The drawers used to be just open spaces in which I stored stuff , but I found that if others on the jobsite could see my extra pencils, or scibes , or sandpaper ect. ect. , they would go right ahead and "borrow" it. Since I made the drawers [hand dovetailed by the way] I don't have that problem. I guess opening a drawer is where benign pillferers draw the line.
Other features that this table has that you might want to include are , an attached plugin strip, holes to hold bar clamps,a block to attach a table extension [ usually scrap 3/4 stock] and solid blocking underneath so that I can screw or bolt the sliding compound miter saw.
Good luck on the new table!
How do you keep the drawers closed while you're moving the thing?
My kid sold your honor roll student all of the answers to the tests
The table is sized so that I can fit it under my arm and walk away with it , with the drawers facing up. And yes , once or twice after a long day , in a hurry to get out of there, I have grabbed it upsidedown and spilled all contents to the floor. In the truck it travels flat or with drawers facing up [ fits nicely into an 8 ft. bed]
Thanks fer the info. I may try building one of those this winter. But knowing me, I need to figure out a way to keep them drawers shut. (-:
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity. Dr. Rick Rigsby, Professor and assistant football coach, Texas A&M]
A little slow in posting -and even worse, no photo. However, I made a combination benchsaw/CMS stand out of aluminum. The 1"x1" frame measures about 4' x 2', with space to place the bench saw that is level with the flat area upon which I put the CMS. I then made this flat area capable of taking the fence, thereby increasing the cut to 26". Some 5" behind the benchsaw is an outfeed roller built in; and there are a couple of other rollers that allow me to feed longer stock thru the CMS. It takes 2 or 3 minutes to set up, but 7 minutes to dig everything out from the mess in the van, so it only gets used for jobs longer than a day.
All the best...
To those who know - this may be obvious. To those who don't - I hope I've helped.
Gee , that looks like my bench backward. I place the saw around the other way so that I can use that flat space to work on.
Is that a home made router table on the floor in the backround? I have one that I made years ago that is set up so that any router can be fitted to it in a matter of minutes.
this is the one i currently stand at. i also do mainly finish work,
interior or exterior. the saw horses fold flat for storage when in the
van.
I made a saw table like yours but i used an old aluminum ladder so it is very light to pack up.It works well .
GD - Why is the deck of your trailer sloped?
also, nice setup, as long as it's not raining?
Finally got my wife to let me take her camera to the jobsite! Installing windows in a restoration/remodel project.
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Nothing fancy. Stablemate, 2x4's, and saw horses.
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
Dumb question.... but is that a bar you're building? You shootin' some stick on breaks?
Yeah, it's the beginning of a bar.
There are 4 pool tables in the way. Unfortunately, I covered them with plastic when work began.
I've been working nights at the bar, and days on the never ending mahogany deck/mud pit. At least it was 68 today. Party's over on Thursday, 35 and snow.
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
Tight spot there, huh? Are you building a lower level to the existing deck to wrap around the hot tub? How far along are ya? Any pics? When I get my price, I love doing decks because you get to do a little bit of everything and they give a good "wow" factor when done.
I finished the frame today. Up until now it's mostly been digging holes, pouring concrete, and grading under the tub.
The hot tub was originally set on the ground, and never leveled. Regrading, and building a proper base were part of my scope of work. I dug out the all the grass and top soil. Then, built a base of 3"-6" of compacted gravel, 2x2 pavers on top of that.
This is a good customer, so I went out of my way for them. Since I've been working alone, I avoid projects with this much manual labor, but it's been fun. 1900lbs of concrete, 2,000lbs of gravel, and 900lbs of pavers. All moved by hand on this site.
Not to mention the 800 lineal feet of 5/4 mahogany, 24 2x10-16 pt, and 4 6x6-8. All hand nailed with 10d stainless ring shanks. Did I mention the manual labor?
I'll get some pics on Friday, when I go back. I've got 16 replacement windows tomorrow, then a new construction kitchen on Thursday. And the bar...
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
Oh yeah, the deck will be 13x20 with the hot tub sunken in the middle. The deck will be about 20" off the ground. The deck will be accessed from the walk out basement patio door. A small walk way 6x14. Lots of built in benches, a patio swing, and furniture on the deck itself.
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
I thought I would throw my pic's in the hat. This setup has a yardstick that I ripped down inlayed into the back stop for quick rough cuts within a 16th. Unfortunately one side has the yardstick upside down but still its easily readable.
The cutouts in the workstation are good for holding multiple pieces when production cutting and a good place to throw the coping saw, hand plane, biscuit joiner, sandpaper, etc.
Mav, is that a hitaci?
What is the largest 1x stock that you can cut lying flat?
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I think I can cut a 1x 11 1/2" flat. I have been known to cut as much as 1x 14" by lifting the back end a little but far beit for me to advocate any unsafe technique
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No, the saw does come out easy enough and I have in the past left the work station on the job and locked up the saw, although I dont which component I would rather have ripped off.
I could easily mount another saw on the saw station. Matter of fact my Hitachi 10 inch compound mitre saw replaced my Hitachi 8 1/4" with no improvements. They both have the same base. I'm considering buying the Hitachi 12" and that also has the same base.
Nice set up! I assume that the plywood box with cut outs was designed to maximize rigidity while minimizing wieght, that is important when moving from site to site.
Yeah, at first the think was a little heavy so I made the cut outs to lighten it up. Then the cut outs became useful in other ways like handles to carry the thing, or a place to throw tools during the day.
I find that I cut a lot of the same size crown mouldings (3 1/4", 4 5/8", 5 1/4") so I have back stops to fit those sizes and I store them inside the work station. Its a real time saver