Frank Pellow
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« Reply #30 on: March 09, 2008, 10:54 PM » |
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Looks like they've seen some weather but still holding up fine! I'm going to pick up some 2 by stock manana and build me a set presently. BTW, what's that white powdery substance in the background?!
Yes they have seen some weather and a lot of rough handling. By the way, a quite a bit more of the white powdery substance has fallen since I took the pictures you were referring to. Here is a picture at just about the same spot taken this morning (after I had shovelled a LOT of the white stuff).  |
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phill-k
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« Reply #31 on: March 24, 2008, 01:54 AM » |
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Great Photos of the Island Frank, 2 questions, can you post a link to your journal, and are the plans for the cutting table / saw horses available on the net somewhere
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phill
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Frank Pellow
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« Reply #32 on: March 24, 2008, 07:54 AM » |
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Great Photos of the Island Frank, 2 questions, can you post a link to your journal, and are the plans for the cutting table / saw horses available on the net somewhere
thanks
phill
If you would like to download a copy of my shop journal, Stuart Ablett has agreed to let people download a PDF version of the journal from his web site. To do this: simply (1) connect to: http://www.ablett.jp/frank/(2) open the document: FrankPellow-v2.1.2.pdf (3) select the ?diskette? icon in the top left of the Adobe Acrobat tool bar in order to save the file to your computer The cutting trable is simply some ridgid foam insullation glued to a 4' x 8' x 3/4" construction grade fir plywood sheet. The plans for the sawhorses don't seem to be on the internet any more, but if you send me your email address, I will send a copy to you. |
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seaduk
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« Reply #33 on: March 27, 2008, 09:47 AM » |
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Frank,
Thanks for posting the link to your journal about your new shop. I enjoyed browsing and making some copies. I am setting up a much more modest area, and I appreciate your thoughts and ideas.
I would like the plans for the cutting table/sawhorses.
I am planning a simple table to cut 4x8 plywood for my first cabinet - I'm very new at this. I have read a lot of the posts, but I'm not sure how you line up the festool saw guide correctly with the edge of the plywood, and then how you quickly measure the width of cuts and make sure that all the cuts are the same width. Are there some store-bought or custom things that make this easier?
Thanks, Charlie
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Frank Pellow
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« Reply #34 on: March 27, 2008, 10:34 AM » |
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I'm glad that you found my shop building journal to be of use. The sawhorse plans have now been sent to the address you mentioned. I use either a steel ruler with a stop or a measuring tape to mark the location to position the guide rail. Concerning your question about repetative cuts, occasionaly I make a "story stick" to use on the cutting table. By "story stick" I simply mean a scrap piece cut to the approriate length. Others have gone much further than this and have made repetative-cut fences to use with the Festool Multi-function table. For example, see the thread: http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=2589.0 |
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« Reply #35 on: March 27, 2008, 10:49 AM » |
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Frank, I too would like to receive a copy of your plans-- I had sent you a pm couple of days ago. My email is vvjk@yahoo.comThanks. Vijay |
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Frank Pellow
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« Reply #36 on: March 27, 2008, 11:05 AM » |
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Frank, I too would like to receive a copy of your plans-- I had sent you a pm couple of days ago. My email is vvjk@yahoo.comThanks. Vijay Sorry Vijay, I skipped over that email. I have now looked at it and have sent the plans to you. |
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Don Schultz
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« Reply #37 on: April 08, 2008, 01:04 PM » |
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Frank, Are you still able to send plans? Your offer was very generous so I sent an email but haven't seen a response. sdon@lightspeed.net. Thank much, Don |
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Frank Pellow
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« Reply #38 on: April 08, 2008, 01:54 PM » |
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Frank, Are you still able to send plans? Your offer was very generous so I sent an email but haven't seen a response. sdon@lightspeed.net. Thank much, Don Sorry for the delay. The plans have now been sent to you. |
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Wonderwino
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« Reply #39 on: April 08, 2008, 05:42 PM » |
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If you want to design your own, the angles I use are 20, 70 & 90 degrees (the 90 is 1/2 the triangle formed by the legs. I want to build mine to be 34" high, plus an inch and a half foam board to total 35-1/2", the same height as the MFT/3. I found a great tool to calculate triangles at: http://ostermiller.org/calc/triangle.htmlI used it to calculate the length of the legs at 36" with a total leg base width of 24" with the angles above. It is easiest to calculate 1/2 the leg, (a 12" base), which is a right triangle. That way, you can enter the total height, as 34". |
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« Reply #40 on: April 11, 2008, 06:11 AM » |
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thanks for the tip, just completed mine the other day, I put it on some of the yellow saw horses you buy at HD.
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Monju123
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« Reply #41 on: April 11, 2008, 09:31 AM » |
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Here we are, a group of people who have very high end tools as a common point of interest, and what generate a large,and deserved, degree of interest? SAWHORSES. It just goes to show, the flowers won't be pretty if the roots aren't strong.
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UCLA Fan
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« Reply #42 on: April 29, 2008, 12:16 PM » |
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The cutting trable is simply some ridgid foam insullation glued to a 4' x 8' x 3/4" construction grade fir plywood sheet...
I use two purchased folding plastic sawhorses (2 for $30 from the BORG) then I add two 24" wide hollow core luan flush-faced interior doors side by side as a very light weight bench top. The doors were $10 each and being torsion box construction they are much stronger (and significantly lighter) then 3/4 piywood. Next I too add a 2" rigid foam insulation cutting top. Since my shop is small I cut the rigid foam to fit the width of the doors (24") this improves storage and mobility. With this setup I can have a portable cutting bench that is 24 or 48 inches wide depending on my needs. Total investment - $70. In my case I do not glue the rigid foam to the doors I like using the door as additional table surface when needed so I just lay the foam on top of the doors when cutting. Frank C |
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patrick anderson
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« Reply #43 on: April 29, 2008, 12:50 PM » |
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I built 2 of the ones like Frank's a couple of weeks ago. The drawings are from a book of jigs and fixtures by Nick Engler which I scored for about $3.
I modelled it in SketchUp to help work the kinks out so if anyone here wants the skippy file I'll be glad to post it.
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Jim Kirkpatrick
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« Reply #44 on: April 29, 2008, 02:43 PM » |
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I modelled it in SketchUp to help work the kinks out so if anyone here wants the skippy file I'll be glad to post it.
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patrick anderson
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« Reply #45 on: April 29, 2008, 07:12 PM » |
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Jim Kirkpatrick
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« Reply #46 on: April 29, 2008, 07:15 PM » |
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Dead link, dude.
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patrick anderson
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« Reply #47 on: April 30, 2008, 10:02 AM » |
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oops
try it now mate
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