8020 and plywood panels

[NAS]

How do you mount the plywood flush to the surface of the profile?

See picture of the upper left area on the kapex workstation.....

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[rmwarren]

This does not exactly answer your question but it may help. I was working with plywood and the 1515 profile over the weekend, I wanted panels that were inset on the sides/rear of a cart and proud on the top like an MFT top.

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The slot in the 1515 series is 8mm, so each of the other 2 legs of that profile are 15mm, or near enough. If you were using 3/4" nominal plywood (18-19mm), and wanted it to be flush on the outside/top, you could route a 3-4mm rabbit in the edge to make it 15mm thick, then screw an 8mm strip to the underside (rabbit) and fit it into the slot.

Hope this makes sense.

RMW

 

[sonicfedora]

I love it Richard!  Gonna file this away for a cutting table in my future.

 

[rmwarren]

I love it Richard!  Gonna file this away for a cutting table in my future.

Thanks. There are more photos and some video, planning to post it once I have time to clean everything up. Look for a thread dedicated to the build.

RMW

 

[Wooden Skye]

Richard

Since in my mind you are the 8020 expert, I have a quick question for you.  Is there a series profile which could be used in conjunction with the MFT connectors?  Basically I would like to connect my MFT/3 to a homemade MFT that I am planning.

 

[Kev]

Gotta say I wouldn't be upset if a truck dumped a load of that 1515 profile outside my house [wink]

... grew up loving Mecano!

 

[rmwarren]

Richard

Since in my mind you are the 8020 expert, I have a quick question for you.  Is there a series profile which could be used in conjunction with the MFT connectors?  Basically I would like to connect my MFT/3 to a homemade MFT that I am planning.

Not an expert on anything, I tend to learn only enough about something to be dangerous & then get bored (think ADD)... but thank you.

I am not aware of anything that would adapt the MFT connectors to 8020 without some machining. A while back I was fiddling with some little brackets that fit 1515 and dropped into the V-slot on the MFT/3, but it never went beyond the head-scratching stage. I did discover that 1515 drops over the edge of the MFT extrusion and sits ~0.50" below the top:

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The photos in my earlier post show the plywood top of my new cart, which is coincidentally ~0.50" proud of the 8020. It might require a little shimming but I guess you could combine these 2 ideas and connect the 8020 and MFT/3 together somehow.

Never got further than fiddling around with it. Currently I use a version of this setup:

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The plan is to replace the MFT/3 with an 8020 MFT cart soon so I probably won't be spending much more time on adapting 8020 to the MFT/3.

Post whatever you come up with, I would be interested in seeing it.

RMW

 

[Slappy]

Richard ,
can you detail the square holey stock used as a sliding / adjustable leg . Is that 10 series inside that square holey stuff  ?  ?
what hardware is that ?  ? 
That's just what I need to do , I'm building out feed table with rollers & want to used them on mt big band saw & then use them on a SawStop TS as well
I need a way to have a way to be able to adjust the levels .

Mike

 

[rmwarren]

Richard ,
can you detail the square holey stock used as a sliding / adjustable leg . Is that 10 series inside that square holey stuff   ?   ?
what hardware is that ?  ? 
That's just what I need to do , I'm building out feed table with rollers & want to used them on mt big band saw & then use them on a SawStop TS as well
I need a way to have a way to be able to adjust the levels .

Mike

Mike,

The large tube is 8020 "Holey Tube" (HT), 1.5" OD and 0.125" wall, so it's nominally 1.25" ID or ~ 32mm. The inside extrusion is their 3030 profile, 30mm square. The handle is M8-1.25 with a 8mm t-nut (although you can also use 5/16"-18) that fits the 3030 slot. It locks down tight, works great. The bottom foot is a 5/16" swivel tapped into the end of the extrusion, I think they came from McMaster.

I grabbed some more of this off eBay today because I need more of these legs for the 8020 MFT cart being built:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/80-20-Aluminum-1-5-x-1-5-HT-Series-Holey-Tube-w-Holes-9701-x-40-5-Long/331104825340?

I also scored a deal on the pivot plates, planning to make the legs knock down (swivel) to make them easier to store:

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The ones I wanted are on the right, 90 degree straight pivots, but I got the entire lot for the normal price of 2 of those plates. I also snagged some of the hardware for pivot brackets:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8020-Inc-15-Series-T-Handle-Kit-for-Pivot-Bracket-2799-N/370790263068?

I plan on rounding the end of the HT 180 degrees, then using the shoulder bolts in the first (pivot) hole and the carriage bolt/knob in the second hole/radiused slot, then the leg will swing up against the top extrusion when not in use.

Hope this makes sense. I am working on the basic cart this weekend & taking some video/photos as I go. When time allows I plan to edit it and post a build log with more detail.

RMW