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No video, but I do have some pictures.
I thought my first use of my TS75 would be for the 500 pieces of EPS foam board that I got to insulate my shop, but it turned out to be something different. When I built my shop I planned for a mezzanine at the rear which will house my woodworking tools and benches. It is 20'x20' = 400 square feet, but that is PURE WoodShop. The dust collection, material storage and breakdown, assembly, and finishing areas are all outside of the woodshop area.
A couple of years ago I found seven heavy I-joists on CL that were perfect for the task. Due to health reasons they didn't get used when I thought they would, but last fall I started getting things ready. The joists were 26' long, so I had to cut them down to a little over 20' leaving me some pieces about 64-65" long. Since i only had the seven joists, I needed to use these pieces on the back wall to create a functional ledge for the mezzanine floor to fasten to. Since they would not be a 'structural' joist I needed to find a method to make them work.
The width from the edge of the top and bottom plates to the web is exactly an inch, so I cut some 1/2" plywood lengths, then overlapped them and glued and screwed them together to makes a 'ledger board' that is 1" thick and 20+ feet long. Here's where the TS75 came in.
I had ripped the 1/2" ply pieces on my table saw. but when I glued them together the edges weren't horribly off but they sure weren't perfect. After letting the glue set up I connected my 10' and 8' rails and lined them up on the 'ledger board' that I had just created. I then trimmed just enough off the edge to get a PERFECTLY straight and smooth edge on what would be the top surface where the top plate would rest.
The ledger board just holds the I-joist in place and allows me to anchor through the web without collapsing it. Here is the ledger board in place with one section of I-joist placed:
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Here is a better view of the whole shebang, with some I joist pieces already mounted on each end:
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Notice the lag bolts? I used two at each stud (every 24"). Just for grins and giggles I calculated the load on the back joist - it's 900 pounds total. Each lag bolt has a shear strength of 1350 pounds. I used 18 of them, so the total shear strength is 24,300 pounds. I think it'll hold.
And finally, here is a picture of the top of the ledger board courtesy of the TS75:
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After that was all done, the TS75 got pressed into service cutting T&G subfloor in half for the deck:
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Kind of a waste having furniture-quality edges on subfloor, but it sure was nice to deal with a perfectly straight cut!
Shane, I couldn't get any video due to the crappy light but at least I posted the results!
I thought my first use of my TS75 would be for the 500 pieces of EPS foam board that I got to insulate my shop, but it turned out to be something different. When I built my shop I planned for a mezzanine at the rear which will house my woodworking tools and benches. It is 20'x20' = 400 square feet, but that is PURE WoodShop. The dust collection, material storage and breakdown, assembly, and finishing areas are all outside of the woodshop area.
A couple of years ago I found seven heavy I-joists on CL that were perfect for the task. Due to health reasons they didn't get used when I thought they would, but last fall I started getting things ready. The joists were 26' long, so I had to cut them down to a little over 20' leaving me some pieces about 64-65" long. Since i only had the seven joists, I needed to use these pieces on the back wall to create a functional ledge for the mezzanine floor to fasten to. Since they would not be a 'structural' joist I needed to find a method to make them work.
The width from the edge of the top and bottom plates to the web is exactly an inch, so I cut some 1/2" plywood lengths, then overlapped them and glued and screwed them together to makes a 'ledger board' that is 1" thick and 20+ feet long. Here's where the TS75 came in.
I had ripped the 1/2" ply pieces on my table saw. but when I glued them together the edges weren't horribly off but they sure weren't perfect. After letting the glue set up I connected my 10' and 8' rails and lined them up on the 'ledger board' that I had just created. I then trimmed just enough off the edge to get a PERFECTLY straight and smooth edge on what would be the top surface where the top plate would rest.
The ledger board just holds the I-joist in place and allows me to anchor through the web without collapsing it. Here is the ledger board in place with one section of I-joist placed:
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Here is a better view of the whole shebang, with some I joist pieces already mounted on each end:
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Notice the lag bolts? I used two at each stud (every 24"). Just for grins and giggles I calculated the load on the back joist - it's 900 pounds total. Each lag bolt has a shear strength of 1350 pounds. I used 18 of them, so the total shear strength is 24,300 pounds. I think it'll hold.
And finally, here is a picture of the top of the ledger board courtesy of the TS75:
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After that was all done, the TS75 got pressed into service cutting T&G subfloor in half for the deck:
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Kind of a waste having furniture-quality edges on subfloor, but it sure was nice to deal with a perfectly straight cut!
Shane, I couldn't get any video due to the crappy light but at least I posted the results!
