More fun with 80/20...??

[rst]

I've contacted 8020 by messaging through the Ebay store to purchase material not listed.

 

[Cheese]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member]

In addition to Svar’s links take a look at JW Winco they are great source for all sorts of these widgets and things.
https://www.jwwinco.com/en-us/home

Ron

Thanks Ron [member=3192]rvieceli[/member] , for the info. I haven’t had the opportunity to check it out because I’m still shoveling snow.  [eek]  It was also my mom’s 95th birthday so other priorities prevailed, as they should.  [smile]

 

[tdwilli1]

Here is what I've been working on the last week. Parts will arrive tomorrow. Am building two of these. Still need to add fold out wing extensions.

 

[Upcoaster]

Greetings from Washougal, Washington!

Firstly, I should confess that I don't own any Festool products.  I found my way to this most fascinating community by way of Pinterest!  (Crazy, right?).

We moved into our newly built house in April and our outbuilding was just completed last month. Within it, I'll have a dream space (24'x24') to create my wood shop.  I have a lot of work to do to erect some partition walls, install insulation and a lot of electrical work before I'll be able to un-mothball all of my wood shop stuff that's currently stored in a 20' land/sea container (my previous shop space) that sits at the other end of our property.

I've been sketching on some workbench ideas (getting a little ahead of myself) which lead me to Pinterest.  To my surprise, I found some aluminum extrusion-based workbench builds and many of them were credited as coming from this site! I was intrigued and just had to create me a login and introduce myself.

I had to box up my shop almost three years ago when I got re-married and moved. While I was cleaning out to move and hauling some stuff to a salvage place, they had a huge bench made from 8020 and I bought it for cheap, broke it down and stowed it. Even though I was supposed to be pairing down my possessions and cleaning out, I couldn't resist snapping up some of that material. 

Also, several years before that, I worked at an electronics manufacturing plant that closed down and I managed to procure a few retired benches and fixtures made from 8020 that I've used to create various things in my shop. Most of it will get dis-assembled when I un-pack it and re-purposed for shop v2.0!!

Hopefully y'all don't mind my lurking despite my lack of 'qualifications' (not exactly a card carrying Festool guy). 

To answer the original question at the top of this post, "What have YOU been doing with 8020 in your shop?" I thought I'd share a glimpse of my router table where I've incorporated 8020. This is my favorite shop-built workstation of all time.

 

[rst]

Welcome to the group and congratulations.  You're router station is great.  I must warn you however that this group is incredibly hard on a bank account. Under no circumstances buy one of Festool's sanders and use it with dust collection or you will be subjected to a life long addiction.

 

[tdwilli1]

Greetings from Washougal, Washington!

To answer the original question at the top of this post, "What have YOU been doing with 8020 in your shop?" I thought I'd share a glimpse of my router table where I've incorporated 8020. This is my favorite shop-built workstation of all time.

Welcome - I'm from Tualatin and just got done designing a similar router table with Linear Bearings! Will be attaching my Woodpeckers Router Fence to the bearings. Got the profiles ordered yesterday.

 

[Upcoaster]

Thanks for the Welcome, guys!!

David in Washougal

 

[Cheese]

Here’s just a shout-out on the 80/20 stuff. I placed another order for some 80/20 stuff today on both their web site and also on their eBay website. Interestingly enough the individual item pricing was comparable between both web sites but the shipping was almost $10 more on their eBay website.

This was also the case the last time I ordered about 3 weeks ago. Just a FWIW...

 

[tallgrass]

I have ordered from 80/20 and their ebay store and have noticed some interesting pricing differences. I have noticed quite a savings on the pre-cut from ebay in terms of the cost of the rail, but the shipping is different in how it scales. My last order which arrived today was for 15-30-24'. The ebay price was half price and the shipping was a little more. That was for 24 pieces. I am making rolling MFT tables.

 

[rmwarren]

I gather all the eBay purchases into my cart and then use the Request Total option, shipping to the NJ shore has been surprisingly inexpensive. At times I'd buy 8' sticks and they'd box everything up and ship UPS. Tim the UPS guy gets cookies and a gift card every Christmas.

They've also added on stuff that wasn't on the eBay store, had forgotten about that until someone mentioned it on this thread.

RMW

 

[AndrewG]

Just wondering if anyone has come up with a way to attach a measurement scale to the 80/20? I’m thinking of using it as a MFT fence?

Many thanks,
Andy

 

[rst]

I use industrial stick on tapes, I have 16'ers one on both sides of my saw used for prepping storefront aluminum, and 8'ers on either side of my Makita slider at home.  I made my extensions with 8020 extrusions and my scale is attached to their triangular extrusion.
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[Cheese]

Just wondering if anyone has come up with a way to attach a measurement scale to the 80/20? I’m thinking of using it as a MFT fence?

Starrett makes self adhesive tapes available in imperial and metric.

Also available in L to R and R to L measurement.
http://us.test.starrett.com/categor...isplayMode=grid&itemsPerPage=12&sortBy=wp/asc

 

[Dusty.House]

Just wondering if anyone has come up with a way to attach a measurement scale to the 80/20? I’m thinking of using it as a MFT fence?

Starrett makes self adhesive tapes available in imperial and metric.

Also available in L to R and R to L measurement.
http://us.test.starrett.com/categor...isplayMode=grid&itemsPerPage=12&sortBy=wp/asc

Starrett’s are too wide. Kreg’s do fit perfectly but they are costly.

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[tallgrass]

Costly? More expensive than cutting mistakes. More expensive than the time lost looking for an economical alternative. I am not saying money means nothing, however unless one's time is worth very little, I would argue save you time , get what you need and move forward. 2cents

 

[Mario Turcot]

L.V. have 8 different auto adhesive tapes

L to R, R to L, Imperial, Metric, 1/2", 3/4"

From 14$ to 17$ each

P.S. I suggest that you use nail varnish on each ends to prevent peeling.

 

[RightAngleDesign]

Regarding cutting aluminum, I've spent considerable time cutting 6061 with my Kapex and table saw for my own work tables. I bought blades designed for cutting aluminum from Forrest for both. Though many will remind us that it's not very hard, aluminum is "sticky" in a machining sort of way, and I've found that a product called Tap Magic Aluminum is ideal for smoothing both the cutting action and the result. You still need to proceed carefully and make certain you secure the material.

 

[Cheese]

Regarding cutting aluminum, I've spent considerable time cutting 6061 with my Kapex and table saw for my own work tables. I bought blades designed for cutting aluminum from Forrest for both. Though many will remind us that it's not very hard, aluminum is "sticky" in a machining sort of way, and I've found that a product called Tap Magic Aluminum is ideal for smoothing both the cutting action and the result.

I used to use Tap Magic but it gets a bit messy, I now use this Milwaukee soap/wax for the last 4-5 years on the band saw and the 14" chop saw. I just rub it on the blade every couple of cuts.

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[Dusty.House]

Costly? More expensive than cutting mistakes. More expensive than the time lost looking for an economical alternative. I am not saying money means nothing, however unless one's time is worth very little, I would argue save you time , get what you need and move forward. 2cents

Fair point we are on the Festool forum discussing 80/20. $15 for an adhesive tape is a rounding error

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dusty.tools

 

[rmwarren]

Finally had time (& weather) this weekend to pull off a major usability improvement in the tiny shop. This has been brewing for a while and I got energized last month by [member=44099]Cheese[/member] thread on routing access slots into the 80/20 extrusion for Festool clamps.

What this lead to was adding a worktop along the entire rear wall (~11-1/2') of the shop so I had room for most of my benchtop tools while leaving room underneath for storage. I've been so focused on making everything portable on casters that I lost sight of how friggin' great it is to have large fixed work areas.

Setting the stage - a badly overcrowded 10' by 12' shop:

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The new work surface, which is vastly improved using the 1515 extrusion:

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Total of 3 ~48" sections, laminated 2X 18mm ply for rigidity, only 2 legs @ the joints with everything else anchored to the walls.

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The beauty of this is the height is 40" w/ a total top thickness of 2" leaving me ~38" underneath. Years ago I standardized all my carts/cabinets @ 37" so now any of the old stuff can just roll underneath for storage:

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Clamps slide in the Cheese-inspired routed slots:

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Already had some French cleat tool holders I use on the MFT cart:

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A side benefit to the new work surface, which I wasn't really focused on, is using all the stuff designed to attach to 80/20 & French cleats:

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Totally excited to think I'll be able to use the bench tools without having to move something first.

RMW