Please show me your plywood cutting tables!

[Bikeboy80]

Guess that's the beauty of the cutting table design, no surface to collect junk on!

 

[pugilato]

four 1x4's with notches cut into them, and a 1" foam panel on top, and ba da bim, cutting table. designed to fit around an MFT or to be placed on saw horses. Fully dissasemblable. Works good.

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[overanalyze]

Two sheets of 3/4" ply and a little time....

Looks like its time to clean that workbench!

...that's one of our storage racks...not a work bench. It holds our masonry and drywall materials and tools. Here's my work bench...

 

[RONWEN]

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[butzla]

I made this knock down table with inspiration from Frank Pellow.  Not pictured is a piece of 1/2" plywood with an 1" sheet of pink rigid insulation glued to the top with liquid nails.  The whole thing breaks down and stows easily.  The plans are from an old PWW article.  I think I still have the plans if you're interested.

 

[Michael_Allen]

Jim.
I would very much like a copy of the plans, this fairly simple 2x4 based design is exactly what I am looking for. I could make something based on the picture but I think I would save alot of time and getter a better result with the plans.

Thanks in advance.

Michael

 

[JerrySats]

I use this one in my shop . I just lay foam insulation board on top .

I also made one like overanalyzes made . That thing is rock solid , I love using it on jobs .  At first it was real tight fitting , I just used some furniture wax on it and it goes together and comes apart so much easier .

 

[semenza]

Here is one picture of mine. Not portable in any way though.

The whole story  is here http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-jigs-tool-enhancements/large-shop-cutting-table/

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Seth

 

[Wing79]

Here is something that might be what your looking for.  Fairly cheap, easy to setup, sturdy.  I would probably still keep a foam sheet around to throw on top.

Check out the video on their website listed below.  Kind of cheesy video but the setup looks pretty sweet!

http://centipedetool.com/centipede-sawhorse/

I was gonna order one myself!

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[Frank Pellow]

Assemble this knock-down frame:

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Then (optionally) place a foam slab glued to a sheet of plywood on top

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I say optionally, because the frame can be used for sawing without bothering with the foam sheet

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[Scott B.]

Ours is shop based and doubles as an assembly table.

 

[tonylumps]

Simple 3/4"X5"Plywwood strips.Half Lap, knock down. I use Styrofoam insulation for sacrificial top if doing a lot of cutting. When set up it is 4'X8'.

 

[Howad]

I like these torsion boxes.  work can be clamped on top, side or between.  one side melamine, one side homosote (non marking and soft).  you can lay them between saw horses, on the ground, anywhere.  These have taken up residence in my truck - I break down sheet goods before anything goes inside

 

[Guilliaume woodworks]

I like these torsion boxes.  work can be clamped on top, side or between.  one side melamine, one side homosote (non marking and soft).  you can lay them between saw horses, on the ground, anywhere.  These have taken up residence in my truck - I break down sheet goods before anything goes inside

Any chance of getting alittle more info on your set up? It looks like two smaller torsion boxes( great for transporting to job) that are sitting on saw horses. Pretty simple. Do you fasten boxes together with cross braces, or just move them around under sheet good to be cut? I'm struggling with jobsite cut table that breaks down easily and takes up little space in truck. Also looks like you did some kind of cross cut table with  paralel guides

 

[jbmhs220]

This is my version of a cutting table. Very light weight and easy to store when not in use. All cross pieces are half lapped and really strong. Overall size is  3 ft x 7
ft. Of course the T55 can not sit on the floor. Great table for using parallel guides and cutting thin strips.

 

[ScotF]

This is my version of a cutting table. Very light weight and easy to store when not in use. All cross pieces are half lapped and really strong. Overall size is  3 ft x 7
ft. Of course the T55 can not sit on the floor. Great table for using parallel guides and cutting thin strips.

Welcome to the forum...that is a very nice cutting table.  Where abouts in So Cal are you?  We are neighbors...

Scot

 

[jbmhs220]

Thanks Scot. I live in Orange

Jim

 

[stevep]

One here made from a single sheet of ¾" ply http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/sore-hoarses-mkii-now-with-added-plans-t44761.html?hilit=cutting%20table&start=15. There are plans shown on page 2, about half way down the page.
I made one last year and it has been very useful. (If anyone decides to make one of these, don't cut the ends of the supports off at an angle as it makes it difficult to stand the dismantled table parts upright against a wall for storage).

 

[Howad]

I like these torsion boxes.  work can be clamped on top, side or between.  one side melamine, one side homosote (non marking and soft).  you can lay them between saw horses, on the ground, anywhere.  These have taken up residence in my truck - I break down sheet goods before anything goes inside

Any chance of getting alittle more info on your set up? It looks like two smaller torsion boxes( great for transporting to job) that are sitting on saw horses. Pretty simple. Do you fasten boxes together with cross braces, or just move them around under sheet good to be cut? I'm struggling with jobsite cut table that breaks down easily and takes up little space in truck. Also looks like you did some kind of cross cut table with  paralel guides

The torsion boxes and benches they are sitting on were built as a set.  I got the plans from an old Fine Homebuilding article but I couldn't find the link on a quick search (I'll dig it up latter).  The plans included the hanging bar clamp rack (i think) but I added the pipe clamps and set of drawers.  As they sit, they are pretty heavy but movable.  The system is designed to be flexible and I have found it to be exactly that.  I have clamped the two boxes together to create a larger surface for assembly etc; I've clamped pieces to the side to hold stuff vertical and have and have clamped stuff between them.  On the melemine side, I added holes like an MFT top for Qwas dogs and Festool clamps.  you could use them as huge clamping cauls. They were built for shop use but, as I mentioned, they have moved to my truck and basically live there now.  I've been keeping the legs of my MFT folded up and I sit it on the benches in place of the torsion boxes.  I have found that I really like them for dealing with sheet goods.  I like the Homosote but I guess foam would be equally as good with the possible advantage of not absorbing water.  At a clients house recently, they really paid off, I just laid one in their yard and used it to trim a long radiator top.  The only set up was moving it from truck to yard.

Not to ramble on but I used the rail and guides to cross cut 1x for the radiator cover.  I attached another pic. I haven't touched my chop saw in quit a while.

 

[GarryMartin]

The torsion boxes and benches they are sitting on were built as a set.  I got the plans from an old Fine Homebuilding article but I couldn't find the link on a quick search (I'll dig it up latter).

Fine Woodworking Issue #202 (Tools and Shops 2009).
http://www.finewoodworking.com/woodworking-plans/article/forget-what-you-know-about-workbenches.aspx

You may also want to review http://festoolownersgroup.com/other-tools-accessories/alternative-to-mfs-and-'portable'-traditional-work-bench/msg63694/#msg63694 for some potential enhancements that it looks like Hoj may have made. This one too... http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-jigs-tool-enhancements/another-work-table-idea/msg154212/#msg154212

Then for some great pictures and details, take a look at this one http://festoolownersgroup.com/member-projects/modular-bench-system/

Hope this helps

[from my file of "things I must build when I get time"]