STM 1800

[Mike Goetzke]

I'll be 69 in a half a month but I'm as excited with receiving my STM1800 as I was when I was a kid at Christmas time!

After assembling it I had to time my setup and tear down time compared to my saw horses, 3-MFT style slabs, and track tubes. They took 5 minutes each way and this STM 1800 cut the time by more than half. Plus I can easily glide this 4'x8' table all around my garage shop - something the fixed saw horses couldn't do (and the main reason I purchased the STM).

My three slabs are aligned with a domino and two connectors between each section. On my old system I used two short dogs that fastened to the top rail of the track tubes to hold the slabs in place. Should be easy to find a way to anchor the tops on the STM 1800.

 

[luvmytoolz]

I'll be 69 in a half a month but I'm as excited with receiving my STM1800 as I was when I was a kid at Christmas time!

Awesome acquisition!

It'll be a very sad for me if I ever stop getting excited over new tools!

Luckily, or unluckily if you ask the missus, I don't see that day coming! ;-)

 

[nclemmons]

that top is a great idea for the STM1800. Thanks for sharing that photo. Assume you used a ParfGuide for drilling the hole grid?

 

[Vondawg]

Looks like the TrackTube offerings

 

[Mike Goetzke]

Looks like the TrackTube offerings

I made this design few years back and had it CNC'd at a local sign shop. I thought how neat to have slots to slide my parallel clamps through but I lose everything through them. Eventually, new tops with less slots and more holes.