Iceclimber
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Well i was not going to share any pics of this project till it was 100% done. I took a new job so this is going o take much longer than i planned when i started building.
My thought process with regard to not sharing pictures till the project was completed was that my vision may not be realized at various stages of progress and may just look like a hot mess. Maybe it is a hot mess but i like it so far and thats what matters.
The project started out with the purchase of a Kapex. I had a existing old built in work bench that came with my house and series of cabinets i could not bring myself to just tear out and throw in a landfill.
I have always wanted a dedicated built in miter station for repeatable cuts. For the most part i liked the layout of the existing bench and it had what at the time seemed like good bones. I also intended to use most only various scrap wood i had lying around "so much for that plan" from various projects to save money hence the hodge podge of wood species. In retrospect had i known i would get so carried away i would had made the top out of solid wood as apposed to MDF. Oh well what are you gonna do?
In the end and at this point i could have purchased the UG cart and extensions about 3-4 times. By the time I'm done probably 5-6 times if not more. The plan is to build some additional wall cabinets to mount above the bench/saw comprised of mahogany boxes styles and rails with floating birdseye panels. Also any place you see a opening for a drawer there will be one. The drawers will have 3/4 birdseye faces and mahogany boxes surrounded by the mahogany face frames. As of now the bench is a mix of various mahogany species, teak and birdseye.
The fence will be rebuilt with solid ebony and the T Track in the bench top replaced with gold as apposed to the ugly blue. I think ill go gold T Track also in the fence and make a nifty stop out of wood.
And fyi i have many many more work surfaces in my shop to actually work on. This is solely for mitered cuts and drawing up plans tool storage and generally just being something i enjoy looking at while i build other projects.
Ill add more pics of the build as i sort through them. I also add more as the project progresses.
My thought process with regard to not sharing pictures till the project was completed was that my vision may not be realized at various stages of progress and may just look like a hot mess. Maybe it is a hot mess but i like it so far and thats what matters.
The project started out with the purchase of a Kapex. I had a existing old built in work bench that came with my house and series of cabinets i could not bring myself to just tear out and throw in a landfill.
I have always wanted a dedicated built in miter station for repeatable cuts. For the most part i liked the layout of the existing bench and it had what at the time seemed like good bones. I also intended to use most only various scrap wood i had lying around "so much for that plan" from various projects to save money hence the hodge podge of wood species. In retrospect had i known i would get so carried away i would had made the top out of solid wood as apposed to MDF. Oh well what are you gonna do?
In the end and at this point i could have purchased the UG cart and extensions about 3-4 times. By the time I'm done probably 5-6 times if not more. The plan is to build some additional wall cabinets to mount above the bench/saw comprised of mahogany boxes styles and rails with floating birdseye panels. Also any place you see a opening for a drawer there will be one. The drawers will have 3/4 birdseye faces and mahogany boxes surrounded by the mahogany face frames. As of now the bench is a mix of various mahogany species, teak and birdseye.
The fence will be rebuilt with solid ebony and the T Track in the bench top replaced with gold as apposed to the ugly blue. I think ill go gold T Track also in the fence and make a nifty stop out of wood.
And fyi i have many many more work surfaces in my shop to actually work on. This is solely for mitered cuts and drawing up plans tool storage and generally just being something i enjoy looking at while i build other projects.
Ill add more pics of the build as i sort through them. I also add more as the project progresses.
