A beautiful day in Atlanta GA with temps right at 70* (F), not a cloud in the sky and only the lightest of breeze to be found. After a grueling week from every direction possible, I was determined to spend this day at the shop and make a little progress on my jigs and fixtures. With a day like this, there was no way I wanted to work within the walls so I set up outside as I am known to do from time to time.
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One of the first things on my list was to repair the broken arm board on my table saw cross cut sled.
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And then make a clampable base for my miter saw.
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With those 2 minor projects out of the way, the next goal was to build an insertable work top for my router table like I saw on some of the Router Workshop shows. This would give me the equivalent of an extra mini workbench when working outside. I located a piece of 1/2" sandply left over from another project somewhere in the past and cut it to size. I then did a small roundover on all 4 edges and clamped it to the router table top making sure it was centered all the way around. I cut up 4 blocks of wood and held them in place in the table insert hole while I marked their position. I then took and glued and air gun nailed the blocks in place.
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Ahh.... nothing like a perfect it
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I think the router boys like to say: "Get your router out of the box and have some fun." Altering that quote just a little with my new top: Now I can get my router out of the table and have some fun."
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Okay, now on to the final achievement. Template Tom was kind enough to offer me a lot of help and advice in a previous thread and really stired my interest in his methods. While I have been to busy to get back to that project just yet, I did want to go ahead and start paving a path to trying his recommendations and methods of routing. Seems like I was going to need a jig/template holder and I needed to try my new top for out of the table routing. I went to work using his Intro to template guides publication pdf file that he provided some time back.
First I cut and sized the boards needed.
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Next I secured and cut the dados on my new work top.
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Then a dry fit to be sure I did it right.
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And Bob R. always says, nothing is any good unless it fits.
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Well, that's as far as I got before having to put things away and head back to the house to grill some pork chops for me and the Mrs. All and all... a wonderful day and I had fun and that is what counts.
How was your day?
One of the first things on my list was to repair the broken arm board on my table saw cross cut sled.
And then make a clampable base for my miter saw.
With those 2 minor projects out of the way, the next goal was to build an insertable work top for my router table like I saw on some of the Router Workshop shows. This would give me the equivalent of an extra mini workbench when working outside. I located a piece of 1/2" sandply left over from another project somewhere in the past and cut it to size. I then did a small roundover on all 4 edges and clamped it to the router table top making sure it was centered all the way around. I cut up 4 blocks of wood and held them in place in the table insert hole while I marked their position. I then took and glued and air gun nailed the blocks in place.
Ahh.... nothing like a perfect it
I think the router boys like to say: "Get your router out of the box and have some fun." Altering that quote just a little with my new top: Now I can get my router out of the table and have some fun."
Okay, now on to the final achievement. Template Tom was kind enough to offer me a lot of help and advice in a previous thread and really stired my interest in his methods. While I have been to busy to get back to that project just yet, I did want to go ahead and start paving a path to trying his recommendations and methods of routing. Seems like I was going to need a jig/template holder and I needed to try my new top for out of the table routing. I went to work using his Intro to template guides publication pdf file that he provided some time back.
First I cut and sized the boards needed.
Next I secured and cut the dados on my new work top.
Then a dry fit to be sure I did it right.
And Bob R. always says, nothing is any good unless it fits.
Well, that's as far as I got before having to put things away and head back to the house to grill some pork chops for me and the Mrs. All and all... a wonderful day and I had fun and that is what counts.
How was your day?
