Most of my experience has been in building custom boxes for home and car stereo. Eventually I’d like to build a few dressers, chests, jewelry boxes, etc... for my daughters. It’s going to be a while before I get rolling, as I’m having wrist surgery in a few weeks and will be out of commission for a while. It’ll give me time to figure out exactly what I want to do.
You sound like me Dave . I used to live for car audio and loved building my systems .
That’s a sweet setup! My system back in the day was MB Quart 8”/4”/1” 3-ways and a pair of JL Audio 12w6’s running off PPI art series amps. I still have the Quarts boxed up in my closet.
That's a great table setup! I've already got my router table planned out (32x48, 2x 3/4 MDF w/hardboard face, Incra lift and Super fence on top of a cabinet with lots of storage), but that definitely gives me some ideas for a future workbench project, or maybe even a modification to my perfectly good welding table using hydraulic rams and a 12v pump. I have a feeling you guys are going to be a bad influence on me. Ha!Welcome aboard, Dave. Looks to me like you have a lot of the tools to start building stuff. Later, a planer and a jointer will prove helpful if you buy material at a real lumber yard in "rough" form. That way, you can straighten the edges, flatten the faces, and plane the thickness to your desired thickness.
But in the mean time, there are lots of things you can build using plywood. Or, if you have a Lowe's nearby, they sell project panels that come in various widths up to 24 inches wide, and lengths up to six or eight feet in length. I have used this material to build several toy boxes for the grandkids. If you have a jig saw, you can do it also with very little trouble.
Also, since you have several routers, I have the ideal project for you. It is a dual router table that has adjustable height so it can also be used as a work table or lowered to make it easy to assemble projects. The secret to the adjust-ability is a screw jack from Harbor Freight - RV model. It has a nut welded on the end. A simple drill will run the table up and down with ease. My wife has stood on it with no problems.
I will add a couple of pictures, and later search trough the forums to find my router table project.
Careful what you wish for. You end up remodeling your kitchen like we did!
Awesome woofer . I only used JL for subwoofer duties back in the day . I think I had a pair of 12” JL W3’s though, can’t remember it was so long ago
Cool. Before you buy a lift, consider getting a Triton TRA001 3.25 hp router for the table only. I see them going for about the same price as a good lift, and far lower than top of the line lifts. That, and the extra power is very nice. It will handle whatever you can toss at it. The 1617s work fine in a table, but the extra power is a treat.
My eventual plan was to put one of my 1617’s into an Incra Mast-R-Lift II and later swap it for the PC 7518 3.25hp motor. I’ll take a look at the Triton as well!
No doubt! My current table saw is a basic PC model I could just toss in the truck and take it to a job site and run it off the tailgate. Eventually I’d like a good cabinet saw.
I’ve got a small collection of clamps already that I use for welding, but not nearly as many as id like to have.
