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| Enough for both the table and the workbench |
To this (sketches here):
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| Not much to look at, but now I can safely use the tablesaw for small cuts. |
This is not going to be making it to the reader's gallery on finewoodworking.com, but it is strong enough to be used as a step latter if I choose to. I still need to fit a shelf on the lower part, and probably a set of wheels to make it easier to push around when I setup/teardown.
Lesson learned: spruce in the 2X4 stock isn't very good and it makes it unmotivating to do a good job with it. But hey, it sure beats the sad quality of end-joined spruce in the 2X3 stock. But when push comes to shove, I'd rather spend time and money on other things than this piece of utility furniture. Mmm, oh yes, I don't know how I feel about MDF either (which is what I used for the horizontal surfaces), but it's cheap and does the job.
MDF is easy to work with but make sure you use some kind of mask or respirator when you cut it. It produces very fine dust which contains formaldehyde.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it certainly is easy to work with. Thanks for the pointer on dust (which I didn't know about). I tend to wear a mask all the time when I generate dust, but I've got twice as many reasons with MDF.
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