Sometimes I fill the waiting time with sharpening tools or sweeping or I just give up and go away. This time I did a bit of shop maintenance that was long long over due. I while ago, more than a year, maybe more than three years I cut the top of my work table with my circular saw and not long after that a corner broke off. I have struggled to work around the broken bit of bench ever since. Finally yesterday I was waiting for the glue to dry and decided to do something about the problem. There was also a bit of wood just the right size staring me in the face.
First thing to do was cut the edge square, for that I used my circular saw and the saw guide that I made a few weeks ago. Once again the saw and guide worked easily and accurately. My bench top is 1 1/2 inch thick plywood and this time I decided to cap the edge of the plywood with real wood. You can see, I used glue and wood dowels to attach the face board. The entire work table is assembled with dowels, Miller dowels generally. I chose to use wooden fasteners so that anytime I saw or drill on this work table I know, for sure, that I won't run into a screw or a nail. For example, today I added three new dog holes in the work top, which is easy knowing what is hidden.
I have been working for several projects now without a table saw. Now I have no plans to replace my table saw , if I won the lottery I might buy a dedicated track saw but I'm not even sure about that. The saw I could not live without is the sliding mitre saw. They do half of what a table saw will do, for half the price, but it is the half that makes life in my small shop much easier.
All that remains after the varnish for the paint box is a carrying handle. I need to see what is out there in hardware.
cheers ianw
but not the sandwich kind!
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