Machine Stand from Scrap

[gee-dub]

I sold a bunch of dad's turning stuff (still have some to go). I gathered enough to make me finally buy a combo sander that I have been after for about 15 years. It's funny; I wouldn't pay the price back when it was about half of what it is now. I view it as a gift from dad.

At any rate with the current prices of new material and the down right unavailability of some others I sat down to percolate. I still have a fair amount of the free material I got from a guy who runs a cabinet shop; it was rain damaged. I decided to see if I could come up with a design that would use the sizes of material I had available. I didn't start taking pictures right away because the thing is going to be butt-ugly. At some point I thought I might as well share the journey. I'm sure I'm not the only dumpster diver out there.

You can see the damage to the material but, there is a lot of usable stuff left. The pro shop just couldn't make a financial argument for trimming all the waste off in an attempt to get usable pieces. Hooray for me.

My plan was to use large rabbets to house the thin stock and internal reinfocement for structural rigidity. The sander weighs about 145 lbs and will be mobile.

Here's the side panels, one shellacked, one not.

Yesterdays spoil becomes today's dominoes.

I test the basic case work for size and fit.

I'm using dominoes for strength and pocket holes so I can keep moving along.

A clamp porcupine.

Here's the mobile base I will use and the position the sander will occupy.

I don't do a lot of pocket holing but I did find that an Auto-clamp gripped in a vise makes a quasi-pocket station.

I'm bushed. Tomorrow I will knoick out some drawers and put a back in it.

Then I will wait till my gigantic son-in-law can come by and help me move the machine on to the base.

 

[Coop]

I sure like those 90* clamp jig dealies! 

[gee-dub]

On 3/8/2023 at 5:02 PM, Coop said:

I sure like those 90* clamp jig dealies! 

I've been using those for 20 years.  Some tip from a Wood or Woodsmith mag way back when.  Easily made on the tablesaw sled from scraps.  I slime mine with left over poly or shellac from finishing projects.  They may be impervious to a nuclear blast at this point.

[gee-dub]

I make some drawer box parts out of the water damaged stock.

Groove them for drawer bottoms.

I am just pocket holing the drawer boxes.

A piece of scrap makes sure things align.

Rinse and repeat.

Four drawers will do it.

I have seen the scrap stock as spacer method for setting drawer hight for many years. Thought I'd give it a try. Works well.

Drawer boxes in.

And drawer fronts on.

Now I just have to wait for my SIL to stop by after work to put this beast on top of it.

[Coop]

That’s pretty spiffy. 

[gee-dub]

Some hot water makes slipping these hoses over the fittings easier.

These $10 fittings may seem like an extravagance but after the 378th use they are remembered as very reasonably priced.

All fitted up and part of the crew.

[Mark J]

12 hours ago, gee-dub said:

Some hot water makes slipping these hoses over the fittings easier.

Are you dipping the end of your flex hose in that pan of hot water?  How hot?  

[gee-dub]

On 3/13/2023 at 5:40 AM, Mark J said:

Are you dipping the end of your flex hose in that pan of hot water?  How hot?  

The water was boiling.  I walked the 50 feet or so from the kitchen to the shop and dipped the end of the hose in.  I counted to 30 and then slipped it on with a bit of effort.  A blunt stick used to nudge the metal helix sections on to the fitting help.

[gee-dub]

Last little bit on this. I have found that this graphite impregnated materiel really helps with abrasive life.

It reduces friction and therefor heat. I think I got my roll at Klingspor's Woodworking Shoppe but it has been so long I am not sure of that memory. Super unscientific studies in my real world shop indicate that belts last longer. I cannot remember the last time I had a seam fail before a belt wore out.

[Chestnut]

Why does that look like sand paper attached to the backer? I'm going to have to look into that product it sounds very interesting.

[gee-dub]

On 3/14/2023 at 6:01 AM, Chestnut said:

Why does that look like sand paper attached to the backer? I'm going to have to look into that product it sounds very interesting.

The backing is a canvas product.  I apply it with 3M 77 adhesive.  I spray the graphite material and I spray the surface that it is to stick to.  I wait 5 minutes or so and then apply the graphite material and roll it like a veneer onto a substrate.  It has stuck for nearly 20 years without issue.

Here's the product.

[Von]

Very nice. Cool to see 1-2-3 blocks in action.