Some of you old timers might remember me, though I haven't posted in a long time. In 2008 I moved, packed up the shop, and didn't get to really start making anything for several years. I'm finally getting more organized and getting closer to some real wood working. I had the honor and pleasure of seeing Dave Anderson's in person many years ago, and vowed I would someday build one.[URL="http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?1181-Saw-Till-is-Finished"] I couldn't find the plans I had downloaded long ago, but fortunately a search here turned them up in this thread. [URL="http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?110866-Saw-Till-Pics-or-Plans&highlight=sawtill"]. I dug out enough rough sawn ash for this project and hope to get started soon.
The weak point of this design is the dovetailed back piece at the top. Dave solved the problem by resting the till on a ledge to support the weight and then attached it to the wall. I'm hoping to hang this on a wall with a french cleat. My plan is dovetail a narrow top to the sides, in typical carcass style. Think box with a 12 inch bottom and 4 inch top. Instead of dovetailing the back cross piece as shown in the drawing, I'm planning to come down about 2 inches and make a single dovetail notched to the side and screwed from the back. It will be glued to the top, and beveled on the bottom to become the french cleat.
For any of you that have built to these plans, or roughly so, will the top interfere with saw placement? I tend to overthink things at times. Is there an easier solution to the top cross piece? (Besides using an engineered wood product attached with pocket screws)
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