Chuck Isaacson
07-07-2009, 11:31 PM
So i have the new shop is semi-running shape. I have all of these new tools that need places to go. The first thing on my list was to get a mobile stand under my new Dewalt 735 planer, which is by the way, absolutely freaking sweet!!!! I made a big old pile of dust with it today, but anyways... I needed some materials for this stuff and I just happened to look on craigslist for some plywood and ended up getting 2 sheets of 3/4" and 2 sheets of 1/4" for $55. One of the sheets of 3/4" was really good and the other was crap. But they both worked for what I made of them. I got to building, and made a nice little cart for the planer, an auxilary fence that is sacrificial on one side and is high on the other (sorry I dont have a pic of this yet). Then I made a mobile base for my 12" Grizzly Baby Drum Sander. I plan on putting drawers in both of the stand, but that will be later down the road. So I got those built last week.
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This leads me to my little gloat.. The guy that I got the plywood from had stacks of lumber sitting out in front of his gargae. I mean he had tons, and I thought this was funn because he lived in the missle of town. But anyway, he had some that he said got infected with bettles of some sort and he wanted to get rid of it for cheap. Me and my father-in-law went to go take a look at it and I snagged a pile of red oak with some white oak mixed in with it for $50. It is all rough sawn but it is all dry and ready to work with. He also through in a nice board of cherry. I have been going through it a little and have found a few nice boards of quarter-sawn and some rift-sawn that if were sold in a store would have cost me as much as the whole pile. I think that I made out. Some of it does have damage from the bug, but I am just going to use this to build all of my shop furniture. It will be used to frame out all of my windows and trim for my cabinets and my cabinets.
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Which lead me to my cabinets. There is a first for everything and this is my first cabinet case with a red oak face frame. I got some 5ply 3/4" red oak B2 plywood at Menards for $50 a sheet. This stuff is really good stuff too. It actually measures 3/4". I have only found just a couple of voids but nothing to worry about. It stayed pretty straight for me too. I designed them myself and they are built for a 30" coutertop. This is going to be the perfect height for me. I am going to be using 1/2" MDF covered up with 1/4" hardboard for the countertop. This has been a great project to break in my new Kreg K3 Master system. I used pocket holes to build the face frame and also to secure it to the carcass. Work out real nice. I plan on making all of the doors from the oak as well. Should be fun. I will try to keep the pics coming. I plan on starting on a new router table soon. THe one from the new issue of WOOD Magazine.
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This leads me to my little gloat.. The guy that I got the plywood from had stacks of lumber sitting out in front of his gargae. I mean he had tons, and I thought this was funn because he lived in the missle of town. But anyway, he had some that he said got infected with bettles of some sort and he wanted to get rid of it for cheap. Me and my father-in-law went to go take a look at it and I snagged a pile of red oak with some white oak mixed in with it for $50. It is all rough sawn but it is all dry and ready to work with. He also through in a nice board of cherry. I have been going through it a little and have found a few nice boards of quarter-sawn and some rift-sawn that if were sold in a store would have cost me as much as the whole pile. I think that I made out. Some of it does have damage from the bug, but I am just going to use this to build all of my shop furniture. It will be used to frame out all of my windows and trim for my cabinets and my cabinets.
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Which lead me to my cabinets. There is a first for everything and this is my first cabinet case with a red oak face frame. I got some 5ply 3/4" red oak B2 plywood at Menards for $50 a sheet. This stuff is really good stuff too. It actually measures 3/4". I have only found just a couple of voids but nothing to worry about. It stayed pretty straight for me too. I designed them myself and they are built for a 30" coutertop. This is going to be the perfect height for me. I am going to be using 1/2" MDF covered up with 1/4" hardboard for the countertop. This has been a great project to break in my new Kreg K3 Master system. I used pocket holes to build the face frame and also to secure it to the carcass. Work out real nice. I plan on making all of the doors from the oak as well. Should be fun. I will try to keep the pics coming. I plan on starting on a new router table soon. THe one from the new issue of WOOD Magazine.
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