Steve Moss
02-16-2020, 9:50 AM
Hi all. So starting this post early for some design ideas before getting into the build. Quick history. Last year this time, I moved from the garage into 2,300sf shop. I retired from an IT career and we starting doing furniture repair, with a plan to eventually do cabinet repair as well. Some issues with CA contractor law, some miss leading rules therein, AND 5 heart attacks and bypass surgery last year caused me to drop the cabinetwork, and move back into the garage. (yes, feeling great now, better than I have in 20 years, thanks for asking).
I added several tools while in the big shop, and space is now at a significant premium in the garage.
I need to do some consolidation of table tops (Ya, like a lot of you, if it’s a flat surface it’s covered in something. Ha, my jointer is currently doing double duty as small assemble table right now, you know how it is).
The project now is to combine my folding outfeed table, assembly table, and router cart into one. And potentially build a downdraft sanding table into it as well.
OMG I hope that wasn’t too much history I’m. Sorry.
Building this on top of a torsion box will be a pain. And I’m not sure that a torsion box is that critical. I’ll end up with probably six cabinet boxes all squared up and connected, so I’ll have a very rigid base that will start flat and shouldn’t rack over time. To that, I’ll drop some ¾" MDF with a laminate skin on top.
As always, all thoughts much appreciated.
Plans to follow.
I added several tools while in the big shop, and space is now at a significant premium in the garage.
I need to do some consolidation of table tops (Ya, like a lot of you, if it’s a flat surface it’s covered in something. Ha, my jointer is currently doing double duty as small assemble table right now, you know how it is).
The project now is to combine my folding outfeed table, assembly table, and router cart into one. And potentially build a downdraft sanding table into it as well.
OMG I hope that wasn’t too much history I’m. Sorry.
Building this on top of a torsion box will be a pain. And I’m not sure that a torsion box is that critical. I’ll end up with probably six cabinet boxes all squared up and connected, so I’ll have a very rigid base that will start flat and shouldn’t rack over time. To that, I’ll drop some ¾" MDF with a laminate skin on top.
As always, all thoughts much appreciated.
Plans to follow.