BTW, if you add casters, use two non swivels on the back and two locking casters on the front-make sure the lock secures both the wheel rotation and the swivel so your carts don't skip around in use. I put doors on every cabinet to reduce wandering dust and to master making face frames and doors. I can't tell you how much confidence I got from building space efficient shop stands and now, all the tools in my smallish shop are on casters and easily moved around for use and cleanup. My first cabinet was of MDF and my sander and all my sanding gear still sit on and in it. Cost a little more, but superior in every way.Ĥ) Consider making cabinets or stands for each of your power tools as first projects. These days I use Baltic Birch ply whenever possible. Make the same project several times with improved skill, material and workmanship each time. There are lots of good table saw guides.ģ) I made some of my first projects with MDF and ordinary plywood before using more expensive material. The Noll Book is a really concise and heavily illustrated reference with great hints for making every variety of joints. Two books I really love are Bill Hylton’s “Woodworking with the Router,” and “The Joint Book” by Terrie Noll. My saws cut exactly 90 and 45, or any angle I need now. It wasn't until I tuned up my saws that good results began to happen. You'll need to learn to tune up saws and other tools, and books are how I learned to do these things. Order some on basic tools and woodworking. I sometimes watch woodworking video while on planes, which triggers some interesting conversations.Ģ) There are hundreds of used books on woodworking on Amazon. For example, anything to do with routing, I label as "Router", which clusters all the similar videos together in Windows Explorer. Click the button, name the file (I always label it according to the tool or job it works on. My downloader puts a download button under the video on YouTube. VERY helpful to see it done a few times before you try it yourself. I watch a video on the topic of whatever project, or phase of a project, on which I'm currently working. Search for videos on all aspects of woodworking that interest you and collect them. Hope it helps you as much as they did me.ġ) If you are using Firefox browser, get a free add on YouTube download helper app. These are the 17+ things that really helped me get going with woodworking. The following has been posted before so those who have read it before may wish to skip it. ![]() Hopefully it will get you going without spending a ton of money. Later I'll post a long piece on getting started. Cut an opening by pulling it into the router (slowly). It's cheap.įor a fence, you can simply use a very straight section of knot free 2x4 (kiln dried). BTW, I think you have to order a metal key to adjust the Bosch's height from above the table. But if you're interested in some early projects you can make a simple cabinet. You don't need a formal table to hold the top, you can put it across a couple of saw horses. I think Kreg now has this kind of twist lock plate. Most cheaper mounting plates have screws holding the inserts, which are easy to lose and annoying to mess with. I added a picture of my choice of mounting plate, made by Woodpecker, which has simple twist lock inserts (the red rings). Better to have the mounting plate slightly higher than have it even slightly lower. The leveling screws are for bringing the plate precisely level with the top. Personally, I'd cut the opening in the second layer a half inch smaller on all 4 sides to give yourself a shelf or rabbet the plate will sit on. I prefer a two layer table, with the second or bottom layer made of MDF or fery flat ply. I hope Stick will post his collection of pdfs shortly. It is easier than you think it will be and will give you a little practice. You cut out the rough opening an eighth of an inch smaller, then use a trim bit with a bearing on the base to rout the opening using the four boards as a guide you run the bearing against. Use playing cards to add just a little wiggle room or you'll have problems getting the plate in or out later. You put the plate where you want it and set four flat boards around it as shown in the drawing. Cutting the opening is usually done with a jig saw in a one or preferably two layers of very flat ply. I think Kreg has a modest priced mounting plate made of phenolic plastic.
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