I have made a couple of roller stands using plumbing pipe for the roller a discarded fan pedastal and yes was a little unstable. I found a scrap car brake rotor put down over the upright support so it rested on the base put enough weight down on the base it is now quite stable. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Supporting the Work
> This won't help you too much but this week Canadian Tire has roller stands > on sale for under ten bucks. > > I have a couple, I am of a couple of minds about them. These ones have a > pipe with horizontal pipe across the bottom and a similar parallel flat > steel bent up at the ends with a roller across. A second inverted 'T' > hinged > from a cuff that fits around the main pipe and can be slid up and down and > tightened into place with a hand knob on a bolt.I paid nearly fifty bucks > for mine a couple of years ago. > > The height is infinitely variable from something like 30 to 42 inches. I > use > mine to catch stock coming off my table saw or jointer or drum sander and > could use it with the drill press too I suppose, just never have. > > My main complaint is that if the board nudges the roller stand it often > prefers to fall over rather than raise the board over the top. > > My hero Norm Abrams has made one, a sort of box within a box with a > threaded > rod to be screwed up or down to set the height. He made a set of rollers > on > the top using plastic plumbing pipe with wooden circles in the ends and > rod > through. I am thinking that a very slight slope toward the approaching > work > might catch the end and tilt on a pivot to level and it would be secure > against falling over. > > There is little worse than having to depend on something innately > undependable. > > I have been known to suspend the end of a long piece from a rope attached > to > the overhead joists. > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:10 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Supporting the Work > > >> Yesterday, I got to spend a considerable amount of time in my basement >> cutting and drilling in preparation for building a workbench. The floor >> is about five inches higher at the base of three of the walls than it is >> in the center where there is a drain. This can present some challenges, >> but I like it just the same. But I digress. >> >> My wife is a woman of many talents, some of which have to do with music. >> She has a studio, and several adjustable music stands. >> >> Yesterday, I "borrowed" one of these to use while I was sawing and >> running my drill press. It worked amazingly well quite frankly, and it >> was sturdier than I had thought. It was easily adjustable, and because >> of >> the sloping floor, I could make minor changes by just moving it an inch >> or two in one direction or another. >> >> Any of you folks have different and maybe better ways of supporting work? >> >> Thanks for any other ideas. >> >> >> >> Bill Stephan >> Kansas City, MO >> (816)803-2469 >> William Stephan >> >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >> http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >> >> Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >> Various List Members At The Following Address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! 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