Well Robert, My main project just now is the Deluxe Router table from plans from the New Yankee Workshop.
I started between Christmas and New Years but ran into a bit of a snag getting Arborite for the top and fences which I would like to blame on holding me up and it did a little but I got some a little over a week ago and today stuck down the laminate today. I also cut the hardwood banding for the top of the table and tomorrow I will probably cut and fit the biscuits and glue it all up. I would like to reinforce the mitered corners but I think even the small biscuits might be a little too big I think I would prefer to avoid pins but I don't actually know why. Then I will dado for a mitre slot and wait for a router plate to arrive so I can cut out the hole for that insert. Just now I am struggling with how to do the fence. I would like to include some channels to receive sledges, one to hold stock vertical while sliding it through the router, another for easy attachment of hold-down feather boards. I also want to be able to offset the out feed fence when cutting molding which leaves the router unsupported something like a jointer. In the end I think the best solution is more than one fence. I am also thinking I should probably make more than one table top for different applications. Otherwise the cabinet is about finished ready for preparation for paint. I think I will alter the dust port system a little and look for some easily separating hinges for the rear of the top so I can easily tilt it up from the front and hold it with a jack for making router adjustments and yet be easily able to remove it and replace it with another. Finally, I would really like to come up with a reliable and sturdy method of pushing casters down for moving the thing about the shop then raising them so it is really steady in use. Some of my treatment tables at the hospital have a system using foot pedals and a cam arrangement but that is beyond my shop to create. Maybe a pair of wheels at one end set on an angle and a pair of handles at the other so it can be lifted to engage the wheels with the floor. I am not a fan of locking casters, they don't generally lock all that well. My efforts at recording haven't been too successful. I don't have suitable equipment and I get carried away with work forgetting to record. I have begun a sort of diary but got well behind on that too. I do intend to work on that though so there is a record of the sequence I used which can also be brailled if someone wishes. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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 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/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
