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MichMan
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Eddie,
You gonna have a room dedicated for all your taxidermy or is it going to be spread thruout the house?
You gonna have a room dedicated for all your taxidermy or is it going to be spread thruout the house?
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The "Collection" will stay on the workshop wall until I build my store, then I'll put it all in there. There's still a few crates with small animals and birds that I have stored in one of the empty bathrooms.
The wall that they are hanging on now will be used for laundry when things get going. I plan to have 4 cabins to start, with the space avialable for about 30. All those sheets need a place to be washed everyday.
If anybody's ever been to a Cabela's, then you know exactly where my insperation came from. I've been to the Sydney Nebraska one about 5 times and took Steph to the new one in Ft. Worth, TX for her birthday last month for the first time.
Until the store is built, the safest place for them is on the wall.
Eddie
The wall that they are hanging on now will be used for laundry when things get going. I plan to have 4 cabins to start, with the space avialable for about 30. All those sheets need a place to be washed everyday.
If anybody's ever been to a Cabela's, then you know exactly where my insperation came from. I've been to the Sydney Nebraska one about 5 times and took Steph to the new one in Ft. Worth, TX for her birthday last month for the first time.
Until the store is built, the safest place for them is on the wall.
Eddie
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The table is in place. Next I put my aircompressor under the table in it's new home. I have a wheelbarrow type compressore which has the drain petcocks on the bottom of the twin tanks. I drain them all the time, and realized this would be kind of messy unless I did something.
I put some 4X6 blocks under it so I'd have enough height to get two plastic Folgers coffee cans in there. Now I should be able to drain the water from my tanks and dump it in the sink without making a mess.
That's the plan anyway.
Eddie
I put some 4X6 blocks under it so I'd have enough height to get two plastic Folgers coffee cans in there. Now I should be able to drain the water from my tanks and dump it in the sink without making a mess.
That's the plan anyway.
Eddie
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The metal bench is what I'm using to base the height of the workbench off of. I need 30 inches for my chopsaw, then I'll go another 8 feet for counter space.
This needs to be the same height as the workbench so that material in my chopsaw will lay flat on either side of the saw.
My workbench designs have evolved over the years from super duper, use as much wood as I could, to this basic design.
I attach the cross members to the ledger board at 12 inch intervals. The I put it on the wall like a ledgerboard at the desired height.
I prefer to use 3 inch screws.
Eddie
This needs to be the same height as the workbench so that material in my chopsaw will lay flat on either side of the saw.
My workbench designs have evolved over the years from super duper, use as much wood as I could, to this basic design.
I attach the cross members to the ledger board at 12 inch intervals. The I put it on the wall like a ledgerboard at the desired height.
I prefer to use 3 inch screws.
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Here's the drop for the chop saw. I had to lower it 4 and 11/16's inch below the coutnter height. Don't you love those even numbers? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
This is being made from scrap lumber that was either too twisted to use for framing, or short pieces that I had left over.
The posts are also scrap, which explains why one is PT and the other isn't.
Eddie
This is being made from scrap lumber that was either too twisted to use for framing, or short pieces that I had left over.
The posts are also scrap, which explains why one is PT and the other isn't.
Eddie
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I built a drop for my chop saw in my last workbench and really liked it. Made life allot easier. The one thing I didn't like was all the sawdust that would pile up behind the saw.
I was at a resturant and noticed that the hole in the counter top to throw paper towels to the garbage below would also work well for my chop saw.
My first plan was to put a 5 gallon bucket underneith to catch the sawdust, but the round edges were making things complicated. I looked around and found this rectangular garbage can piled up in our storage area.
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I was at a resturant and noticed that the hole in the counter top to throw paper towels to the garbage below would also work well for my chop saw.
My first plan was to put a 5 gallon bucket underneith to catch the sawdust, but the round edges were making things complicated. I looked around and found this rectangular garbage can piled up in our storage area.
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The opening is 5 inches by 12 inches.
The flat side of the garbage can is only 6 inche, then it rounds off to the small sides.
I needed to create an angled, funnel type of box for the sawdust to flow into the garbage can.
This was the simplest solution I could come up with.
Eddie
The flat side of the garbage can is only 6 inche, then it rounds off to the small sides.
I needed to create an angled, funnel type of box for the sawdust to flow into the garbage can.
This was the simplest solution I could come up with.
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Here it is mounted to the cross member that supports it.
This picture shows how it all fits together.
When I first decided to build this, I spent allot of time working out all sorts of complicated details. Then I would rework my thoughts until I got it down to the simplest form.
That is just how my brain works. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Eddie
This picture shows how it all fits together.
When I first decided to build this, I spent allot of time working out all sorts of complicated details. Then I would rework my thoughts until I got it down to the simplest form.
That is just how my brain works. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Looks like it fits!!!
On a test cut, about half of the sawdust went right down the chute to the can. As sawdust builds up, I think more will fall down the chute.
Clean up will be easier since all I have to do is sweep into the chute wihout having to remove the saw.
I'm also thinking about a piece of wood along the wall to catch more of the sawdust.
Obviously a vacume would do a better job and would be simpler to install, but I don't have one, nor do I really want to get a vacume system and run all the tubes.
Eddie
On a test cut, about half of the sawdust went right down the chute to the can. As sawdust builds up, I think more will fall down the chute.
Clean up will be easier since all I have to do is sweep into the chute wihout having to remove the saw.
I'm also thinking about a piece of wood along the wall to catch more of the sawdust.
Obviously a vacume would do a better job and would be simpler to install, but I don't have one, nor do I really want to get a vacume system and run all the tubes.
Eddie
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You can see the chop saw and how it fits between my metal table and the new workbench. You can also see the fist step in the shelves I'm building.
The shelves are being hung from my truss's and attached to the walls. Right now they are only glued and screwed at the top. It will take another rainy day for me to get anything else done in there.
Eddie
The shelves are being hung from my truss's and attached to the walls. Right now they are only glued and screwed at the top. It will take another rainy day for me to get anything else done in there.
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Looking good Eddie. I hope you don't mind me stealing your sawdust chute idea. That is really neat. Keep it up.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( compressore which has the drain petcocks on the bottom of the twin tanks )</font>
It seems to me that very few air-compressors are designed with a "good" drain system. My 30 gallon vertical tank came with the petcock right in the middle of the bottom of the tank, of course, which put it so close to the floor you could barely get your hand under there and the compressor had to be tilted back temporarily to even put a pie pan under it. So I removed the petcock, put in an elbow, a 6" nipple out the side and put the petcock into the end of that. Of course that puts the drain right on the floor, so I had to put blocks of wood under mine, too. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
It seems to me that very few air-compressors are designed with a "good" drain system. My 30 gallon vertical tank came with the petcock right in the middle of the bottom of the tank, of course, which put it so close to the floor you could barely get your hand under there and the compressor had to be tilted back temporarily to even put a pie pan under it. So I removed the petcock, put in an elbow, a 6" nipple out the side and put the petcock into the end of that. Of course that puts the drain right on the floor, so I had to put blocks of wood under mine, too. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
midlf
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I did about the same thing but canned the stock petcock and used a ball valve. Very easy to operate even though the nipple is right on the floor.
Bird
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I intended to do the same; dispose of the petcock and use a ball valve, but the Ace Hardware store where I bought the nipple, connector, and elbow didn't have one. I'll still probably change it one of these days.
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Nice job on the dust chute, Eddie. The only thing I might have done different is to make the chute out of canvas (like a funnel) and staple it to the bottom of the table. With canvas (or old dropcloth material) it could extend idown into the mouth of the trash can and then easily be moved aside to dump the can. I'm sure your way will work excellent too. Either way is a big improvement over having to clean up behind the saw all the time.
A vacuum system wouldn't be that much an improvement in my estimation. A quick brush with a broom is all you need with your system. Also, with metal shavings/metal dust, you have to be very careful about the type of vacuum you use. If the air does not bypass the motor, it's only a short time until the motor will fail.
A vacuum system wouldn't be that much an improvement in my estimation. A quick brush with a broom is all you need with your system. Also, with metal shavings/metal dust, you have to be very careful about the type of vacuum you use. If the air does not bypass the motor, it's only a short time until the motor will fail.
MichMan
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Great job on the bench Eddie. I'm sure you'll give it a workout. I live about 8 miles from the Cabela's in Dundee,MI. They have pretty awesome displays.
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Thanks for the kind words. The chop saw has been getting some use in it's new home. The dust chute is working really well. I think I'm getting about three quarters of all the dust into it with hardly any mess at all. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Of course, the best part is having the benches on either side at the same height so the material I'm cutting is flat. That's the best part!!!!
The weather is cold and I need to get the workshop cleaned up and organized before Christmas Eve. We're having dinner here in the workshop then.
Over the weekend I cut and intalled all the support pieced that will hold the shelves up. I thought I'd get more done, but Christmas activities keep distracting me.
Each strip is 2 inches wide and screwed into the wall or plywood sides.
Earlier some of you mentioned that I should use a piece of blocking wood to tie in the siding on the walls where they meet without a stud. This was what I was trying to explain as to why it didn't matter when I was putting it up.
Eddie
Of course, the best part is having the benches on either side at the same height so the material I'm cutting is flat. That's the best part!!!!
The weather is cold and I need to get the workshop cleaned up and organized before Christmas Eve. We're having dinner here in the workshop then.
Over the weekend I cut and intalled all the support pieced that will hold the shelves up. I thought I'd get more done, but Christmas activities keep distracting me.
Each strip is 2 inches wide and screwed into the wall or plywood sides.
Earlier some of you mentioned that I should use a piece of blocking wood to tie in the siding on the walls where they meet without a stud. This was what I was trying to explain as to why it didn't matter when I was putting it up.
Eddie
