Thread: Woot, got my table saw

I came across a very nice wormy chestnut board at my local hardwood store. Nice graining, just enough worming for character. I got the entire board, 17”x9'x3/4 S2S. Nice thing about having a jointer and plainer, you can save some coin getting rough cut or S1S lumber and surface it yourself. It is going to make some nice stuff. It is bound for a few smaller humanoids, a shaving box or two and one big humi for me. I can cut it to the needed board size, resaw it in my band saw and plain off the mill marks and get two of everything. I am sure some of it will end up in the classifieds.


Dad has a big Mark5, retired from the police department and worked for ShopSmith part time to pay for the hobby.


My workshop is not the one in the photos. That is the sellers. My shop is just a two car garage, or two motorcycle garage. But it suits me, for now.

Very nice! My first house had a funky dining room entrance with an odd 4X8 entry way and 8X2 lattices on each side. I tore out the lattices and used wormy chestnut with a light finish to build bookshelves which was probably the best "big" jobs I've ever done. That house was sold only 3 days after I put it on the market and everyone loved the book cases. Wish I knew where I put those pictures.

Well; I for one can't wait to see what you come up with! Please keep us posted!
Jeff

The pictured table is not , "curly maple and mahogany." According to the artist's website it is, "Quilted Maple, Ebony and Wenge."

Originally Posted by icedog

The pictured table is not , "curly maple and mahogany." According to the artist's website it is, "Quilted Maple, Ebony and Wenge."

LOL! Note to self: read the site! It looks similar and I honestly did not read the materials list. Bad newbie!

Congrats on the major scores! and 230v power in your shop as well. Nice!

Chris L

Picked it up this weekend. Two zero clearance inserts, 52 inch fence and it has the router table insert in the extension, new carbide blade along with a couple others that need a touch up. Thing barely fit in my truck. Looking forward to making sawdust.

I got everything home. The saw had been abused for years. I don't think it had been cleaned for a long time. I pulled it apart to the frame, scraped a couple inches worth of old compacted saw dust. The old table had seen better days and the cast iron top had surface rusted. So I made a new table, built in the router table so I can use the big fence with it, moved the auxiliary power switch for the router. I sanded the cast iron table down with 120 and 220 aluminium oxide paper to clean it up and gave everything 4 coats of paste wax to protect it. Looks pretty much like new now and runs just as good. Made a couple of zero clearance inserts for the saw.


I still had a large sheet of wood left over after the new table build so I decided to add a fold down table extension. That way I can fold down the table, raise the rollers and roll it against the wall and still get the car pulled in. I need to add the legs, for now it is sitting on a portable work table to level it.


So once everything was cleaned up and ready to go I decided to make a large 33x12x12 oak humidor. I used cabinet grade red oak half inch ply for the body. I cut the rabbits for the bottom on the integrated router table. Fit together like a charm. The lid will have a half inch overhang on the sides and front with a flush back. The lid will be solid red oak with a rolled edge. The inside will get a full Spanish cedar lining. I will resaw the planks to a quarter inch on the bandsaw, plane them to uniformity and fit them to the inside including a countersink seal in the lid. That is going to be a big humi, that is a large screwdriver sitting in the center bottom of the box. Once fitted, it will all get a good sanding, a grain sealer and 4 coats of polly inside and out, then the cedar liner will get glued in.


So why did I make it such an odd size? I have moved to the corporate office. A couple of the exec are very anti cigar so having my big humi sitting out proudly on display is not wise. This one is made to fit inside one of the drawers in my horizontal filing cabinet. Kind of a shame to make something nice and put it in a drawer but one day I may be able to put it out. For now it will make a nice storage chest for my sticks.