Cutting Sheet Goods in Small Shop

[DW]

http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/w00035.asp

Followed these instructions a year ago and have never even thought about handling a sheet on the TS by myself since. Add a stout piece to the bottom perpendicular to the cut and it squares itself.

DW

[ejs1097]

In addition to a sawboard I made a grid from 1x4 pine. 2 8' lengths fit over my sawhorses. Then 4 4' legnths halflap over the 8' boards. I find this much easier then a foam board on the floor since I'm cutting at a much more comfortable height and have better control of the circular saw. No part of the sheet is un-supported so you don't have to worry about binding or sagging material.

The whole thing comes apart and stores very easily.

[mdudley]

Eric, what a great idea to use half lap joints. I am gong to play with that idea. I was trying to figure out how to store my sacrificial table. What a perfect solution. I could take it apart and store it on a high shelf. Only thing is now I would need saw horses. How could I store saw horse out of the way? Hmmm...

[Thom2]

like this ......



Sawboard Photos


the prerequisite for mine was that it take up as little space as possible, and I think I've pretty well succeeded [8D]


Thom
sawboarder in PA

[LarryG]

Another way to easily store sawhorses is to build them using those inexpensive metal brackets that allow the legs to fold in together. About three or four bucks for a pair.

Alternatively, there are many designs for knock-down horses, usually made of 3/4" plywood.

[ejs1097]

quote:Originally posted by mdudley

Only thing is now I would need saw horses. How could I store saw horse out of the way? Hmmm...

Like Thom, I have collapsable(sp) saw horses. I'm cheap and used 1x4 pine. If you do that, you might have to re-insforce the boards on the sides of the halflaps to provide a little extra strength (one of my long runners split, but was fixable). I used little blocks of ferring strips for that.

The halflaps allow the cross memebers and runner to be flush and works good.