today in my shop (spt storage project)

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The top and bottom parts are identical for each version. They may be cut out that way and then bottoms selected for the addition of the rabbet.

Version 2 top and bottom

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The holes sizes will have to be your selection based on what hardware you pick out. In my case the top is drilled 5/16 while the bottom is 27/64 to match the requirements of the threaded inserts I'm using. I am using 5/16-18 hardware.

Version 3 top and bottom

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Ditto on the hardware information above.

More to come

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This should do it. The assembly drawings for both.

Version 2

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Version 3

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Ed

[paulmcohen]

The width is based on the different distance between way tubes and bench tubes spacing wise.

Ed

Ed if you used SketchUp you can upload the plans to their free warehouse and just post a link on the forum.

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Ed if you used SketchUp you can upload the plans to their free warehouse and just post a link on the forum.

Yes I could but I have a lot more of my stuff in the drawings that is not for public consumption (yet or maybe never) I would have to clear out, plus I'm pretty free form in how I work... in other words it isn't pretty.

Hey maybe someday I'll take the time to do it right but for now the screen captures will have to do.

Ed

[dusty]

Hi,

Been a while in coming but things are looking good on this project.

A while back I had a shopsmith minus headstock and carriage that I used to store some of my SPT's. That went away when I decided to make a system out of it, got a used headstock and my old swapped out 500 parts to put it together.

That system is now almost always in drill press mode. Since this is how it is working out I'm going to use the empty space along the bench tubes as storage (again) for SPT's and plan to keep the headstock vertical "all" the time. Of course there are reasons why "all" ways is not forever.

I have a shopsmith mounting base but at $45 each plus postage I don't think I'll get anymore of them just now. I also don't need a lot of the functionality provided by this item. For reference this is the item I'm referring to:

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I used sketch-up to design the parts for the 3 versions I need. Version 1 is the simplest one and is designed to screw to a bench or shelf.

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Version 2 has the addition of being mountable on the bench tubes, this is the version I will build several off.

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Version 3 is more than likely a one of that mounts to the way tubes. I'll see how it works and how much in the way it might get.

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In the case of the tube mounted ones I will have a single 5/16 - 18 bolt holding it all together. It should be easy enough take on and off as needed. And they should also be able to stand on their own of the floor if need be.

More in the following posts.

Ed

I really like your application of mating rabbets to form the lower corners of the base. This makes for a strong joint.

[camerio]

I really like your application of mating rabbets to form the lower corners of the base. This makes for a strong joint.

Just asking ....
Would it be also stronger to do the same with the top corners ?

[curiousgeorge]

Ed, I really appreciate the time and effort you went to to make this for us. I know it took quite a while to put this together and you did a bang-up job. This should give me another project to keep me busy and out of trouble.

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Ed, I really appreciate the time and effort you went to to make this for us. I know it took quite a while to put this together and you did a bang-up job. This should give me another project to keep me busy and out of trouble.

No problem at all.

I hope to make 2 more this afternoon, found some more scraps that should provide enough plywood for that. Takes a little longer when using scraps but it also makes you get a little more creative on the material layout and which cuts need to come before others... keeps the little gray cells active.

Ed

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FYI on the rabbet joints purpose, it is there to make it easier to mount the bottom. If it were a butt joint it would be hard to keep it aligned when the bolt is dropped in and then would want to twist as you tightened it.

Besides it is a very fast joint to do in this case. One set up for all edges and you don't even have to worry about adjusting the width of the dado blade so long as it is wider then the 3/8" as the rest can be in the sacrificial fence.

Ed

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Since I was in the process of cutting up parts for an additional 4 of these I had the opportunity to shoot a few pictures while I was setting up for the rabbets.

This is only a few images and not intended to be all that much detail, just primer that goes along with how easy it is to set up to do rabbets.

In this image you can see the sacrificial fence, it is attached to the rip fence. You can also see the material that has been removed by previous use. So long as that removed area is deeper and wider then the current project you can just slide the fence in place. If you need to go deeper and wider then you have to lower the sacrificial fence into the blade so a new cut can be made.

I'd also like to point out how the stacked dado is not set to make a 3/8" cut, no need to as the width of the cut is determined by the position of the fence.

Here I'm using a brass bar to get close to the height and width. Make sure you have the machine unplugged if you are working this close to the blade without a cover.

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I like to use some scrap wood and make a test cut. In this case it is easy to see I'm off in both depth and width.

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I then go back and tweak things. One time is the charm.

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In this shot you can see how much the tweak was. Not all that much but well worth the couple of seconds it took to do.

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Once set up it doesn't take long to do the rabbets.

My original plan for the day was to make two, well getting a late start and searching out more scrap wood meant I was only able to cut up the parts for 4. Assembly and drill will have to wait for another day.

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Ed