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JPG40504 wrote:Gotta put them someplace! This way they are all together.

I already had the ss parts.

If you intend to use it in drill press mode I hope you have some really high ceilings.

my question was going to be "how and where did you get the bench tubes??" Then I realized they were wood...

Will it be exposed to high winds, like this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw

I don't think that will be an issue. The stps placed along the span should dampen any of the sympathetic resonance that destroyed the bridge. Still some sort of shock absorbing landing gear, maybe from a helicopter with an articulated rotor system, would insure a safe span!;)

I think you will like this sort of set up. I used a headless shopsmith for a tool stand for while until I decided to add a headstock and make it a tool again.

At one end I had a Joint-Matic, then on some wooden stands the jig saw, two strip sanders, a 500 carriage with a universal lathe tool rest and the belt sander mounted at the other end. I had the two shopsmith cabinets that I own under it and the speed reducer hanging upside down where the third cabinet would normal go.

It worked great and if I ever find the room again I would do it all over with maybe a couple of changes....

Ed

reible wrote:I think you will like this sort of set up. I used a headless shopsmith for a tool stand for while until I decided to add a headstock and make it a tool again.

At one end I had a Joint-Matic, then on some wooden stands the jig saw, two strip sanders, a 500 carriage with a universal lathe tool rest and the belt sander mounted at the other end. I had the two shopsmith cabinets that I own under it and the speed reducer hanging upside down where the third cabinet would normal go.

It worked great and if I ever find the room again I would do it all over with maybe a couple of changes....

Ed

I started with a mini for storage. That was short lived. Too many 'additional acquisitions'. The mini will become a routing station.

FWIW the ends are both the tie bar end, not the hinge end. The hinge end pair are destined to become a double tilt.(one done, one to go)

I was concerned re the total weight vs span. It swaybacks a little, but not excessively.

I intend to add a shelf using the ss accessory rack holes in the legs. I have found the lathe duplicator to be a 'storage' dilemma. I am sure I will think up other things to occupy it. Last count I had 10 sanding disks.

JPG40504 wrote:Last count I had 10 sanding disks.

So you're the guy hoarding sanding discs and driving the market price up for the rest of us! Soon to be more expensive than gold!

JPG40504 wrote:I started with a mini for storage. That was short lived. Too many 'additional acquisitions'. The mini will become a routing station.

FWIW the ends are both the tie bar end, not the hinge end. The hinge end pair are destined to become a double tilt.(one done, one to go)

I was concerned re the total weight vs span. It swaybacks a little, but not excessively.

I intend to add a shelf using the ss accessory rack holes in the legs. I have found the lathe duplicator to be a 'storage' dilemma. I am sure I will think up other things to occupy it. Last count I had 10 sanding disks.

If the EMT fails it will happen fast, maybe the tools need seat belts???

Ed

reible wrote:If the EMT fails it will happen fast, maybe the tools need seat belts???

Ed

As in 'buckle'!:D

Actually they act as end retainers. The vertical load is supported mainly by the 2x6 whose ends rest on the end casting.. Yes there are two 'posts' in the span, but when clamped to the EMT(not yet) they create a 'beam' effect. I may try 'prestressing' prior to clamping. Part of the sway is caused by the legs splaying. The added shelf will help minimize that.