This is a slightly smaller, lighter version of the Mother of all mobile TS bases I made for a Powermatic 68, 12" TS. Structural steel $41, casters $24, paint $10, screw downs on hand, labor 2 days, more or less. Very stable. Matching color!
About 15 yrs after I poured the slab and footing I finally got my dream garage. 750 sq ft with a 500 sq ft storage or work area above which will be connected to the wood shop in the adjoining building. Sometimes things/tools always manage to fill the available space.
Started with a $125 1957 oil burnin" F250 Ford from Grandpa, Cut the frame down 41". Brake formed a sheetmetal body and it went on and on. Wife finally said either it goes or I go, she went anyway,. "I miss my truck"
I designed a bandsaw at The university of Illinois in 1966, made a full size "mock up/model" in my basement had the reveal in my living room, because the paint still wasn't dry after a few all niters. My professor wondered where the **** I was, since they hadn't seen me for a month. "In my basement"
"Oh. OK." "Show us what you've been doin" "OK" That's when I pulled the sheet off this model. The blade tilts and the table stays level. Sears stole the idea and made a terrible version of it.
I had some existing left over Shaker style doors which I planed down to 5/16th and applied them to 3/4 hickory ply for the front, on the back I made my own stiles and rails from 5/16ths hickory and glued them on the back. Edged the ply in hickory first, however. Made 'em stained "em and finished "em and said to my son as we hung the second door... "If these fit,...it i will be a MIRACLE" They did! No adjustments and an 1/8th " reveal. It would never happen again in my lifetime.
The handrail turns a 145 degree angle at the landing to run horizontally. Used at least 25 pieces of stock, glued and clamped it together on the shop floor after leveling out with riser block and then rounded over the edges with a 1/2" radius bit.
The long run is 13 ft and the landing run is 20" It is screwed to the wall studs with 3" screws in counterbored plugged holes. Tryin' to remember how I made the plugs..on the lathe?
I make a lot of small panels from resawn stock and join them back together as bookmatch panels. Instead of using clamps, I can locate and level the panels in the jig and apply plenty of clamping pressure while keeping them flat. Easy and cheap to make as well.
