{"id":2227,"date":"2008-12-03T18:41:16","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T23:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogonice.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2008-12-03T18:45:35","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T23:45:35","slug":"the-old-weird-guy-at-the-end-of-the-block-is-making-more-funny-noises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"The Old Weird Guy at the End of the Block is Making More Funny Noises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Router Table may Conceivably Work
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\nI am feeling unusually smug, and that is saying a lot.<\/p>\n

I decided to make a final effort to stiffen up and flatten my old MDF desk, so I could put a router on one side and a miter saw on the other. I went to Home Depot today and got the stuff. Two two-by-sixes and a bunch of lag screws and washers. The idea is this: use the table saw to put straight sides on the two-by-sixes and then screw them to the underside of the desk. I was going to try to screw in from the bottom, but I decided to take Og’s<\/a> advice and go down from the top. It’s just too hard, making straight holes all the way through a two-by-six with a hand drill. Going in from the top, I only need to go a couple of inches past the MDF, and if everything isn’t completely straight, I’ll never see it.<\/p>\n

The table saw scares the daylights out of me. Ever since I saw a Sawstop promotional video featuring a guy with about six and two-thirds fingers, I have been afraid of the table saw, and if I ever get rich, I will buy a Sawstop in a heartbeat, just to put that video out of my mind.<\/p>\n

I set it up today, and I even remembered to attach the shop-vac AND turn it on for some of the cuts. And guess what? It will true up the side of a piece of lumber. I didn’t think it would work, but it did. I now have a piece of 4 7\/8″ wide lumber with a very straight side on it, and I’m going to screw it to the desk.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately I underestimated the size of the Forstner bit I would need. I thought my 3\/4″ bit would do it, but it looks like it will have to be 7\/8″ to accommodate the washers under the heads of the screws. I am on hold until I get the bit.<\/p>\n

I’m sure I used the table saw improperly. I got out my Fine Woodworking DVD and looked at parts of it, but it seems like every time I get ready to use a tool, the books and videos cease to apply to whatever it is I’m doing. I have no outfeed table, so I had to go around the saw and hold up the lumber myself, once it got to the point where it could tip. I’m not sure how this could be dangerous, but since I did it, I’m sure it is.<\/p>\n

Any clues for handling outfeed would be appreciated. I don’t have anything approximating the height of the saw table. I guess some sort of roller deal is the easy way out. Let’s check the Home Depot site. “Roller stand.” I suppose that’s it. I need me some of those.<\/p>\n

The two-by-six is still crooked in the other direction. That is, if you stand it on an edge and look down on it, you can see a bend. I have that figured out. I’ll pre-drill the screw holes in it, and I’ll attach a few at one end first. That will be easy, because the deflection over half the piece is small. Then I can shove the other end into line as I put the other screws in. I think.<\/p>\n

The big question is, will the tabletop be flat once the lumber is screwed to it? If not, I’ll have to kill myself. It certainly should be. It would take a lot of force to flex that two-by-six, and the tabletop is not that rigid. I don’t even think it’s warped. I think it’s just sagging because it isn’t supported.<\/p>\n

This is recreation, so if it doesn’t work, it’s still fun.<\/p>\n

I impressed my father today. He has a newish copier, and the toner ran out. He also has a bunch of old toner from old machines. I told him to refill the cartridge from them. He brought it to me and told me to go to town on it. <\/p>\n

Generally, toner cartridges have plugs you can rip out, in order to add toner. Canon has figured this out, and they don’t like people filling their cartridges, so they make their cartridges so you can’t get to the plug without destroying them. I took the Wecheer tool and a Dremel disk and cut out a rectangular piece of the cartridge, and I dumped everything out and filled it with toner. Then I covered the hole with duct tape. I saw that trick on the web. Now he has a $90 refill for absolutely nothing, and he can keep refilling the cartridge until it stops working. He probably has a pound of toner, which is a huge amount.<\/p>\n

He can’t believe it. He thinks I’m a genius. <\/p>\n

I absolutely love tool videos. It’s so beautiful, seeing people succeed easily at the impossible. I think I’m going to buy a few more and just watch them when I feel like I can’t cope. I’ll know that no matter how inept and pathetic I am, somewhere there is some guy who can make a dovetail joint.<\/p>\n

I am GOING to have a woodworking table. You just watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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