Over the Xmas period I upgraded my chop saw stand this had been its previous home
It was a throw back to when I had a radial saw in the same spot many years ago, one of the problems you can see is the worktop wasn’t wide enough, also the space underneath had become a dumping ground hidden by two lift out panels made because the RAS was so messy it threw dust everywhere, these panels were no longer necessary as the extraction on the Kapex is so much better & I really wanted to utilise the space underneath much better.
I decided to make a unit out of MFC in part because I could use it for the whole construction & make the top as wide as I needed & also from a cost point of view as a 2800x2070 sheet was under £60 & would be enough to make the whole thing.
I started off cutting all the components to size in the workshop with my tracksaw, the top being made up of two pieces screwed together
I then packed up all the parts in the van & nipped up the road to my mate Jonny’s to trim all the edges, I could have applied the edgebanding with cold glue, cauls & clamps in my shop but his edgebander was so quick it was a no brainier to take up his offer of trying out the Festool Contiro
I was suitably impressed with how easy it was to use, the machine heats up a glue pellet, applies the glue to the edge banding & drives the banding through the machine, all I had to do was apply pressure keeping the tool square to the edge & move along the edge in time with the machine.
The glue goes off almost immediately after which it’s just a matter of running the trimmer over both top & bottom to get a nicely finished edge
After packing all the parts back in the van & payment of a curry was duely made at a local curry house for use of the Conturo it was back my workshop to start assembling.
Assembly was done in stages jointing the pieces with dominos & gluing up.
More to follow once I’ve turned a few more photos around as Apple doesn’t seem to like the forum soft wear.