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Posts Tagged ‘Sanding Storage’
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
 Whew, the holidays are over! Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed mine, and hope you enjoyed yours too, but all that partying and visiting really cuts into the shop time. I will admit to not getting as far as I would have liked with the Downdraft Sanding Center over the last few weeks, but I did manage to get wheels mounted and the doors ready to mount.
For this project, I chose some better quality casters. I am not so concerned about the weight rating, even four cheap casters at 150 lbs each will handle more than I can lift onto the table. But a sanding center will vibrate a lot and certainly will be pushed from side to side as we sand the edges of parts and such. So I wanted to use casters that locked not only the wheel, but also the swivel. I got a set of four with 1/2″ dia threaded studs for about $40.00
The stud was not long enough to reach all the way through the base frame, so I counter bored the holes and secured them. This was done before finally attaching the base frame. Now the cabinet is complete and can be easily moved around as I continue work. I have avoided building the top because all of this work on the cabinet is a lot easier without the big top.
The final step on the cabinet itself is to make and attach the doors. The doors are frame and pegboard panel, and are built exactly like the sides and back of the cabinet were, but with thinner stock.
 I milled the stock at 3/4″ thick and used the same stub tenon technique to glue them together. A couple pair of simple hinges are all that is needed to hang the doors. In the next installment, we will create the “egg crate” structure that makes up the center of the torsion box top.
I certainly invite you to add your thoughts or send along ideas that have worked well for you. Please feel free to add your comments here on the blog, on our Facebook page, or via Twitter. Let us know what you think! -2Sand.com
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
 Cutting Half LapsBase frame attachedBase Frame Attached Here at 2Sand.com our Downdraft Sanding Center build finally moves forward again! Things have been very busy and the build was put on hold for a bit, but since I think Santa will be bringing us some cool new casters for Christmas, I wanted to make sure that the carcase was ready by adding the base frame for the wheels.
Continuing with our theme of inexpensive construction, the frame was made from “two-by” stock, jointed and ripped to 1 1/2″ square stock. Since we know that the downdraft table top will overhang the smaller cabinet body, I wanted to insure that the wheels be set beyond the cabinet front and back to add stability.
So two of the frame members are 24″ long to extend a few inches front and back. The other two are 32″ so that the sides and back of the base are positioned on top of the base frame members for maximum support. These dimensions allow for the fame to be half-lapped together. Half Laps are simple but very sturdy joints that will take the stress of rolling the cart around and working on the top. The ends of the longer parts get half-lapped and the shorter parts are lapped 3″ in from each edge or 18″ on center.
 Base Frame Assembled
A little glue and a few screws and the base frame is assembled. Quick and easy! Now simply set the cabinet upside down on the floor, center the base frame over the cabinet bottom, then drill and screw it them together.
While we wait for Santa to come through with the casters, I will make the cabinet doors and hinge them to the unit. We could begin building the torsion box for the sanding table, but working with the box while it is still fairly light will make these other tasks much easier. Once the cabinet is complete and mobile, building the top in place will be easier. (I am going to attempt to use my dust collector to actually “vacuum veneer” the top during assembly!) So tune in to the next blog for the doors and hinges!
 Base Frame Attached I certainly invite you to add your thoughts or send along ideas that have worked well for you. Please feel free to add your comments here on the blog, on our Facebook page, or via Twitter. Let us know what you think! -2Sand.com
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
With the basic layout of the sanding station completed, I next turned to designing a holder for sanding disks. Ideally, they would store flat with a weighted plate on top to keep them flat, but that didn’t really work with my plan to hang them from pegboard. The next idea was to have an open top thin box which would work very well when full, but with only a few disks in the box there would be room for them to curl. so I needed a solution that would keep the disks flat with one or twenty.
My solution was to create a shallow frame. The inside dimensions are 5 1/4″ to accomodate the 5″ disks (make it 6 1/4″ for 6″ disks) and about 1 1/2″ deep. The sides were notched at an angle to accept the front. The front not only holds the disks from falling out, but as disks are removed, it slides down the angled notches in the sides maintaining pressure on the disks.
The front part is 5″ square. I cut it with attached ears that were then rounded to 3/8″ diameter using a dowel cutter, but it would work as well with dowels glued into the edges. As long as it slides down the angled notches freely, it will work. The back is nothing more than 1/4″ hardboard glued and nailed directly onto the back edges of the frame.
Obviously, this was a fairly crude prototype. The hardboard back needs to extend above the frame so holes can be added for the pegboard hooks. A finger hole should be added to the face as well to make it easy to remove. I will upload final plans for making all the holders as I test them out and make sure they work as designed.
As ever, please feel free to add your comments here on the blog, on our Facebook page, or via Twitter. Let us know what you think! -2Sand.com
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