Very Nearly About Sailing July 2023 - Making a Circular Saw cutting jig thing for HDPE Project
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- No HDPE Welding this month. I needed to do some preparatory work. Specifically, increasing my indoor workshop space and also making some new saw horses and a Circular Saw jig so that I can cut the HDPE much more accurately.
I was just yearning for a workspace. The pull chord on my outboard broke this morning and I had to replaced it, including rewinding the spring small enough to fit back in the holder, by hand in my cockpit. Several explosive spring finger lacerations later it's all back together 👍.
Just a thought - if those "bench" shelves are strong enough for a human you could store Lucy up there so she'd be nice and handy when you need her. Just throw in a bar of chocolate every other day and you'd be sorted 😅
Ouch. Strong springs and soft fingers are not a good combination. Not sure why I didn't soft my inside space out before - but I do prefer working outdoors. Not in the rain though.
I probably need another container the same size for Lucy's chocolate supplies (wages).
Cheers, Paul
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I am going to build an outboard stand soon that mounts to the same points on my binnacle as our cockpit table.
The cockpit is the perfect place to work on an outboard since small parts are not sacrificed to King Neptune as long as one remembers to put stoppers over the scupper holes.
It seems the chances of any screw, bolt, washer, or nut making a hole in one into the open scupper is inversely proportional to how expensive or hard to replace it is. Something like a carburetor jet going down the scupper is practically inevitable.
That's a pretty clever design for sawhorses. I've always just bought the stamped steel leg holders that they sell for building them. Your design seems a lot stronger and stiffer and only uses two more pieces of lumber than using the steel leg brace thingies and stacks just as well. The top of your horses are wider too- which makes for a more-solid table top surface too when bridging them together with a plywood top.
I suppose one could save a bit of wood by only using a small square of wood at the bottom at each end against the legs rather than a complete bottom plate. A T-beam isn't as strong as an I-beam but would probably suffice as strong enough since sawhorses made using the metal leg thingies only use one piece of 2x4 for the top and those are still plenty strong for most purposes.
I think the key thing about this design is that it is so simple. Get the lumber yard to cut the 2.4 metre lengths into 3 (for free). Get home, put the kettle on and make the saw horse before the kettle boils.
You are right that it is actually too strong and the I beam is quite hefty. However, it sort of gives it a bit of solidity. I really does feel very tough. My cheap folding trestle things are not very substantial, but they do have a built in clamp which is useful.
Cheers, Paul
Great film Paul, having the right tools and space to do a job properly is half the battle, not sure what the other half is, (probably a modicum of skill😊), but having a clear area makes the task all the more enjoyable.
Genius idea on the saw horse ! I’m still using my trusty, or is that ‘rusty’, Workmate…maybe when the time comes to finally say goodbye I’ll remember your film and have a go.
How’s the piano by the way, have you got another note sorted out yet ? 😊, that’ll expand your repertoire into a whole new place.
All the best,
Richard
Richard
Yes, getting a clear workspace sorted out is already making a difference. I do prefer to work outside, but that's not always possible. Plus, having shelves for putting project related parts is great. I have already found a lot of 'long lost' things that I re-ordered simply because I couldn't find them.
Piano is going well. I currently have 7 keys working - there are 7 specific transition points and I needed to prove that the concepts worked. It's now just a case of working through the other 78! (yes, my piano only has 85 keys, not 88). No videos on that until the whole thing is finished.
Cheers, Paul