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Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:47 pm

update:

i just got back from cutting up all the peices. Its still pretty rough but its not horrible... What i need to know is how i should trim it up and make all the edges straight.. i've though some rough sanding paper maybe? any suggestions?

Post by **GlassWolf** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:38 pm

darthness, watch the language.

if you want to build a workbench/table, go buy a sheet of plywood and a 12' long 2x4" piece of lumber.
buy two collapseable sawhorse legs from home depot (cheap) and cut the 2x4 in half, using one set of legs on each half to make the ends of the table..
then just lay the plywood on that and bam, portable table.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:47 pm

yeah i'll probably do that for my next box. (build a work bench).. my budget should be better though.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:39 am

well, figure $12 for plywood, $8 for a 2x4 if that, and maybe $40 for two pair of those sawhorse leg deals. not too much to build a table you can use for any sort of project. those saw horses are really handy too.. and when you collapse them, they fold up and you can stick em in a corner.

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:34 pm

Yeah sorry about that. I am good at picturing something someone explains, but sometime its hard for me to explain something I am picturing.

http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_ ... uctID=2965

Ok Maybe this will help. The black guard that you set your blade depth with, that is the guard I was talking about. So now you would measure from the edge of it, to the edge of your saw blade. No write that measurment down cause we will be using it later. (lets use 1.5 inches for now)

So you mark out your all cuts just like you did, but instead of trying to follow the lines you put down by hand, you use another board as a strait edge for the saw to follow. So you would measure over the 1.5 inches (# from earlier) from the line you want to cut, and make a new mark. Then go to the other end of the board you are cutting and do the same. Next you take a peice of wood, and tack or clamp it on the new marks you just made. So when you make the cut, the blade of the saw, is set at the line you made originally, and now you have a peice of wood for the saw to slide agains keeping the cut good and strait.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:32 pm

ohh i see what you mean.. yeah i tried that, but i didn't have it held down so well (i was using scrap peices of MDF while having the part i needed to cut hang over the edge of my plastic lawn dinner table :P

First thing monday im going to go to Home Depot and having them make all the cuts for me, hopefully the circle too. I can still make use of the MDF i have now, but it'll be way under JL's reccomendation.. I also went to the shop where i bought this stuff and tried to get a quote for a sealed box... $100 plus taxes.. :-D (laugh)

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:34 pm

KikiTheCat wrote:well, figure $12 for plywood, $8 for a 2x4 if that, and maybe $40 for two pair of those sawhorse leg deals. not too much to build a table you can use for any sort of project. those saw horses are really handy too.. and when you collapse them, they fold up and you can stick em in a corner.

Cheap is different for the both of us unfortunently.. right nwo with buying all the audio stuff, plus the jigsaw, MDF, car insurance next year, and i may be emptying out my savings account for a downpayment on a new car... im broke as hell. on top of alll that, i'm in highschol and working at mcdonalds :)

Audiophile · Post by **Audiophile** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:43 am

*high five* WAY TO WORK ON A BUDGET!!! I'm 17 and work at O'Charleys (local bar & grill) :)

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:44 am

umm more like way to prioritize!
If money is that big of an issue for you right now, maybe car audio toys aren't the way to be spending money. I know I know, stop trying to be rational.. you're having fun!

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:26 am

KikiTheCat wrote:umm more like way to prioritize!
If money is that big of an issue for you right now, maybe car audio toys aren't the way to be spending money. I know I know, stop trying to be rational.. you're having fun!

:P well, its not as if i've emptied my accounts out for what i've got.. i saved for it.. i stall have nearly 2 grand in a CD and Savings account, its just after buying what i've bought i've got no money that i can spend, ya know?

hrm