Category Archives: Workshop

Completed the under table bracing making sure I aligned things as I went After I finish the blade tension leaf spring (damper) on top of the upper wheel assembly I’ll be back under here to do the lower blade guides … Continue reading →

With the upper blade guides completed and before moving on to the lower guides I’ll do some more work on the table. Even though this is a temporary one it still needs to be sturdy and square in all directions … Continue reading →

From the previous session we finished with the thrust bearing sliding arm, which also contains the sliding guide block from the top, which is now ready to drill and file a slotted hole through which will pass a 5/16th rod. … Continue reading →

From the last session added a piece of MDF to the top of the bearing guide block.

Continued with the blade guides. From the last session this is where I left things.

This is another interesting stage where we can start planning to setup a temporary table and begin construction of the upper blade guides. Even with a temporary table I still need to know where the blade position will be so … Continue reading →

With the basic blade guide arm setup and before we start making the actual blade guides we need to make ready a temporary table and put that aside for now. Running out of off cuts so got down a 2400mm … Continue reading →

From the last session we are going to cut out the ‘throat’ so we can mount a temporary table which will be replaced later on with a final version. After this we’ll get back to the blade arm, working down … Continue reading →

Back again after lunch to fit and epoxy the lock knob nut. After marking out carefully chisel out to recess the nut into the knob.