A cheap & useful cutting table

I make this cutting table 3 years ago, and I was made many things with it.

Step 1: Any short explanation

The pictures are of the first version. Later I took the angle grinder to the center of the table, screwing it to a board of iron of 1/8 inch so that the sharp disk stood out more than 1/2 inch.

The angle grinder is "removes and put", that is to say that I put it when I need to cut something, and then I remove it.

The angle grinder is very very cheap, but amazingly it has lasted many time, almost ten years.

The table is collapsible and was made of a little hard wood, red eucalyptus. It tolerates the bleakness without treatment.

Once again, you forgive my English.

Comments

[faacuunndoo]

Che muy bueno, yo pensaba construirme una sierra así pero no sabía como agarrar la amoladora a la mesa, muy bueno. Yo me hice un soporte para que sea tipo ingleteadora y cambiando el disco sensitiva. Un saludo!

[rimar2000]

Ahora estoy planeando hacerme una radial, como la que tiene Phil B, porque él está muy satisfecho con la versatilidad que tiene. A esta que tengo pensé ponerle una bisagra que permita bajarla y subirla, pero siempre estoy limitado por el grosor de la chapa soporte.

Gracias por comentar.

[Machine]

Nice.

It is simple, looks effective and isn't expensive (why spend money when you don't need to. Keep your money in your pocket where it belongs).

Saw blades are easily changed too.

But, I think the edge of the table might need a cover so that fingers or loose clothing don't have a chance to get near the blade.

[rimar2000]

Maybe you look the first photo. Today the cutting blade is in middle of the table, it is safer. I cut iron sheet in it, too.

Maybe I will make some adjustements, such add a lever to raise/lower the blade. At present I do this, when needed, adding timbers to raise the piece to cut.

Thanks for comment!

[Phil B]

I do nto know how I missed this. I like it very much. It is very clever, and I am certain it is very useful to you.

[rimar2000]

Yes, I use it often. The grinder is one these cheap and bad quality, and I am waiting if burns to change it. Meanwhile, it seems persevere...

[2 stroke]

can you cut steel plate with this say 1/4" thanks

[rimar2000]

It depends only on the grinder you use. I never did it, but yesterday I cut 2mm steel plate, without problem. I did a 18x18cm lid for a pool drainage.

[2 stroke]

thanks i really appreciate it

[Phil B]

That is like my circular handsaw. I had a very good one. When I bought the radial arm saw my wife said, "You are not going to have two saws!" and she made me sell the good circular saw. A few years later I needed a circular saw and her parents gave me one as a gift that I never would have bought for myself. For 36 years I have been waiting for it to burn up so I could replace it with a better one, but it continues to work. Now I am old enough that I will not use a circular saw enough to make a new one worthwhile, even if the one I do not really like would burn up.

[rimar2000]

HAHAHA!!!

Well, then we can go to the bar and get drunk together and mourn our sorrows!

[Phil B]

That may be a good plan. A comedian in the USA says women resent it when men go into the forest by themselves; but all they want to do is drink some beer, complain about women, and relieve themselves against a tree.

[profpat]

very genius idea!!!

[rimar2000]

Thanks, very much. In fact, spent several years and still I use it.

[dadu2007]

Perdon    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxbzrf4z_cg

[rimar2000]

Very clever!

I didn't think this, but my cutting table can do it! Thanks for the idea.

[dadu2007]

From an Argentine to another .. Saludos

[rimar2000]

Jélou, witfader, tanto taste!

[dadu2007]

we could add this

[rimar2000]

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[DIY Dave]

Where did you get the blade for your angle grinder for cutting wood?

[rimar2000]

Hello Dave. I live in Argentina, so I do not think you can serve my data. Here almost all hardware stores sell these sheets.

That of the instructable I bought it in Duca Hardware, Arana Avenue and 41 Street, Villa Elisa, Bs As, Argentina, South America (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ciudad+Aut%C3%B3noma+de+Buenos+Aires,+Argentina&ll=-34.851174,-58.076997&spn=0.002126,0.00478&t=k&z=18)

[stephenniall]

Hi this is excellent I did the same thing with a Circuler saw upside down Never thought of using a grinder

[rimar2000]

Thanks. Really, the fact to use the grinder it has allowed me to cut metal pipe and some other similar tasks. Another hit (among so many committed errors) was give it a enough height to work standing up. I can use it to support the platter, knife, cutting boards and other accessories when I do "asado" (argentine barbecue).

[stephenniall]

Your welcome It is quite a good idea to use a grinder though as i suppose with the grinder not being screwed on Always So if anything goes wrong you cant stop it its alot safer

[Dipankar]

Excellent !!!!! what more can I say. This is something very useful to those who take their work seriously. Please check out my NEW Instructable titled DESIGN CUTTING TABLE in the Craft Section.

[rimar2000]

Thanks by the compliment. I have seen the table that you have designed, it is also interesting. ¿Where are you from? ¿Indian? I am from Argentina (South America)

[Robotrix]

Hey, this is really nice. Can you explain a little better how you've attached the grinder so that you can take it off whenever you need it? I can't tell from the pictures how you have it attached.

[rimar2000]

Recently I put some photos in my instructable on the cutting table.

[iffee]

Great idea but needs more details and pictures regarding attaching grinder to the table.

[rimar2000]

Subsequently to this instructable, I did make at the cutting table an important improvement: I carried the grinder support toward the center of the table. As the wood is something thick (1 inch), I did a hole in it and I put in that place an iron plate of 1/8 inch, screwed with various screws, to which I fixed the grinder each time that I am going to use it. Of that way, the cutting leaf exceed almost 20 mm. I will try to take some pictures this weekend.

[IdahoDavid]

Very nice. I have a commercially made saw table that is very similar that uses my circular saw. The saw is attached under the table using the square plate surrounding the blade. Four flathead bolts are countersunk in to the top of the table and go down through four brackets that clamp the saw plate tight to the bottom. The power cord plugs into at switch activated by a bar running along the front of the table. The on/off switch of the saw is locked in the on position.

[theRIAA]

oooooh nifty