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Posted by Curt Welch on August 10, 2008, 1:15 pm
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Home shop project of the day....
http://picasaweb.google.com/Curt.Welch/ChopSawMaterialSupportFrame
The wife and kids were out of town so my friend Mike (who I met taking
welding classes) came over and we stayed up to around 2 AM making a simple
support frame to hold material as it's being cut in the chop saw. I hope
the noise didn't bother the neighbors too much....
I went with a simple square frame design so it's always the right height
even if it gets knocked around in use.
I discovered that my new welding table worked real nice as a blackboard for
writing out project notes with a sharpie. They clean off nicely when it's
all done with acetone. Much easier and better to use than paper around
welding projects. (I guess everyone else already knew that trick).
I also figured out I need to add better clamping options on the back of the
table. As you can see in the pictures, I used two angle irons in a
railroad track type fixture to get the spacing of the frame correct and
consistent. But because I couldn't clamp it well enough to the back of the
table, I ended up tack welding a few cross plates to the fixture to hold
the spacing. Once tack welded, we realized we could use a clamp to squeeze
in the sides slightly to fine tune the width. That all worked well, but it
still would have been nice to have a strong clamping surface on the back of
the table.
I also got the idea to use some anti-splatter spray on the table to help
prevent splatter from the tack welding sticking to the table. That too
seemed to work well for this type of project where it was being tacked
close to the table surface.
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Posted by Grant Erwin on August 10, 2008, 2:09 pm
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Curt Welch wrote:
> Home shop project of the day....
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Curt.Welch/ChopSawMaterialSupportFrame
>
> The wife and kids were out of town so my friend Mike (who I met taking
> welding classes) came over and we stayed up to around 2 AM making a simple
> support frame to hold material as it's being cut in the chop saw. I hope
> the noise didn't bother the neighbors too much....
>
> I went with a simple square frame design so it's always the right height
> even if it gets knocked around in use.
>
> I discovered that my new welding table worked real nice as a blackboard for
> writing out project notes with a sharpie. They clean off nicely when it's
> all done with acetone. Much easier and better to use than paper around
> welding projects. (I guess everyone else already knew that trick).
>
> I also figured out I need to add better clamping options on the back of the
> table. As you can see in the pictures, I used two angle irons in a
> railroad track type fixture to get the spacing of the frame correct and
> consistent. But because I couldn't clamp it well enough to the back of the
> table, I ended up tack welding a few cross plates to the fixture to hold
> the spacing. Once tack welded, we realized we could use a clamp to squeeze
> in the sides slightly to fine tune the width. That all worked well, but it
> still would have been nice to have a strong clamping surface on the back of
> the table.
>
> I also got the idea to use some anti-splatter spray on the table to help
> prevent splatter from the tack welding sticking to the table. That too
> seemed to work well for this type of project where it was being tacked
> close to the table surface.
>
I want to see that area in five years after that chop saw has covered absolutely
everything with abrasive grit which has had a chance to work in .. :-)
My abrasive chop saw is on a rolling stand and when I am going to use it I
roll it out to the mouth of my shop and when I'm done it takes me a long time
to sweep up the area. If it was in an intricate little area like yours the
cleanup would simply never get done.
Very nice work, Curt. You didn't mention the reason for trying the heat
resistant tape, nor show the results.
Grant
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Posted by Bob Engelhardt on August 10, 2008, 2:43 pm
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Grant Erwin wrote:
> I want to see that area in five years after that chop saw has covered
> absolutely
> everything with abrasive grit which has had a chance to work in .. :-)
> ...
Listen to Grant before it's too late! Your shop is still very nice &
clean & you probably like it that way. If so, you are going to be sick
about the dirt that the chop saw sends *everywhere*. I mean EVERYWHERE!
It's like this: you pull open a drawer for a tool that you haven't
used for a while and your hand gets black from the saw dust deposited on
the tool. Really.
So, while you still have the chance, get it outa there. Like Grant, I
only use mine outside, even though I don't have a rolling cart & have to
carry it out. Your being in your garage means that you can do the
rolling cart thing. DO IT! Or you'll be sorry.
Don't say that we didn't warn you,
Bob
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Posted by Ignoramus6985 on August 10, 2008, 3:04 pm
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> Grant Erwin wrote:
>> I want to see that area in five years after that chop saw has covered
>> absolutely
>> everything with abrasive grit which has had a chance to work in .. :-)
>> ...
>
> Listen to Grant before it's too late! Your shop is still very nice &
> clean & you probably like it that way. If so, you are going to be sick
> about the dirt that the chop saw sends *everywhere*. I mean EVERYWHERE!
> It's like this: you pull open a drawer for a tool that you haven't
> used for a while and your hand gets black from the saw dust deposited on
> the tool. Really.
>
> So, while you still have the chance, get it outa there. Like Grant, I
> only use mine outside, even though I don't have a rolling cart & have to
> carry it out. Your being in your garage means that you can do the
> rolling cart thing. DO IT! Or you'll be sorry.
>
> Don't say that we didn't warn you,
> Bob
That's the reason why I like to cut things with my mill instead of
chop saw.
i
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Posted by Sergey Kubushin on August 10, 2008, 6:01 pm
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> Grant Erwin wrote:
>> I want to see that area in five years after that chop saw has covered
>> absolutely
>> everything with abrasive grit which has had a chance to work in .. :-)
>> ...
>
> Listen to Grant before it's too late! Your shop is still very nice &
> clean & you probably like it that way. If so, you are going to be sick
> about the dirt that the chop saw sends *everywhere*. I mean EVERYWHERE!
> It's like this: you pull open a drawer for a tool that you haven't
> used for a while and your hand gets black from the saw dust deposited on
> the tool. Really.
>
> So, while you still have the chance, get it outa there. Like Grant, I
> only use mine outside, even though I don't have a rolling cart & have to
> carry it out. Your being in your garage means that you can do the
> rolling cart thing. DO IT! Or you'll be sorry.
>
> Don't say that we didn't warn you,
Another question--why do you people use those chop saws in the first place?
Band saw is not slower and it is several orders of magnitude cleaner than
that abrasive pig...
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> http://picasaweb.google.com/Curt.Welch/ChopSawMaterialSupportFrame
>
> The wife and kids were out of town so my friend Mike (who I met taking
> welding classes) came over and we stayed up to around 2 AM making a simple
> support frame to hold material as it's being cut in the chop saw. I hope
> the noise didn't bother the neighbors too much....
>
> I went with a simple square frame design so it's always the right height
> even if it gets knocked around in use.
>
> I discovered that my new welding table worked real nice as a blackboard for
> writing out project notes with a sharpie. They clean off nicely when it's
> all done with acetone. Much easier and better to use than paper around
> welding projects. (I guess everyone else already knew that trick).
>
> I also figured out I need to add better clamping options on the back of the
> table. As you can see in the pictures, I used two angle irons in a
> railroad track type fixture to get the spacing of the frame correct and
> consistent. But because I couldn't clamp it well enough to the back of the
> table, I ended up tack welding a few cross plates to the fixture to hold
> the spacing. Once tack welded, we realized we could use a clamp to squeeze
> in the sides slightly to fine tune the width. That all worked well, but it
> still would have been nice to have a strong clamping surface on the back of
> the table.
>
> I also got the idea to use some anti-splatter spray on the table to help
> prevent splatter from the tack welding sticking to the table. That too
> seemed to work well for this type of project where it was being tacked
> close to the table surface.
>