Jeff Horton
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jeff, i prolly missed it, but what type of joint did you use to connect the shelves to the sides?
Of course while I was sitting there smiling admiring my work I had a thought. How the heck do I get this thing trimmed to size?
Stay tuned! I have a couple of ideas........
Hi Norman,Simple enough, Jeff. Cut a piece of plywood (for a sled) to exactly fit in the case and then center your grid on the plywood where you want it and screw in some wood blocks to the plywood to hold the grid in place and then clamp another piece of plywood (the same thickness as the ply sled) to the saw table next to the fence, (so the overhanging grid will ride above it) to make the first cut of the grid even with one side of the plywood. To cut the other side, remove the plywood that is clamped to the table, rotate the sled and reset the fence to cut the grid on the other side even with that edge of the plywood sled. Use the same procedure to cut the ends of the grid. Simple, Huh????
Alan, I am still thinking on how to attach it to the case. I figured if nothing else I could ad some blocks behind the rack... oh I am going to make a solid frame all around it, dadoed so it's all flush. (that make sense?) But install some blocks and then screw it in place from the back. It would never show. But I am still thinking on this one. I just sort of design things as I go and maybe will come up with a more elegant idea.
Hi Norman,
I could follow your thoughts and it is a very clever idea. How do the first cuts get made on the grid work so that it will ride against the fence?
Good idea I just can't figure that one yet. Shaz
DANG IT!
Making lattice #3. Trimmed up #1 perfect. A little confidence is a bad thing!
In other words, check and double check before you cut!