Bill Lantry
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Hey, folks,
Please take a moment and help me think this through. I need two things: a large flat space for assembling cabinet boxes. It needs to be light, and storable. I also need a flat surface to lay sheet goods on to cut them down, rout dados in large workpieces, etc.
So here's my idea. I've got 2 pieces of 4x8 luann sitting around doing nothing. What's to stop me from getting a 2" thick piece of foam insulation, and gluing a luann "skin" on to both sides? Wouldn't it act much like a torsion box? It would be light enough to just pick it up and slide it into my existing sheet goods cart. And when I need to cut things up, I could just put another piece of insulation on top. The whole thing would sit on top of the large wheeled desk that is now my assembly area.
Is there some obvious reason why this won't work (must be, since I don't see other people doing this!) Oh, and what kind of glue would be best?
Thanks,
Bill
Please take a moment and help me think this through. I need two things: a large flat space for assembling cabinet boxes. It needs to be light, and storable. I also need a flat surface to lay sheet goods on to cut them down, rout dados in large workpieces, etc.
So here's my idea. I've got 2 pieces of 4x8 luann sitting around doing nothing. What's to stop me from getting a 2" thick piece of foam insulation, and gluing a luann "skin" on to both sides? Wouldn't it act much like a torsion box? It would be light enough to just pick it up and slide it into my existing sheet goods cart. And when I need to cut things up, I could just put another piece of insulation on top. The whole thing would sit on top of the large wheeled desk that is now my assembly area.
Is there some obvious reason why this won't work (must be, since I don't see other people doing this!) Oh, and what kind of glue would be best?
Thanks,
Bill