Many home craftsmen dream of cutting their own lumber. This is not a difficult task, but without suitable equipment it is almost impossible. So why not use a hand-held circular saw for this and assemble a table with your own hands with the ability to make longitudinal and transverse cuts?
Make one hole with a diameter of 10 mm in the four corners of the shoe. Drilling locations are arbitrary. Place the saw blade in the groove of the tabletop and align the shoe with the marking. Mark the centers of the holes made on the plywood and transfer them to the back side with a thin drill bit.
If there is not enough room in the support shoe to drill such large holes, use two steel plates with welded 6mm studs, and attach them to the base of the saw with wing nuts and star washers. In this case, removing the saw for manual work and returning it to its place without additional adjustment will be a matter of five minutes. The plates, in turn, have one large hole each for reliable installation and initial adjustment of the position of the saw.
To fasten the saw to the tabletop, you need to use M8 plowshare bolts with a countersunk conical head. Under them, an 8 mm hole is drilled from the front side and a countersink is made for the cap, which, when untightened, should protrude no more than 1 mm above the surface. On the reverse side, the bolts pass into the holes of the support shoe (or steel plates) and are tightened under a wide and spring washer, or a nut with a plastic lock.
If the fitting was successful, the tabletop needs to be secured to the frame. In the four corners of the plywood board you need to drill one hole, the same as for attaching the saw. The distance from the edges is half the side of the bar used plus the thickness of the box wall, in our case it is 30 mm. A 10 mm hole is drilled in the center of each block, and a steel fitting M8x18 mm is screwed inside.
Once the tabletop is secure, turn the table on its side so you can access the blade and saw mounting points at the same time. Having removed the protective cover for a while, align the saw blade along the longitudinal axis of the table using a rail and a square. After adjusting the disc, tighten the fastening nuts thoroughly. Using a ruler or level attached to the disk, mark the edges of the table and draw a line for the cutting plane along them. Run an awl along the line several times, leaving a shallow furrow; such markings will definitely not be erased after long use.
Start button and electrics
The standard power button must be bypassed, and if this is not possible, clamp it with a clothespin or a tourniquet. Instead of a button on the handle, a small electrical network installed inside the box will be used.
On the outer front side of the box, install a double “Start/Stop” button with locking. Its normally open contact is connected to the power cable break. The ends of the wire are connected to a plug socket screwed on the inside.
After the saw is connected and tested in operation, it is necessary to pull a nylon stocking folded in three onto the air intake grille.
Cross cut guide
It is convenient to trim parts in the presence of a thrust beam, which moves along guides along the cutting line. This can be made from ordinary 9 mm plywood.
You only need a few planks:
- 150x250 mm 2 pcs.
- 100x820 mm 2 pcs.
- 150x820 mm 1 pc.
- 142x300 mm 1 pc.
As before, it is preferable to cut plywood using precision equipment. Three long planks need to be assembled in the shape of a channel 150 mm wide and with shelves of 100 mm. Since the heads of the screws will face the tabletop, you need to first drill out the plywood for them and recess the fasteners, and then sand the marks with sandpaper. It is safer to use confirmats instead of self-tapping screws.
Boards 150x250 mm are screwed like channel plugs, the free ends are directed downwards. The remaining strip is screwed between the shelves exactly in the center. If this beam is placed on a table, the side boards will drop down the sides of the box with a gap of about 10mm on each side.
Use full extension furniture slides with ball bearings. First attach them to the beam, and then try them on and screw them to the body. The mounting holes are oblong, use them to adjust the beam: it should slide over the tabletop with very little clearance and at right angles to the cutting plane. Run the beam once with the saw running to make a cut at the bottom. To quickly remove and install the beam, it is recommended to unclip the plastic clips on the guides in advance.
Adjustable rip fence
It is much easier to unravel the forest if there is a longitudinal stop. It can be made from a regular aluminum cornice or other lightweight profile with a perfectly straight edge and stiffening ribs. You will need a piece along the length of the table, that is, 800 mm.
Make two 8 mm holes 150 cm from the edges and insert an M8 bolt into them, oriented with the thread down. Screw on the nut without the washer and tighten tightly. Draw two lines at the same distance from the edges of the table. At their intersection with the center line of the tabletop, drill 12 mm holes. One more hole is drilled along the same lines with an indentation of 30 cm. Using a router or jigsaw, make two thin slots, it is advisable to make the cut as evenly as possible.
The stop profile is inserted with bolts into these slots; after adjustment, it can be tightened using wings with a wide washer on the inside. If the cutting width needs to be changed frequently, equip the table body with door hinges for easy opening. To quickly adjust the stop, attach pieces of tape from a tape measure to the ends of the table.
A circular saw is a productive, convenient and maneuverable tool with which various construction and finishing works are carried out. If you need to perform large volumes of tasks, working with a manual circular saw is quite difficult. In such situations, a circular saw table becomes an excellent assistant. You can assemble it yourself from boards and plywood. The saw itself will be placed at the bottom of the tabletop, and the toothed blade will fit into the slot. The saw turns on, the disk begins to rotate, lumber is fed and sawing occurs. If you wish, you can assemble an excellent table for a circular saw with your own hands. There is nothing complicated in this work.
It is difficult to work with large volumes of wood with a regular circular saw, so it is better to place it on a table.
Circular saw table design
Before assembling a circular table with your own hands, you need to carefully consider its design. At this stage, your task comes down, first of all, to calculating the load that will be placed on the table in the future. When assembling a saw table with your own hands, consider the power of the unit. Thus, for high-power industrial tools, it is recommended to use a reinforced steel welded structure. In the case of a home saw, there is no need for such a powerful design. It will be enough to assemble a saw table with your own hands from boards and plywood.
When planning to make a saw table with your own hands, you need, as already noted, to take into account the power of the tool. In home workshops, saws with a power of up to 800 W are most often used. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the frequency and volume of work performed. For example, when building a house you will have to cut much more material than under any other conditions. Experts do not advise buying saws more powerful than 1200 W for your home. In the case of a home workshop, this simply does not make sense.
The higher the power of the circular saw and the higher the volume of work performed, the more reliable, durable and stable the table you create should be. Professional-grade circular saws are installed on bases made of metal profiles. In some cases, such tables are even embedded in the floor, since vibration may cause the operator to briefly lose control of the saw, which will be enough to cause injury. Creating such a table requires certain skills in working with special tools, welding, etc. Assembling an ordinary wooden table for a home saw is accessible to almost every person, even if he does not have such experience.
Preparing to assemble the table
Table assembly diagram.
The simplest version of a table for a circular table is a structure made of fairly thick plywood and boards. In this case, plywood will be used to make the countertop. The tabletop itself will be stationary. The tool needs to be installed under it. First, a slot is created in the lid along which the saw blade will move.
Choose the dimensions of the table, first of all, based on yourself. You should be comfortable and comfortable working. The instructions cover the average and most common sizes. You can change them at your discretion. The height of the table is 1-1.15 m. Choose the length taking into account the nature of future work. If you often cut long boards, the table top should also be made long enough. If the length of the tabletop is more than 2 m, it is recommended to equip the structure with an additional pair of support legs. Without them, the table will vibrate strongly.
The thickness of the plywood used to make the tabletop should be from 5 cm. Plexiglas and fiberglass are suitable for the same purpose. Craftsmen recommend refraining from using chipboard due to the insufficiently high strength of the material.
The lid is polished and varnished in several layers. Thanks to this, the required sliding of the processed materials will be ensured. The best option is to attach a metal sheet to the tabletop. This will increase the reliability of the surface and extend the service life of the product as a whole.
Materials and tools for work
A table for a circular saw requires the presence of guides, which will ensure higher accuracy in cutting materials. The guides are made from a metal corner. Clamps are usually used to secure them to the tabletop. It is not recommended to make the guides stationary. It will be more convenient if you can change their position in the future.
Prepare materials for self-assembly of the table:
- Plywood. If you wish, you can use a different material for the countertop.
- A metal sheet.
- Beam 50x50 mm.
- Board 50x100 mm.
- Clamps in the amount of 2 pcs.
- Metal corner for making guides.
Pre-gather all the necessary tools:
- Hacksaw. If possible, it is better to use a jigsaw instead.
- Screwdriver.
- Electric drill.
- Hand cutter or machine. If you don't have them, you can do without them.
- Tape measure and ruler for measurements.
- Square.
After preparing all the tools and materials, you can begin assembling your homemade table. Some craftsmen use old dining and kitchen tables for this. But you shouldn’t count on great durability of such products. It’s better to do everything yourself, “from scratch.” This way you can assemble a comfortable table that fully meets your needs and requirements.
Step-by-step instructions for assembling the table
Table of circular saw made of steel plate.
First you need to form the tabletop. Take a plywood sheet and make markings. The edges of the sheet should match the two edges of the lid. Cut out the workpiece with a hacksaw or jigsaw. If desired, process the cuts with a router. This is optional, so you can skip this step. In the case of a circular saw table, reliability is more important than good looks. Roughly sand the countertop using sandpaper.
At the bottom, prepare a slot for the disk. Measure the circular saw blade. To make it as convenient as possible, remove the saw blade from the tool and simply circle the required part of the saw.
After completing the arrangement of the seat, try on the slab and make the required adjustments. Mark the slot locations for the saw blade and fasteners. If the disk must rise and fall, the table must be equipped with a pendulum mechanism. In this case, the shape of the slot should look like a truncated pyramid. The top of this kind of pyramid needs to be directed downward. To make the frame of the lifting mechanism, it is better to use metal corners welded to each other.
Assembling the frame and installing the legs
Table guide carriage for circular saw.
Next you need to make markings for the transverse and longitudinal slats. In the case of such a table, they act as stiffeners. Do it from the wrong side. The planks are made from timber. You need to prepare 2 longitudinal ribs. Select the length based on the length of the tabletop. It is enough to simply subtract 8-10 cm from it on each side. There should also be 2 transverse strips. To determine their length, subtract 8-10 cm from the width of the tabletop on each side.
Prepare sockets for self-tapping screws. The slats are fixed so that the lid protrudes about 8-10 cm beyond the edges of the frame. It is important to make the most reliable and durable fastening. Install the first self-tapping screw at a distance of 4-5 cm from the edge of the rail. The screws themselves are mounted in increments of 20-22 cm. The parts must be drilled through. The screw heads must be completely recessed into the tabletop material.
The transverse ribs are attached first. To ensure maximum reliability of the table, you must first coat the edges of the slats with wood glue. Tighten the structure with clamps and secure with self-tapping screws. Leave the table cover until completely dry, then install the longitudinal slats in the same way. Pull together the frame parts and install several fasteners on each side. After this you can remove the clamps.
To make the legs, use bars. The height of these elements is selected individually in accordance with the height of the operator. It is more convenient when the tabletop is located at hip level. Before installing the legs, plan them on one side so that the processed side goes to the corner. As a result, the base of the leg will have a slightly larger area than the top.
It is best to use metal corners to secure the legs. You need to slightly press them in so that the base of the homemade table is positioned at odds. Thanks to this, the bed will become more stable. Fastening is done using bolts and washers. They need to be installed with their caps facing outwards. If installed differently, you may be injured by protruding fasteners during operation.
This will make the design even more reliable. The slats should be installed in pairs on the sides of the homemade table.
Thoroughly polish the surface of the tabletop and cover it with several layers of varnish. Instead, you can use small screws to secure a smooth metal sheet.
Finally, the circular saw is installed in its intended place. Additionally, you can apply markings to the surface of the tabletop, which will facilitate smoother and more correct processing of the material being cut.
The control elements of such a machine must be placed on the outside of the tabletop. Usually they are fixed on some table leg. Completing this step of the job requires some electrical installation skills. If they are absent, it is recommended to contact an appropriate specialist.
Thus, there is nothing difficult about assembling a table for a circular saw yourself. This does not require much time or money. You will spend much less on materials than on a ready-made factory table, and the quality of the product, if you follow the instructions, will be no worse. Good luck!
A circular saw is a tool that no craftsman can do without. Such a unit is especially necessary in a country house or country house. But working with hand tools is not always convenient, and branded machines are quite expensive. A way out of the situation may be to independently manufacture such a device. The basis of such a home machine can be not only a hand-held circular saw, but also a grinder or even a drill.
Making a table for a circular saw with your own hands will cost much less than a ready-made store-bought version.
It’s not at all difficult to assemble a frame for a circular saw that is quite simple in design with your own hands. To make it you will need the simplest lumber and very little time.
Saw stand design
Before thinking about the design of the future machine, it is necessary to calculate the load that will fall on it. Because the main thing in such a frame is stability and reliability. For powerful industrial saws, the base is a reinforced welded steel structure. But such a unit is not needed for a home workshop. If you are just planning to assemble your own woodworking machine, then you should take into account the basic parameters of the tool itself. After all, saws are different, and, accordingly, the design of the table should be different.
First of all, you need to consider the power of the tool. Typically, for a home workshop, a unit is chosen whose parameters do not exceed 800 W. But, for example, when building a house or cottage, a fairly large volume of wood has to be cut. At the same time, the power of the circular saw should be greater. But experts do not recommend purchasing saws whose characteristics are higher than 1200 W. There is no justification for installing such a tool in a private workshop. And working on it will only increase energy costs.
Remember: the higher the productivity of your machine, the more stable the base for it should be. For professional circular saws, a base assembled from a metal profile is usually installed. Sometimes such frames are even built into the floor. Because vibration of the machine can lead to situations dangerous to life and health.
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Nuances to consider
The second parameter for choosing a saw is the depth of the intended cut. The thickness of the lumber processed on your machine depends on it. This parameter of professional and semi-professional models ranges from 4 to 7 cm. This is enough for sawing boards and even fairly thick plywood. But it will be inconvenient to process logs on such a machine. In addition, it is worth considering that this characteristic of a saw built into the frame with your own hands is reduced. The depth of the cut becomes smaller by about 1 cm. But this can be changed if the design of the table includes the ability to raise or lower the disk.
When choosing a tool, it is necessary to take into account its rotation frequency. If you need a circular saw to prepare building material, then this parameter may be lower. When an even and clean cut is needed, the rotation speed must be quite high. This is necessary, for example, for making furniture. But even this situation has its own nuances. This saw is not suitable for processing plastic materials. Due to too high tool speeds, the disc heats up and the plastic melts. Therefore, it is worth choosing a unit whose rotation speed does not exceed 4000 rpm; in this case, the table for a circular saw can be assembled from wood. The vibration of such a machine is insignificant and additional reinforcement of the frame is not required.
The last thing you need to consider when making your own woodworking machine is the location of the buttons and other controls. When assembling a circular saw with your own hands, remember that access to the controls must be safe. This rule is especially relevant if the tool is installed at the bottom of the tabletop. In this case, it makes more sense to install the panel with switches on the outside of the machine. Or provide a rising tabletop. This design will also help in servicing the unit. After you have taken into account all the little details and nuances, you can proceed directly to making the table.
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Preparatory stage of work
The simplest version of a table for a circular saw is a structure assembled from boards and fairly thick plywood from which the tabletop is made. In this case, the tool itself is fixed at the bottom of a stationary (non-rising) tabletop. There is a special slot in the frame cover for the disk. A drawing of such a machine is shown in Fig. 1.
The dimensions for the bed can be changed so that it is convenient for you to work. The average table height is taken as an example. It is 100-115 cm. But much depends on the height of the person who will work with the tool. In addition, the length of the tabletop can also be changed as desired. If you plan to work with boards whose length exceeds 2.5 m, then the table top should be larger. Then it is necessary to make changes to the structure itself and add an additional pair of supports (legs). Otherwise the bed will vibrate too much.
For the countertop, you can take plywood, whose thickness should be at least 50 mm. But you can also use fiberglass slabs and plexiglass. But experts do not recommend using chipboard, since this material is not strong enough.
The table top can be polished and coated with several layers of varnish. This will ensure sufficient sliding of the sawn materials. But it is much wiser to strengthen a sheet of iron on the tabletop. Then the surface of the bed will be much more reliable, and the machine will last you longer.
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Required materials and tools
For a woodworking machine, it is necessary to provide guides. They will help you cut the material accurately. This structure is welded from a metal corner and secured to the tabletop with clamps.
It is not recommended to install stationary guides, because in the future you will not be able to change their position.
To make a table you will need the following materials:
- sheet of plywood (countertop made of another material);
- sheet of iron;
- board with a section of 5*10 cm;
- timber with a section of 5*5 cm;
- clamps – 2 pcs;
- metal corner for guides;
- hand circular saw.
In addition, it is wiser to prepare in advance all the tools that will be needed to make the table:
- jigsaw or hacksaw;
- electric drill, screwdriver;
- milling machine or hand cutter (you can do without this tool);
- measuring instruments (ruler, square, tape measure).
When everything you need is ready, you can proceed directly to assembling the table. Some craftsmen make frames from old kitchen or dining tables. But such a design is unlikely to last long enough. Therefore, it is much more reasonable to make all the parts yourself. At the same time, you can take into account your individual needs.
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Assembling the saw table
The manufacture of the frame begins with the formation of the tabletop. The plywood sheet is marked so that 2 edges of the cover coincide with the edges of the sheet. The workpiece is cut out using a jigsaw or hacksaw. If desired, the edge of the cut can be processed with a milling cutter. But this operation is not mandatory. Because the main parameter in a table for a circular saw is its reliability, not its beauty. The table top is roughened with sandpaper.
A slot for the disk is marked on the underside of the tabletop. To do this, you first need to measure the dimensions of the unit’s sole. The easiest way to do this is to remove the blade from the tool and simply trace the required part of the saw. These parameters are necessary to form the seat.
Using a hand cutter, wood is selected to a depth of approximately 0.8-1 cm. If you do not have such a tool, then the work can be done using a chisel, but it will take much more time.
After the seat is ready, be sure to try on the saw, adjusting the recess if necessary. Mark the locations for fixing the fasteners and the slots for the disk. If you want the saw blade to lower and rise at your request, then you need to build a pendulum mechanism for the table. In this case, the slot should have the shape of a truncated pyramid. Moreover, the hypothetical top of this figure is directed downwards. An example of a drawing of such a design with a belt drive is shown in Fig. 2. It makes more sense to make the frame itself for the lifting mechanism from metal corners that are welded together.
Carpentry professionals always strive to increase the productivity of their own work. If you make a table for a circular saw with your own hands, you can make it easier for yourself to work with large quantities of lumber, while spending a minimum of money.
If you make a table for a circular saw with your own hands, you can make it easier for yourself to work with large quantities of lumber, while spending a minimum of money.
Requirements for the circular table
Before starting work, you need to understand that a table saw is a source of increased danger. Therefore, when making a table, you need to strictly adhere to technology, using only the highest quality materials. Industrial tables are made of metal. But homemade devices are made from available or readily available materials, the most popular of which is wood. It should be taken into account that the final structure must be rigid and stable, and the table surface must be smooth and varnished to increase durability and optimize the work process.
List of required materials and devices
In addition to a certain amount of time and woodworking skills, you will need the following tools and materials:
- sheet of plywood with a thickness of 20 mm;
- paints and varnishes for wood processing;
- a 50x50 mm block from which the legs will be made;
- hand-held table saw;
- drill, electric jigsaw, router;
- clamps;
- pencil and a simple ruler.
Once the glue is ready, you can fasten the structure with self-tapping screws so that their heads go entirely into the tabletop. To avoid distortions, it is better not to remove the clamps at this stage. Using 2 self-tapping screws, the stiffening ribs are pulled together, after which the clamps can be dismantled. Turn the legs from a 5x10 cm board at a height comfortable for work. Typically the height is about 1 meter. The legs are attached in such a way that they are slightly spaced from the center to the edges of the structure.
Mount the saw into the previously prepared groove from the bottom of the tabletop so that the blade fits into the slot. To minimize the influence of moisture and ensure good sliding of the workpiece, the circular sawing table is coated with several layers of varnish. Mark the locations of the longitudinal stiffeners, then saw them and glue them to the tabletop with wood glue, having previously pressed them with clamps. The side stiffeners are made and attached in the same way.
When designing a table for a circular saw, it is necessary to take into account the dimensions of the materials that will be processed on it, because the quality of the cut will be much higher if the workpiece rests completely on the table surface. At the same time, greatly exceeding the dimensions of the workpieces leads to irrational use of the working area. The height of the table is selected for each master individually based on his height.
Making your own table for a circular table
The technology for assembling a table for a hand-held circular saw is not difficult for an experienced carpenter. To make a table for a circular saw with your own hands, you need:
- Take a sheet of plywood with a thickness of at least 20 mm and make a tabletop blank from it. To do this, mark the sheet with a pencil according to predetermined dimensions and cut it with an electric jigsaw. The resulting workpiece is processed with a hand milling machine, and then sanded with coarse or medium sandpaper.
- Mark the underside of the tabletop for the circular saw. To do this, you can use a circular saw with the blade removed, installing it in the desired place and marking the dimensions of the sole. In this section of the workpiece, it is necessary to cut a recess 8-10 mm high with a router.
- Place the saw in the cut-out hole. If necessary, adjustments can be made at this stage so that the tool is stable on the tabletop. When everything is adjusted, you can mark the tool attachment points and the slot for the disk. If the material needs to be cut at different angles, this must be taken into account when marking. Then the cross-section of the slots must be made trapezoidal with the apex pointing downwards.
- Mark the bottom of the tabletop for stiffening ribs, which will be located along the entire perimeter of the table at a distance of 70-100 mm from its edge. After this, you need to attach the board to the tabletop and trace it. On the center line you need to mark places for self-tapping screws located 50 mm from the edges of the ribs every 150-200 mm. According to the completed markings, you need to drill through holes.
This way you will get a simple but reliable homemade table on which you can easily work with workpieces of certain dimensions.
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In a well-equipped carpentry workshop, set up in a country house or in a private house, it is necessary to have a circular disk mechanism that allows processing wood blanks.
Very often, a homemade machine made on the basis of a hand-held circular saw or a cutting tool with an independent electric drive is used as household woodworking equipment.
To place any of these mechanisms, you need a specially equipped table with a surface that makes it easy to work with wood workpieces.
Depending on the type of cutting tool, as well as on the material used to manufacture the frame, the table for a circular saw can have the following designs:
- firstly, it can be made in the form of a workbench with legs and with a hand-held circular saw attached to it (a lightweight version);
- secondly, it can be a structure equipped with a cutting disk and mounted on a metal frame. The drive part of such a machine, consisting of an electric motor and control circuits, is located in the lower part of the frame (capital version).
Making a table for a circular saw is within the capabilities of every craftsman.
Design selection
Before you make a table for a circular saw with your own hands, first of all, you need to decide on its design. Thus, a lightweight version based on plywood and beams must contain the following mandatory elements:
tabletop directly;
plywood body;
Support legs provide good stability
The capital structure must include the following components:
frame based on metal profiles or corners;
upper and lower brackets necessary to accommodate the cutting blade with shaft and drive equipment, respectively;
the table itself with a slot for the cutting blade, mounted directly on a metal frame.
The most affordable for manufacturing at home is a wooden table for a circular saw (i.e., lightweight design).
A lightweight version of a circular saw table would look something like this
Preparation of sketch, material and tools
As an example, consider the procedure for making a wooden workbench approximately 100 - 120 cm high. Before making such a table with your own hands, it is advisable to prepare a small sketch, which will display the structure of the future structure, indicating the dimensions of its main elements.
The exact height of the table is set taking into account the height of the master working on the machine (the location of the working plane at the level of the person’s hips is considered comfortable).
At the preparatory stage, you should also decide on the material for the manufacture of the future structure, which, as a rule, is made from beams and multi-layer plywood 28 mm thick.
In order to make such a table with your own hands, you will need the following blanks:
- metal sheet of suitable size;
- standard sheet of thick plywood;
- metal square pipe from which the guides are made;
- a set of clamps in the amount of two pieces.
To assemble the table, you also need a tool set of the following items:
- screwdriver and electric drill;
- jigsaw or regular wood saw;
- square, tape measure, ruler (for current measurements);
- manual frezer
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Making a table cover
The manufacturing procedure for this structural element involves the following operations:
Work begins with marking and cutting out a piece of plywood, the dimensions of which must correspond to the dimensions of the prepared iron sheet.
After adjusting to size, the surface of the workpiece is carefully sanded using emery cloth.
Then, on the lower surface of the plywood sheet, fixation points for the actuator are marked while simultaneously marking the slot for the cutting disc.
To do this, you should first try on the soleplate of the circular saw you are using at the installation site. In this case, it is most convenient to simply remove the disk from it and determine the exact location of the landing points.
Before installing it at the mounting location, an additional check is made to ensure that the slot for the cutting blade is correctly marked.
Marking the table top is done directly along the sole of the circular saw
At the final stage, the working surface is covered with a steel sheet with two guides, which is then fixed with ordinary self-tapping screws.
Subsequently, along the guides, it will be possible to make special markings from the corners, increasing the convenience of processing wood material.
Additional information: To arrange the operating surface of the table, in addition to plywood, plexiglass or fiberglass can be used.
Assembling the frame with legs
The base or frame of the table is assembled from a set of transverse and longitudinal wooden beams, which are attached to the bottom of its lid, increasing the rigidity of the entire structure as a whole. For this, four bars with a cross section of 50x50 mm, placed at a distance of about 7-9 cm from the edge of the table, are sufficient.
They are fixed on the bottom of the lid with self-tapping screws of suitable size in increments of approximately 23-25 cm. On its front side, the fastening elements are recessed into a material that completely hides their caps.
The frame can be made stronger by pre-treating the mating surface of the bars with a layer of wood glue, carried out immediately before attaching them. After joining the glue-coated workpieces, the latter are securely fixed with clamps, which are removed immediately after the adhesive has dried. The legs of the structure can be made from bars of the same cross-section as the blanks for the frame (50x50 mm).
The structure of the table must be strong and rigid
The shape of the legs is chosen so that they provide maximum support area for the frame part of the base and have a shape that tapers towards the flooring. On one of these legs, controls for turning the circular saw on and off are subsequently placed, duplicating the buttons located on its body.
You will be able to further increase the rigidity and stability of the entire structure with the help of a set of steel angles mounted in the area of its butt joints. To secure them, it is recommended to use standard bolts with washers, which should preferably be installed with their heads facing outward.
Features of manufacturing a metal frame (bed)
The upper part of the metal base is a welded frame measuring 800x800 mm with legs made of pipes 220 mm long and a cross-section of approximately 17-20 mm welded at the corners.
Two longitudinal profiles are mounted on a frame made of 25 mm angles, used to install the shaft on bearings.
To ensure greater stability of the structure, the lower part of the frame is welded from larger corners (40 mm) and has two jumpers intended for mounting the electric motor with starting equipment circuits. Pipes are also welded at its corners, having the same length as on the upper frame, but slightly larger in diameter (23-25mm).
Closer to the edge of such pipe legs, threaded holes are prepared in which special holders are located (they are also called “lambs”). With the help of these wings it will be possible to fix the position of the pipes of the upper part of the frame, which is moved to regulate the tension of the drive belt.
Expansion of functionality
In conclusion, let’s touch on the topic of expanding the functionality of the working structure you are making. If there is free space on the operating surface, additional woodworking equipment (an electric plane or router, for example) can be mounted. Having a plane and a wood router will allow you to expand the functionality of the machine and turn it into a full-fledged woodworking center.
In addition to this, such a milling cutter can be equipped with a special mechanism for adjusting the position of its working part, which can be changed within specified limits (the so-called elevator).