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NevadaDan | Posted in Workshop on February 6, 2010 02:18am

Greetings! This is my first post. I have found that my first 15 minutes as an on line subscriber of the magazine has so far been a waste of time. Perhaps with some help on how this works I can come to love the place. Some months back there was a mag cover with a small sheet metal dust collection system with the motor and funnel(?) in the shop that dropped the waste into a catch bin on the floor and I’m assuming discharged the dust free air outdoors. How would I go about finding the plan for that device? Second, my shop is primarily a guitar amp construction and repair center with cabinet building as a secondary function. It’s also in a one car garage. I need to build a small parts cabinet. The sort of thing that one would store resistors, capacitors, tube sockets, switches, nuts and screws etc etc. I see the thing in my mind as being about 24″ wide by 54″ tall by say 18″ deep with many drawers about two inches deep. Small parts storage. Commercial equivalent cabinets are in the $1000 range. Has anyone seen a plan for such a beast? Hard to believe I’m the only guy with that need. Anyway, happy for now to be here. I hope it’s not just a thirty five dollar “access to more opportunities to send Taunton money” website. I hope I have access to real project plans and articles on technique. Also, I bought a beautiful PM -72 table saw. I had NO idea it was that big. It’s a 1968 pea green one. I’ve already put new bearings in the motor and arbor but I need to find someone who wants to trade up from a same era mod 66 or Unisaw. Where do I post such a trade idea? Dan in Sparks Nevada. Home of grasshoppers and grifters.

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forestgirl | Feb 07, 2010 01:19am | #1
There is a For Sale section, scroll down (way down) and look on the left-hand side of the page.

Keep in mind that the forum, where we are now, is a freebie. The money you spent is for all the other stuff -- videos, PDF's and such. There seems to often be confusion about that. Many of us are frustrated with the site in its current state, so you're not alone. Post-reconfiguration blues. The availability of the videos, etc., is well worth $35 if you can find the ones you need, IMHO.
stillfigurinitout | Feb 07, 2010 01:55am | #2
Joining FWW online is some of the best $35 I ever spent. The depth and quality of information is a steal at $35. It is really a gift to a newbie woodworker. There is nothing remotely like it on the web. The first time I logged on I spent 4 hours surfing the articles, videos, tool tests, knots. I find something new and informative on this site everyday. Somebody please sign me up for a lifetime subscription. If someone is attention deficit then I recommend a perscription, then a subscription, in that order.

davcefai | Feb 07, 2010 02:13am | #3
The tabs at the top of the home page will lead you into a series of subtopics. Browse and use the search facility.

You may not find exactly what you are looking for but you are almost certain to find enough information which is applicable to your project.

Hastings | Feb 07, 2010 10:16am | #4
Dan:

15 minutes is not really a reasonable run-in period, particularly as you are not familiar with the layout. Your $35 gives you access to a wealth of information in a variety of formats fro videos to downloadable pdf.

I suggest you just click around so you get a feel for the place, what topics are covered and the do a deep dive on a particular topic. Don't forget the search function as well.

BTW, TNYW had plans for a CD storage cabinet that you might be able to adapt for your bits and pieces.

Welcome to Knots too!

Hastings
skew | Feb 07, 2010 12:50pm | #5
Hi Dan, Check out Penn State Industries web site, lots of info on dust collection, or google, dust collection you will find a wealth of info also.

You may not find everything your looking for here.My first post had some results but not everything I wanted.

IMHO,I find it a little perplexing that someone with the ability and knowledge to build guitar amplifier cabinets would not know how to build a storage cabinet for parts. This would be a simple design, most of the work would be in building the draws. Here's an example :

Cutting list for cabinet.

I'd use .750" thick plywood

Cut 2 pieces .750" x 18" x 54" These are the sides.

2 pieces .750" x 18" x 25.5" These will be the top and bottom

1 piece .750" x 17.75" x 24.75" this will be a fixed center support, the cabinet will need this at this height.

This will give you a cabinet with an interior of

18" x 24" x 54". I'd use .250" plywood for the backer.

Next would be to make the drawers. Lots of ways to do this.

Please share your progress.

Jim
NevadaDan | Feb 11, 2010 11:35pm | #6
Thanks Guys. I'm the OP with
Thanks Guys. I'm the OP with the weird name. Dan from Nevada. I've spent a couple trips through and I think it's just a matter of sorting out the layout. As has been mentioned. As far as the small parts cab goes, I had the basic box in mind, I'm more interested in figuring a way to make the dividers. Something like, say, 1/4" X 1 1/2" poplar, cut with notches on a matrix so that it fits together like a puzzle. You know? Setting up either the router table, the radial arm saw or the table saw with a 1/4" dado is where I draw the blank. So as to get the indexing correct. Make all the for and aft spacers first then all the side to side. Simple, but a precise setup with repeatable stops is not so simple.

My best thought so far is a pin driven into a router table slide, that accepts the recently cut slot and indexes the new one? Make any sense at all? Come to think of it, maybe a pin in the fence of the RAS would be just as easy and maybe a little more accurate.

The dust collection article I'm looking for was featured in one of "Fine Woodworking's" monthly issue spam some months ago. You make your own vortice generator funnel thingy, add the motor, the filter bag etc. and the waste falls into the can at the bottom of the funnel. I can't find that article. It included dimensions etc. It might be too much for my needs actually. Something smaller and "off the floor mounting" might solve everything. Grizzly?