I had to use my scroll saw today to cut some parts, and it occurred to me that some of you might be interested in the stand I built for it. It has a rotating table with my scroll saw mounted on one side, and a belt / disk sander on the other. A $2.00 fence gate latch locks it in position after you flip it from one tool to the other.
Construction is pretty heavy duty, 3 layers of 3/4" ply for the sides, 24"w X 32" tall and 18" X 24" for the flip top table. Bottom is basically a 3/4" plywood box, with the top and bottom pieces glued and screwed into dado slots on the inner surface of the side pieces. The reason the sides / top are made from 3 layers of ply is that they need to be rigid enough to sipport the weight of the 2 tools without bowing.
The top rotates on shafts made from some big lag screws that were screwed deep into pilot holes in the middle layer of ply, then the heads were cut off leaving the smoothe shank exposed for the stub shafts that drop into a pair of matching slots in the top edge of the side pieces.
It has casters on the bottom so I can roll it out from its storage place at the end of the work bench and access it from all sides. One of these days I'll clean up the work bench, I included a shot of that also. It is some old kitchen cabinets with a countertop on them, my 9" bandsaw on one end and a drill press on the other.
The Scroll saw / sander cart parks on the end between the bench and the tool box. Total length of bench and cart is about 10', and I have a scroll saw, disk/ belt sander, band saw and drill press + a 48" building board ( under all the junk).
Topic: Space saver for shop tools (Read 754 times)
