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Fabricate the Wooden Tool Tops

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Flip Top Tool Stand (Welded Steel)

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What happens here

The creator explains the design of the wooden tool tops, which will 'sandwich' the steel quick-connect rod. Each wooden top is made from plywood and needs a 3/4-inch wide channel. He uses a table saw with a dado blade to cut this channel into the long edges of the plywood pieces. The channel is made slightly wider (1/16th inch on each side) than the pipe to allow it to rotate freely and seat properly. Two identical wooden tops are created, one for each tool.

Goal: Two wooden tops are created for the tools, each featuring a precisely cut channel to accommodate the quick-connect steel rod. This design allows the tops to be easily inserted and rotated.

Tools and materials

  • Dado Blade Set
  • Ear Protection
  • Plywood
  • Push Stick
  • Safety Glasses
  • Table Saw
  • Wood Glue

What they say

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so when we're gonna sandwich the top between the metal rod we're gonna have a couple of things playing we're gonna have a 3/4 inch piece heat piece here 3/4 inch piece here and a three-quarter inch sandwich between the the the rod to kind encapsulate and let it spin now based off of all the my new dimensions we're about to 16 over so what we're gonna do is we're gonna create the channel that's 3/4 inches wide and 16 of an inch we're gonna take off on the top piece and the bottom piece therefore it's gonna really cup and properly seat this rod so our data stack is all set up we'll come to the table saw and we'll do one pass on each side to shave off a sixteenth on a 16 let's go [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all right there it is folks I hope you can see that there's a little channel here it's the same on the other piece and then on each side where I have a piece of the rig four inch plywood and then the rails going down the middle now when it comes to installing because the rail is already welded on there's no way of popping it off what I'm going to do is I'm going to glue this piece here glue this piece here and then we're gonna sandwich that on top of that railing and then put screws in itself I'm going to do that real quick I'm catching a second [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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