Just ordered myself one of these:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RK7323-Rockwell-BladeRunner-X2-Tabletop-Saw-COMBO/222014314981?_trkparms=pageci%3A06c3be3d-2cee-11e8-9f65-74dbd180081f%7Cparentrq%3A47fc65631620ab135b6ba63efff985de%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/RK7323-Rockwell-BladeRunner-X2-Tabletop-Saw-COMBO/222014314981?_trkparms=pageci%3A06c3be3d-2cee-11e8-9f65-74dbd180081f%7Cparentrq%3A47fc65631620ab135b6ba63efff985de%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236)
I've had my eye on this for a while now and the waiting has paid off. With the coupon, the whole thing costs $80. I don't really need the wall mount,
but the crosscut sled and the extra blades will come in handy. I'll start off with some boxes to hold simple combo amps with 8"/10" speakers.
I've got a Tiny Giant that I put in a pre-made box with an 8" Jensen Mod and I use it for my bench amp. Good clean sound and volume to spare.
I think the first thing I'll build is a Tiny Giant combo with a different preamp circuit, and pair it with a 8"/10" speaker.
I haven't done any real woodwork since high school, so it will be lots of fun cutting up pieces of wood to make smaller pieces of wood! :D
For your reintroduction to woodworking, make a birdhouse amplifier cabinet! ;D
I always wanted a table top saw or band saw for projects. Alas, I live in an apartment in midtown Atlanta. I barely get away with drilling enclosures in our common area outside. I do have a cheap jigsaw and have been considering building a pedal board but haven't found the right inspiration yet.
I second the bird house cabinet.
Quote from: EBK on March 21, 2018, 11:20:56 AM
For your reintroduction to woodworking, make a birdhouse amplifier cabinet! ;D
:D Classic woodworking joke FTW!!!
Here's my new tabletop saw! Delivered in record time!
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ltotcd9maa1sgm/2016-04-27-00-01-36.jpg?raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/7wm2r831bl08nmx/2016-04-27-00-00-38.jpg?raw=1)
And here's the first thing that I cut! :D
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/c1ovul67kiuue65/2016-04-27-00-02-25.jpg?raw=1)
It's a pretty neat little thing. It was very straightforward to set up and begin cutting.
I was pretty surprised when it arrived today. The crosscut sled and the wall mount will arrive next week.
That's neat. I was expecting it to be more like a large circular saw blade, but it's more like a jigsaw?
Happy cutting!
Adorable and table saw don't normally get used in the same sentence. But it is! I like the vacuum port.
Quote from: mjg on March 24, 2018, 09:39:40 PM
That's neat. I was expecting it to be more like a large circular saw blade, but it's more like a jigsaw?
Happy cutting!
It's basically an inverted jigsaw. I don't really have the space for a proper table saw, so this works out very well.
A few pedal specific things that this will do: cut veroboard, perfboard, copper-clad. Very pleased that I won't have to
use my dremel to cut copper-clad. What a pain.
I've been wanting to make a wood enclosure for a pedal for years. I just never bother to actually do it. You could do it with this me thinks.
Isn't that the same general type that Joerg Sprave of the Slingshot Channel likes to use?
Don't add flesh to the equation! Even people like Jimmy Diresta have cut off fingers with those things!
My favorite thing to make out of wood is more wood!
(I do tree plantings on weekends. The little saplings are cute :P)
Here's the first official build with the new saw.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/d7zgp56h7bbeze5/2016-05-06-01-31-55.jpg?raw=1)
It's a case to hold a Music From Outer Space modular synth. I'll post updates in "Misc DIY Stuff".
$20 of pine and some screws. I'll probably finish it with tung oil. Really pleased with how it turned out.
I've already got a great idea for another project: a cat tower!
That's cool, and for that price! I can't cut a straight line with a saw, that would definitely help!
It's a really useful tool. Especially if you don't have room/budget for a regular table saw.
I'm using it today to cut copper clad. So much easier to use than my old
method of using a dremel wheel. ( and makes much straighter edges )
I had been contemplating getting the saw for at least a year. I couldn't be more pleased with the purchase.
You know if you build a cat tower, the cats will just want to sit in the box that the saw came in? ::)