08-15-2009, 02:25 PM
On July 24th I wrote:
Took a while. After trying for almost three weeks to rip plywood into strips with a hand saw out in the driveway in those brief moments it was not raining, I finally saw the light and went back to the lumber store and had them rip two sheets of 1/4" plywood into 3" wide strips on their table saw. Took 20 minutes to do the job on the table saw, and the result was far better than the stripes I had cut by hand. The right tool makes the job a _lot_ easier!
I then tried the router I got for xmas, to cut slots, so I could fit the strips together into a lattice of like this:
![[Image: DSCN5682.jpg]](http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp124/steinjr_1965/forum3/DSCN5682.jpg)
Then cut the top to size and started gluing the sectional benchwork together:
![[Image: DSCN5692.jpg]](http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp124/steinjr_1965/forum3/DSCN5692.jpg)
Tomorrow I hope to paint the ground brown and start laying track on this section.
Grin,
Stein
Quote:Now I just gotta get going on the building tomorrow
Took a while. After trying for almost three weeks to rip plywood into strips with a hand saw out in the driveway in those brief moments it was not raining, I finally saw the light and went back to the lumber store and had them rip two sheets of 1/4" plywood into 3" wide strips on their table saw. Took 20 minutes to do the job on the table saw, and the result was far better than the stripes I had cut by hand. The right tool makes the job a _lot_ easier!
I then tried the router I got for xmas, to cut slots, so I could fit the strips together into a lattice of like this:
Then cut the top to size and started gluing the sectional benchwork together:
Tomorrow I hope to paint the ground brown and start laying track on this section.
Grin,
Stein