Originally Posted by spalm Gerry I know what you are talking about with keeping the webbing flat while you are gluing up the panels. I have been trying to come up with a “system” that I could share with others. MDF seems so heavy when you are caring a sheet around, but cut it into two or three inch strips and it almost floats.
One thought for the gantry walls was to route a webbing into a 3/4 MDF board (leaving some for the important connection points) and then skinning it with 1/4 inch ply. Pretty strong and light, but I’m not sure if it is worth it. Do you think it would be stronger than solid MDF? I am only talking 8” by 22”.
Steve |
I have a large, relatively flat outfeed table on my table saw. It's slightly lower the the actual saw top (it was level at one time
). My baltic birch frame ewas very flat by itself, so I laid one end on the cast iron table saw top, and shimmed the rest to make sure it stayed flat everywhere. (As flat as I could check with a 4 ft level. I then glued and stapled the top skin, flipped it over and did the same to the other side.
As for skinning a 3/4" MDF web, it should work pretty well. A piece of MDF with plastic laminate on both sides is very stiff, should be similar.