Those people who often do carpentry work for themselves or to order, simply need to have a stationary circular saw in their carpentry workshop. Working on a stationary machine is very convenient and, again, the back position is straight, which is important during long and monotonous work.

Today, stores have a large selection of machines and tools, but a simple carpenter cannot afford a couple of them and has to get out of the situation using natural ingenuity. For example, a master made a stationary saw from a hand-held circular saw, how did he do it? Let's look further.

Materials
1. hand-held circular saw
2. plywood 11 mm
3. M-8 bolts with furniture head
4. screws
5. switch
6. wire
7. timber 40x40
8. furniture guides

Tools
1. jigsaw
2. hand-held circular saw
3. drill
4. screwdriver
5. hammer
6. screwdriver
7. pliers
8. ruler

The process of creating a stationary circular saw.
And as was said above, the author made his circular saw from a manual circular saw, and no changes were made to the design of the saw. Here a table is simply made, and the saw sole is attached to the underside of the tabletop, where a cut for the disk is first made, holes are first drilled and then sawn. The base is created from plywood and 40x40 timber.

Then a tabletop is cut out of plywood; the author recommends using laminated or varnished, because the surface is even and smooth. As agreed, the cut is made, and holes are drilled in the corners for subsequent fastening.

A circular saw is attached to the underside of the tabletop using M-8 bolts, mainly the bolt heads should be sunk into the plywood.

The switch is installed and connected, the start button on the saw is fixed in the pressed position, and the switch is connected to the outlet, so there is no need to disassemble the saw or connect anything to it.

Also, for ease of work, a movable emphasis was placed on furniture guides.

The longitudinal stop is made of aluminum angle.

To adjust it, you need to loosen the bolts and move it to the distance required for subsequent work.

But as you understand, with this installation of the saw, 10-20 mm will be lost.

And this is exactly what the author came up with.

Also presented to your attention is video material from which you will learn a lot. Enjoy watching!

The vast majority of repairs and gardening work require good carpentry power tools. Often in home carpentry it is necessary to cut massive lumber onto battens or slats. You can’t run into your neighbors with a stationary circular saw, and a hand-held circular saw is inconvenient for these purposes. Therefore, most DIYers sooner or later come up with the idea of ​​making a stationary circular saw for themselves with their own hands from scrap materials.

Operating conditions for a circular saw on wood

A circular saw is necessary, first of all, in order to make a long cut in solid wood, precise and even, like a stretched string. It is possible to ensure high quality of cutting only by fulfilling three conditions:

• High speed of movement of the cutting edge of the saw. Ideally, you can obtain a cut quality comparable to a surface sanded with emery cloth;
• The sharp cutting edge of a circular saw tooth. Some brands of discs are made of high-speed steel, but it is best to use a carbide-tipped tool;
• High rigidity of the “circular saw blade - work table” system. The higher the rigidity, the more accurate and smooth the cutting line will be.

Any saw with a working tool in the form of a toothed disk poses a serious danger to the worker, so they try to make the table for a circular saw with their own hands as durable and easy to use as possible.

For your information! In industrial circular saws, large diameter discs are used, up to 60-70 cm, so the electric motor speed is relatively low - 800-1200 rpm. For a home circular saw, the cutting disc dimensions do not exceed 25 cm, so the rotation speed is required to be quite high - up to 10,000 rpm.

Circular manufacturing options

You can build a circular saw in a home workshop using one of four schemes:

1. Install an asynchronous electric motor of 1.0-1.5 kW on a table welded from metal, make an overdrive belt drive onto the shaft, onto which the cutting disc is secured using a flange;
2. Make a small wooden table for a low-power washing machine motor;
3. Install an industrial-made hand-held circular saw on a machine assembled from a wooden beam;
4. Use a conventional angle grinder, in which the abrasive disc is replaced with a steel cutting tool, as a drive to build a circular saw.

All of the above schemes are used in practice with varying effectiveness. If you need to cut thick beams and logs up to 100 mm thick, you will need a circular saw with a powerful engine and a steel frame.

A grinder is well suited for trimming small parts made of wood, but it is practically not used for a stationary circular saw due to the limited time of continuous operation. A circular saw made from a washing machine motor is relatively weak and inconvenient. Low power - 500 W and low speeds require the manufacture of an overdrive V-belt transmission and a system of two shafts. There is a lot of hassle, but the quality of the cut and productivity with such a circular saw are low.

Building a home circular

According to reviews of many home-made carpenters, the easiest way is to convert a manual model of a circular saw into a stationary one, or, more correctly, an easel one. In this case, you can kill at least three birds with one stone:

• Firstly, hand-held circular saws have high rotation speeds, which means good cutting quality is ensured;
• Secondly, in a commutator motor the shaft is mounted on bearings designed for radial load;
• Thirdly, the cantilever mounting of the cutting blade allows you to relatively quickly replace it with a new one, without disassembling the circular saw.

For your information! The main advantage of the above circular saw circuit is the well-chosen engine torque and its speed, which ensures maximum performance of the device.

On a 225mm diameter drive, the offset, or height of the drive above the workbench, is only 40mm. This is more than enough to cut a magpie board into a plank or batten, cut out any shaped parts and solid wood. In addition, a spring-loaded protective cover is installed on the body of the circular saw, covering the cutting edge in the non-working position.

Perhaps this device is useful and necessary for protecting fingers and hands, but it only interferes with work, since the thin cutting edge of the disk is not visible. Therefore, when remodeling, it is often dismantled or fixed to the body of the circular saw in the open position.

Converting a hand-held circular saw into a stationary version

All that needs to be done to convert a hand saw to a stationary version of a circular saw is to make a table or box-shaped body and attach the saw to the back of the table top so that part of the cutting edge of the disk protrudes above the plane of the table, photo.

The size and shape of the circular table are selected based on the width and length of the lumber. For small boards, a one and a half meter table, 60-70 cm wide, will be optimal. The supporting part of the circular saw can be welded from a steel angle with a shelf width of 25-30 mm. Horizontal struts from reinforcement or angle are welded into the upper and lower parts of the legs. This solution allows for maximum frame rigidity.

For the tabletop you can use laminated chipboard or OSB, plywood 15-20 mm thick. In this case, the tabletop itself does not have to be positioned symmetrically relative to the steel support frame. When cutting a board on a circular saw, you have to work with both hands. With one hand we feed the material forward longitudinally, and with the other we press the board to the table. So, the main thing is that the location of the motor and the pressure point are not very close to the edge and do not create a tipping moment for the entire structure.

The plane adjacent to the cutting tool can be covered with metal or plastic to make it easier to move the solid board across the table of the circular saw.

The only drawback of this modification is the need to modify the controls: the start button and the hold lever. Most hand-held circular saws are equipped with a holding lever or trigger in addition to the start button. While you press the trigger against the handle of the saw with your fingers, the engine of the device is operating in normal mode. As soon as you release the trigger, the engine stops. A very necessary thing if, while cutting, you unexpectedly dropped a working circular saw from your hands.

Therefore, the first step is to make changes to the control system of the hand-held circular saw. To do this, the contacts on the button and trigger are connected to an external electrical package mounted on the body. Of course, such modifications can be performed for power tools for which the warranty period has long expired.

In rare cases, it becomes necessary to remove the instrument from the table and use it in its original manual form. In this case, instead of resoldering the contacts, the button and trigger are fixed with a clamp or simply wrapped with electrical tape, and the power cord from the tool is included in a carrying case with an on-off button.

The simplest option for remaking a circular saw is shown in the photo. For a tabletop circular saw, a box-shaped body is made from plywood. The tabletop with the circular saw installed is turned over and secured to the frame.

Making a guide ruler

When working with a circular saw, it is important to be able to not only cut a board, but also cut a plank or slatted strip of a given width exactly to size. To do this, a guide ruler is installed on the tabletop of the saw, which can be moved relative to the plane of the disk, and thereby select the width of the cut.

The ruler is made in the form of a steel angle. Using screws, the ruler can be relatively easily moved along the slots in the tabletop, and thereby change the size of the cut.

A simpler version of the ruler is made of pine boards, 40 mm wide and 20 cm longer than the table size. Along the edges of the board, two furniture nuts with metric threads are pressed into the lower part. Using screws, L-shaped hooks are attached to the ends of the ruler. After installing the ruler, the hooks are tightened with screws, the hooks rise and firmly fix the guide bar on the tabletop.

Conclusion

Naturally, the capabilities of the commutator motor of a hand-held circular saw are not designed for heavy loads. On such a machine you can cut a couple of dozen strips, after which the engine must cool down. The total service life of the motor is 50-70 hours, after which it will be necessary to remove dust, clean the commutator of carbon deposits and replace the brushes. But, in any case, the capabilities of a circular saw are quite enough for household work.

Nowadays, homemade saws are quite common. You should know that making a circular saw with your own hands is not difficult. To build such a product you only need to have basic skills in working with metal devices. All manipulations must be performed carefully. It should be noted that such a homemade tool is a useful thing.

For full cutting work, you will need a table with a circular saw, which you can make yourself.

Drawings of a stationary and hand-held circular saw can be seen in Fig. 1 and fig. 2.

It makes sense to make a saw of this type when some of these materials are available: pieces of steel angle, a non-working engine or elements from an angle grinder. If you don’t have an electric motor, you can buy one at a hardware store.

Figure 1. Layout diagram of a stationary circular saw.

A do-it-yourself circular saw can be made when a grinder is available. To complete all the work you will need to prepare the following elements:

• aluminum corner;
• Bulgarian;
• metal pipe or rod;
• nuts;
• strip of metal.

You will also need to additionally make the following products with your own hands:

• sliding stop;
• axial handle.

How to make stops and holes?

The first step is to build a stop and prepare the necessary holes. This design is assembled from small pieces of metal corner. They will be located on two sides of the working element, which in this case will be a disk with teeth used instead of an abrasive wheel. On each side you need to make indentations of approximately 2-5 mm. Horizontal edges should be smoothed at the bottom so that they do not touch the part being cut. The corners will need to be secured with transverse ligaments at the front and back. It is recommended to use bolts and nuts as fasteners. The recess can be made by installing several washers.

Figure 2. Design of a hand-held portable circular saw.

A clamp made of a metal strip should be placed on the body of the device. The clamp tie must be placed at the bottom of the product. You will definitely need to securely fix the tin or steel strip, which folds in half. Then you need to prepare a hole for the rear fastener for a stop, due to which sliding will occur. The stop should be secured to the rear of the fixture. To do this, you need to select a strip of metal with a thickness of 1.2-1.6 mm. By moving the washers, you can get identical gaps between the toothed disk and the side stops.

In the gearbox housing of the product, you will need to drill several recesses with threads for elements for fastening small sizes. First you will need to disassemble the gearbox to determine where the holes can be placed. The recesses are needed so that the axial handle can be secured. If you plan to use an ordinary side handle of an angle grinder, then even a qualified craftsman with relevant experience will not be able to make the correct cut.

Making a handle and rod for adjustment

The axial handle can be constructed from a tube or rod in the form of a horn, which is directed upward. You can also use a narrow transverse bracket. The extreme parts with which it will be attached to the gearbox do not need to be spilled. In these parts, recesses should be prepared for fastening elements. If the ends of the fasteners spill, the handle may bend from the effort during operation.

If the handle has the shape of a horn, then its far side should be splashed in a horizontal plane and a recess should be made under the axis with a margin of 2.5-3 mm. A piece of rod or pipe sticking forward should be inserted into the recesses that are located in the gearbox. The outermost part of the element must be splashed and a recess must be made in it. There should be a distance of approximately 10 cm between the rod and the bracket.

Next you need to take a piece of 3-4 mm aluminum rod. You will need to bend one part of it into a loop, spread it a little and drill a recess for the front bolt for support. By placing washers on the front of the stop, you will need to create a uniform gap width along the entire length of the fixture. If you plan to use a 6 mm rod, you will need to prepare several washers of small thickness.

A thread must be cut on the back of the rod. The element should fit into the recess on the handle. You must first put one nut on it during the assembly process and another one at the end. You will need to loosen and tighten the nuts gradually to be able to adjust the cutting depth. At this stage the tool is ready for use.

Small table saw

You should know that you can easily convert a manual circular saw into a small desktop device with your own hands. To do this, you need to build a frame from a 16-22 mm tube or rod and attach a lever. The lower part of the table should be curved in the direction of the cut, after which the element is attached to the table with self-tapping screws. For the stability of the structure, it is recommended to provide for the installation of slopes.

It is worth noting that such a homemade tool requires a stable table. Its swinging during work can become dangerous. You can use an ordinary kitchen table made of wooden beams and metal profiles.

A T-tube rotating lever should be placed on the cross member. The transverse part of the part is cut into several fragments. When the structure is installed, the elements should be connected with clamps. Using a clamp, you will need to attach the hand tool that was made earlier to the extreme vertical part.

This device can also be used as a cutting tool. You just need to insert an ordinary cutting circle into the grinder. However, in this case, the cut thickness will be less than 75-80 mm. If you plan to process thick wood, you will need a full-fledged homemade circular saw.

How to make a stationary saw?

To build a machine of this type, drawings will be needed. The only difference between a stationary saw and a table saw is the height of the bed.

An important part of the bed is a flat and wide base with a slot for a file. It can be built from plexiglass, chipboard or iron sheet. The thickness of the cover on which the wire is secured in such a design is determined based on the loads. The bed cover must be removable so that all machine components can be easily accessed.

The first component of the structure that you will need to make yourself is the table. It should be covered with a sheet of tin or steel. Wood rubs against wood or plastic, causing a small hole to appear. Therefore, it will not be possible to make a high-quality cut. The transverse ligaments of the table will need to be made from aluminum corner 60-70 mm.

If the bar is sliding, then the table cover must have strictly parallel sides.

The slide can be made from an aluminum angle, which will allow you to slide smoothly along the edge without losing the angle.

Care must be taken that the toothed disc does not protrude more than 1/3 of the diameter above the base of the table, otherwise the tool will be dangerous. If you need to cut a 10 cm block, then the diameter of the disc should be 35 cm or more. To drive the disk you will need an electric motor with a power of at least 1 kW.

First of all, you need to compare the power of the prepared electric motor with your personal needs. For parts 15 cm or more, making a cutting tool yourself is very difficult.

If it is not possible to make a circular saw with your own hands with a high-power electric motor, then you can use a hand-held circular saw, grinder or electric drill.

A cutting round file can be attached to any of these elements. They are small in size and can be used as an electric drive for cutting boards of small thickness. It is recommended to attach such devices to the bottom of the table cover.

A high-quality adjustable stop can be made from a piece of corner 7-8 cm, and its length should be 3.5-4 cm longer than the length of the table. Next, you need to cut the shelf on both sides so that the remainder is equal to the length of the table. The back parts are curved down. In the lower shelves it will be necessary to prepare recesses for the threads of elements for fastening. After this, you should put the stop on the table and fasten it in the desired position with bolts. The stop should be set according to the template, which must first be installed between it and the working element of the device.

Particular attention must be paid to the shaft. It is best to use a ready-made part with space for installing the disk. It can be purchased at any store selling building materials and tools.

Bearings must be used. You can install them yourself. Trunnions must be equipped with covers. These elements help protect the structure from sawdust.

V-belt transmission should be provided. The electric motor can be taken, for example, from an unused washing machine. Capacitors should be paper or oil. Other parts will not be able to withstand the reactive power that will circulate in the circuit.

If you plan to trim parts, then a carriage will come in handy. This element consists of guide bars that are attached to plywood.

Building a circular saw at home is not a complicated process; you just need to prepare all the necessary elements, choose the appropriate type of structure and follow these instructions.

Which is popularly called a circular saw, is a productive and convenient tool. It can be used to perform a huge number of tasks. Perhaps you own it or are just planning to purchase it. However, when cutting large batches of material, working with such a device is quite difficult. You can make this process easier with the help of a table, which you can make yourself. This idea is easy to implement, and you need to prepare boards and plywood before starting work.

The hand saw is located below the working surface, but its working disk is in the slot. After turning on the equipment, the disk rotates, and when lumber is supplied, the cutting process begins. The maximum thickness of the workpieces processed will depend on the power of the saw and the size of the blade. When choosing a tool, you should take into account the thickness of the tabletop on which it will be mounted.

Preparation of materials

If you decide to make a table for a circular saw with your own hands, then first you need to take care of the availability of some materials and tools, among them the following should be highlighted:

• board;
• drill;
• wood varnish;
• pencil;
• ruler;
• plywood;
• bar;
• glue.

If you decide to start making a table yourself, you must have wood cutting skills. As for plywood, its thickness should be 20 mm or more. When looking for a board, you should pay attention to the one whose dimensions are 50 x 100 mm. But the block should have a square cross-section with a side of 50 mm. You will need it for the legs.

You should also stock up on an electric jigsaw, a screwdriver and a hand router. Self-tapping screws will serve as fasteners. After manufacturing, the structure will need to be varnished to extend its service life. Before you make a table for a circular saw with your own hands, you must decide on its dimensions, which will depend on the length of the workpieces being processed.

The cut will be smoother and more accurate if the workpiece rests on the entire plane of the table. However, the parameters of the working surface should not be too large, since the design will clutter the space. You need to come to an average value, but the height of the table is usually selected individually, it depends on the height of the operator.

By drawing a table for a circular saw, you can avoid many mistakes. If you still cannot decide on the size of the working surface, then you can take the following parameters as a basis: 50x50x25 cm. They are suitable for a small workshop. You may need a switch and socket, as well as a piece of electrical cable. However, this is true if you plan to upgrade electrical equipment.

Manufacturing technology

Using 20 mm plywood, you must make a blank for the tabletop, being guided by the selected dimensions. The canvas is marked using a marker and a ruler, and then cut with an electric jigsaw. The edges must be processed with a router. The material is sanded.

On the underside of the tabletop you need to mark for the saw. To do this, the blade is turned over, and the saw should be installed without a disk at the intended location. This way you can mark the parameters of the sole. Using a router, a recess is made in the tabletop in the range of 8 to 10 mm, and it is necessary to follow the seat that was marked in advance.

Work methodology

When making a table for a circular saw with your own hands, at the next stage you can try on the saw and adjust its position if necessary. Then the attachment points are marked, as is the slot for the toothed disk. If the material will be cut at different angles, then this point must be taken into account when marking the slot. In this case, the hole will have a trapezoidal cross-section, and the figure should be positioned with the top down.

At the bottom of the working surface, using a ruler and pencil, you need to mark the stiffeners. The table legs will be attached to them later. The ribs should be made from a board whose dimensions are 50 x 100 mm. These elements are located around the perimeter, but they must be removed 10 cm from the edges of the table.

The board should be applied to the surface and traced on both sides, then the center line on which the screws will be located is marked using a ruler. They must be removed from each edge of the ribs by 5 cm, positioned in increments of 20 cm along the entire length. When making a table for a circular saw with your own hands, you need to drill a hole through the markings.

For longitudinal stiffeners, markings should be made by sawing the boards. They are fixed to the tabletop using wood glue, and then tightened with clamps. The side stiffeners are marked in place; they need to be sawn and glued. The structure should be additionally tightened with self-tapping screws without removing the clamps. Holes are prepared for them on the outside so that the caps are completely recessed. The stiffeners are tightened together using self-tapping screws installed on each side. The clamp can be removed, which will allow you to understand how the tabletop will look.

Making legs

When making a table for a hand-held circular saw, at the next stage you can start making the legs; for this, boards with dimensions equal to 50 x 100 mm are used. The legs need to be made taking into account that it is convenient to work. On average, this parameter reaches 110 cm. The board must be cut along the longitudinal axis, ensuring a small angle on one side.

The workpiece is tried on the work surface so that during installation it stands slightly apart. The legs are fixed on the outside of the elements to provide rigidity; bolts should be used for this. In order to achieve stability, you can use ties; they are made from square timber with a side of 50 mm.

Saw installation

Table-mounted circular saws are very easy to use. At the next stage, you can start fixing the tool. To do this, the sole is fixed with bolts, and the working disk should look out into the slot. Markings are applied to the table, this will make cutting easier. To protect against moisture and facilitate the sliding of workpieces, the table should be coated with varnish, applied in several layers.

Turning the saw on and off

When someone is ready, you can decide how the equipment will be turned on and off. If you have appropriate knowledge in the field of electrical engineering, then the power key can be bypassed. The control button is placed on the outer surface of the rib.

If you have made a table for a hand-held circular saw with your own hands, but automating the operation of electrical equipment is too difficult a task for you, then the key can be pulled together with a wire, and the device itself can be turned on and off using a power cord. The table design described above is quite simple. Any home craftsman can handle the manufacturing task. If you want to expand the functionality, you can take care of safety by making the design more complex.

Conclusion

A table-mounted handheld circular saw can be a great tool for anyone who enjoys working with wood. If you have to cut lumber quite often, then it is worth spending one day making a structure that will last a long time and will increase labor productivity.

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In a well-equipped carpentry workshop, set up in a country house or in a private house, it is necessary to have a circular disk mechanism that allows processing wood blanks.

Very often, a homemade machine made on the basis of a hand-held circular saw or a cutting tool with an independent electric drive is used as household woodworking equipment.

To place any of these mechanisms, you need a specially equipped table with a surface that makes it easy to work with wood workpieces.

Depending on the type of cutting tool, as well as on the material used to manufacture the frame, the table for a circular saw can have the following designs:

• firstly, it can be made in the form of a workbench with legs and with a hand-held circular saw attached to it (a lightweight version);
• secondly, it can be a structure equipped with a cutting disk and mounted on a metal frame. The drive part of such a machine, consisting of an electric motor and control circuits, is located in the lower part of the frame (capital version).

Making a table for a circular saw is within the capabilities of every craftsman.

Design selection

Before you make a table for a circular saw with your own hands, first of all, you need to decide on its design. Thus, a lightweight version based on plywood and beams must contain the following mandatory elements:

tabletop directly;
plywood body;
Support legs provide good stability
The capital structure must include the following components:

frame based on metal profiles or corners;
upper and lower brackets necessary to accommodate the cutting blade with shaft and drive equipment, respectively;
the table itself with a slot for the cutting blade, mounted directly on a metal frame.
The most affordable for manufacturing at home is a wooden table for a circular saw (i.e., lightweight design).

A lightweight version of a circular saw table would look something like this

Preparation of sketch, material and tools

As an example, consider the procedure for making a wooden workbench approximately 100 - 120 cm high. Before making such a table with your own hands, it is advisable to prepare a small sketch, which will display the structure of the future structure, indicating the dimensions of its main elements.

The exact height of the table is set taking into account the height of the master working on the machine (the location of the working plane at the level of the person’s hips is considered comfortable).

At the preparatory stage, you should also decide on the material for the manufacture of the future structure, which, as a rule, is made from beams and multi-layer plywood 28 mm thick.
In order to make such a table with your own hands, you will need the following blanks:

• metal sheet of suitable size;
• standard sheet of thick plywood;
• metal square pipe from which the guides are made;
• a set of clamps in the amount of two pieces.

To assemble the table, you also need a tool set of the following items:

• screwdriver and electric drill;
• jigsaw or regular wood saw;
• square, tape measure, ruler (for current measurements);
• manual frezer

Video: Making a table for a circular saw

Making a table cover

The manufacturing procedure for this structural element involves the following operations:

Work begins with marking and cutting out a piece of plywood, the dimensions of which must correspond to the dimensions of the prepared iron sheet.

After adjusting to size, the surface of the workpiece is carefully sanded using emery cloth.

Then, on the lower surface of the plywood sheet, fixation points for the actuator are marked while simultaneously marking the slot for the cutting disc.

To do this, you should first try on the soleplate of the circular saw you are using at the installation site. In this case, it is most convenient to simply remove the disk from it and determine the exact location of the landing points.

Before installing it at the mounting location, an additional check is made to ensure that the slot for the cutting blade is correctly marked.

Marking the table top is done directly along the sole of the circular saw

At the final stage, the working surface is covered with a steel sheet with two guides, which is then fixed with ordinary self-tapping screws.

Subsequently, along the guides, it will be possible to make special markings from the corners, increasing the convenience of processing wood material.

Additional information: To arrange the operating surface of the table, in addition to plywood, plexiglass or fiberglass can be used.

Assembling the frame with legs

The base or frame of the table is assembled from a set of transverse and longitudinal wooden beams, which are attached to the bottom of its lid, increasing the rigidity of the entire structure as a whole. For this, four bars with a cross section of 50x50 mm, placed at a distance of about 7-9 cm from the edge of the table, are sufficient.
They are fixed on the bottom of the lid with self-tapping screws of suitable size in increments of approximately 23-25 ​​cm. On its front side, the fastening elements are recessed into a material that completely hides their caps.
The frame can be made stronger by pre-treating the mating surface of the bars with a layer of wood glue, carried out immediately before attaching them. After joining the glue-coated workpieces, the latter are securely fixed with clamps, which are removed immediately after the adhesive has dried. The legs of the structure can be made from bars of the same cross-section as the blanks for the frame (50x50 mm).

The structure of the table must be strong and rigid

The shape of the legs is chosen so that they provide maximum support area for the frame part of the base and have a shape that tapers towards the flooring. On one of these legs, controls for turning the circular saw on and off are subsequently placed, duplicating the buttons located on its body.

You will be able to further increase the rigidity and stability of the entire structure with the help of a set of steel angles mounted in the area of ​​its butt joints. To secure them, it is recommended to use standard bolts with washers, which should preferably be installed with their heads facing outward.

Features of manufacturing a metal frame (bed)

The upper part of the metal base is a welded frame measuring 800x800 mm with legs made of pipes 220 mm long and a cross-section of approximately 17-20 mm welded at the corners.

Two longitudinal profiles are mounted on a frame made of 25 mm angles, used to install the shaft on bearings.

To ensure greater stability of the structure, the lower part of the frame is welded from larger corners (40 mm) and has two jumpers intended for mounting the electric motor with starting equipment circuits. Pipes are also welded at its corners, having the same length as on the upper frame, but slightly larger in diameter (23-25mm).

Closer to the edge of such pipe legs, threaded holes are prepared in which special holders are located (they are also called “lambs”). With the help of these wings it will be possible to fix the position of the pipes of the upper part of the frame, which is moved to regulate the tension of the drive belt.

Expansion of functionality

In conclusion, let’s touch on the topic of expanding the functionality of the working structure you are making. If there is free space on the operating surface, additional woodworking equipment (an electric plane or router, for example) can be mounted. Having a plane and a wood router will allow you to expand the functionality of the machine and turn it into a full-fledged woodworking center.

In addition to this, such a milling cutter can be equipped with a special mechanism for adjusting the position of its working part, which can be changed within specified limits (the so-called elevator).

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