Small-Shop Solutions

50"
Space for
full-width
cutoffs

Fits in the space

alongside your
garage door

Little clearance
needed; tools butt
Blocks support sheets for right alongside.
18" circ-saw breakdown.

Mobile Sheet-goods
Rack/Cutoff Station
T
his compact unit packs loads of lumber into only 18" of width. it doubles as a cutoff station
Casters let you swivel one end to load up sheet goods from
your driveway, then swivel the other to offload sheets into
your shop. The shorts rack side doubles as a simple panel saw, right,
maximizing shop space even more. You can make it in a few hours
from a single sheet of " plywood, one 26, and seven 24s.

Build up the base

Start by cutting and assembling the 24 base with #83" flathead
wood screws, as shown in the Exploded View on page 25. Add the 26
to the sheets side of the base keeping the bottoms of the base
members flush. Cut a 161 296" piece of " plywood to serve as the
top of the base. Use a jigsaw to notch the ends and attach it to the
base with #82" flathead wood screws.
The protruding ends act as both a clamping surface and a
spacer between the spinning blade and the cutoffs stowed
behind. Use a clamp-on straightedge to guide your saw.

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exploded view

Stack up the rack

Cut the ends and divider to 1347".
Then, lay out and cut the angle on
each, where shown in the Ends and
Divider drawing. Set aside the angled
cutoffs for later. Lay out the radius on
the top of each end and the divider and
jigsaw them to shape.
On the divider only, measure from From the angled cutoffs you set aside,
the top and crosscut the divider down cut 345 8" filler pieces to fit under the
to 43". Jigsaw the notches for the 24 protruding edge of the base top, where
supports where shown, then trace the shown. Cutting Diagram
cutout locations onto the end pieces for Install the four support blocks on the
later reference. shorts side to serve as supports for
With the base sitting flat on your breaking down sheet goods. Now load
workbench, attach the ends to the base, er up, tuck er away in the corner, and
flush at the bottom edges and snug enjoy the extra space youve created.
against the notches in the base top. (The
Project design: Kevin Boyle
ends protrude " from the front of the
Illustrations: Roxanne LeMoine; Lorna Johnson
base to prevent sawing into the horizon-
tal supports when used as a cutoff x 48 x 96" Plywood
station. See photo on page 24.)
Crosscut the four horizontal supports For enlargeable versions 1 x 3 x 96" Pine (2x4) (5 needed)
to fit between the ends. Mark the of these drawings go to
woodmagazine.com/cutoffstation 1 x 3 x 96" Pine (2x4)
location of the divider at 50" on each as
well as on the base top. Install the
1 x 3 x 96" Pine (2x4)
horizontal supports and the divider,
positioning it using the marks. 1 x 5 x 96" Pine (2x6)

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