I finally bought a miter saw which has proven to be very handy. For Christmas, my brother gave me a SKIL router and router table. So in under two months, I had two new tools. It's great to have them but also a space issue. I thought I'd take a hack at making a flip top table. Here it is. Above, it's in the 'buttoned up' mode. The covers were already made (see Sewing Bug) and in this shot, the router happens to be on top. Very please over all. We'll see how it works over time.
These shots show the router table and miter saw uncovered and ready to use. Notice the covers stay in place even when upside down. The router cover is held on by metal clips, the miter cover by magnets. Magnets are great. It would have been nice to have this in a more enclosed case, but part of my objective was to use things I already have and purchase (new purchase) as least as possible. Other than the miter saw, I purchased the latches to lock the table in place and cool raising caster wheels.
The pivot pipe was from an old flag pole, I made the washers for both sides of the pipe, I used all but about a square foot of a sheet of oriented strand board (OSB) that had been unused for about two years. I used three of four 2x4s that I had since the summer of 2023. They were so wonky, I'm fortunate the project came out 'true' enough. I found two pipe clamps to keep the pipe from moving in or out, and all the screws were already sunken costs or reclaimed from another project. By the way, the clearance of the router table just happened to work out perfectly. Maybe 3/4 of an inch from hitting.
The spring loaded door gate latch (above left). Used four...each corner is locked in place.
The SPACEKEEPER raising casters. Four of those, pretty cool. They raise the table about 3/4 an inch.
Above right is my "plan". Most of it was in my head.
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