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Knock Down Cutting Table

The document describes how to build a simple and inexpensive knock-down cutting table using interlocking notches cut into pieces of 3/4 inch plywood that can be assembled and disassembled quickly. It details how the table can be constructed from a single sheet of plywood and provides a diagram of how to cut the pieces.

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Knock Down Cutting Table

The document describes how to build a simple and inexpensive knock-down cutting table using interlocking notches cut into pieces of 3/4 inch plywood that can be assembled and disassembled quickly. It details how the table can be constructed from a single sheet of plywood and provides a diagram of how to cut the pieces.

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Knock-down
Cutting Table
If you’re accustomed to using saw- can get all the pieces needed for
horses for support while making the table out of a single sheet of 3⁄4"
circular saw cuts, I guarantee you’ll plywood. You’ll need three long
find that this knock-down table is a “joists,” eight cross members, and
vast improvement. The clincher is two base pieces. (The base pieces
that it’s inexpensive, easy to build, are clamped to sawhorses to hold
and easy to store when not in use. the table in place when in use.)
The table is essentially an open The Notches. Once all the pieces are
grid made up of interlocking pieces cut to size, the interlocking notches
of 3⁄4" plywood, as shown in the can be cut. You can do this with a
main drawing below. The design is jig saw, a circular saw, a router, or
simple. Half-width notches or slots on the table saw. The key is to size
cut into the mating pieces allow you and space the notches accurately. The Base pieces. I cut the slots in the
to slide them together into a rigid And note that one pair of notches base pieces with a dado blade in
framework. The table can be assem- is cut into the lower edge of each the table saw. The assembled table
bled or disassembled in minutes. joist. This makes assembly of the simply rests in the slots, so you
One Sheet. If you follow the cut- table easier and the framework will don’t need to worry about a snug
ting diagram shown below, you be more stable when moved. fit. A little loose is better.

a.

Cutting Diagram (4' x 8' sheet) #/4” Plywood

Woodsmith No. 185 Online Extras ©2009 August Home Publishing. All rights reserved.

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