Assembly - Disassembly Surface

[William Blankenship]

Hey all,
Here is something I found I have a need for. After loosing a tiny spring, the type that takes a thousand of them to make an ounce, I searched my shop floor for half an hour before I found it. As a result of that ordeal, I drew this surface in CW Designer. It will catch all those tiny parts before they get accidentally brushed off the bench. It measures 16 X 14 and will carve using only the carve bit. My plans are to carve this and glue another board the same size, just not carved, to the bottom. That way I will have a nice heavy, thick work surface to disassemble things on.

Enjoy,
Bill....

[DocWheeler]

Bill,

Good idea, that would work well for me for screws and nuts - a for springs, they usually are not in the area unless they bounce back somehow

[geekviking]

Awesome idea, thanks!

[William Blankenship]

Glad you guys can use it. I'm glueing up some boards right now. I'm going to plane it and cave it sometime tomorrow. I think it will come in handy. The nice thing is it should be able to be carved at a lower quality setting and still be quite useful after some basic sanding.

Bill...

[spalted]

It's a great idea but......... I would just pile big junk on it so when I needed it it would already be full....lol

to make it carve faster you could use a 1/4" ball nose set on paths too,slightly different but just another idea.

[William Blankenship]

I hadn't thought of that. I might have to redesign it and try it. Shave a little wear and tear of the machine by doing that. I like that idea.

Thanks!!!

Bill...

[Pratyeka]

good idea, except that Murphie's laws clearly state that "the smaller a part is, the farther away it will land when dropped."
I find that pouring molasse or tar all over the floor does a good job of catching everything I drop.

[spalted]

good idea, except that Murphie's laws clearly state that "the smaller a part is, the farther away it will land when dropped."
I find that pouring molasse or tar all over the floor does a good job of catching everything I drop.

LOL....

For years I have kept a buffer layer of saw dust on the floor to try and reduce the bounce, but I think you may be onto something here. Should help with the flies and mosquitoes to I would assume?

[William Blankenship]

LOL<grin>. Yep, that little spring hit the floor this morning and I found it 8 feet away. I'm still trying to figure out how it got over there and of course under a table that didn't have casters. Moving everyting off of it so I could move it was time consuming. Must have been some kind of magnetic anomaly that drew this little thing a third of the way across my shop. <grin>.

Bill...

[earlyrider]

You might also consider something like a jeweler's bench; it has a curve in the top you can belly up to, and an open drawer underneath to catch errant gold, gemstones, or small springs. They may be expensive to buy, but would be an easy project to build.
Ron