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[Xion X2]

These are the blades I just got:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-10-MASTERCRAFT...item53dd33706c

They should leave much cleaner edges than having to use regular saw blades.

Thanks, voigts. Let me know how they work. Do you plan to use them on your miter or table saw?

I think for now that I'm still inclined to use a jig for cutting aluminum. The blade rotation on my table saw spins frontward, and the thought of cutting metal and spinning shards out the front just doesn't seem like much fun to me.

Nice machines you have. I'm dreaming of such a machine shop....

You know safety first in every aspect of life.
Nice work BTW.

Thanks, mib. It's just a basic shop. I'm still building up my tool base, but it's much more than I had just a few months ago.


Right now I'm busy polishing my router skills. This plexi makes a real mess.. I know that much.




Shop-vac to the rescue. There's a vacuum attachment on the back of the router table that's built into the fence, but since I'm not using the stock fence (too short a depth for the shelves that I'm carving) then I can't use it. Which ultimately means that there's a 100% chance of snow any time that I flip the switch on the router with plexi on the table.

Here's some of the work I'm doing. Basically just trying to learn this router to see how clean a groove cut that I can get.



The screws for the SSDs are too short to mount through 1/4" plexi, so I'm using the router to clear away the plexi where the SSDs mount through the back.

I'm also now thinking about just sanding/polishing the edges of the plexi instead of framing it. If I can get it completely transparent (or close) then I may keep it like this as it kind of shimmers in the light.



And.. look, ma! No work gloves! (although I felt naked without them)