The $15 Weekend Project

**TomTom** · 06-29-2016, 08:05 AM

Originally posted by AggieDad

How goes the project?

Don

Hi Don,

I still haven't started but I finally received the lead screw and adjustment knob on Monday. Probably tomorrow or Friday I'll start the cutting. Wish me luck.

**AggieDad** · 06-29-2016, 03:31 PM

Lay things out carefully and you won't have to shim and use spacers like I did.

Even at that, with my time with it so far, I have found it remarkably rigid and stable.

Good luck!

Don

**TomTom** · 07-01-2016, 08:59 AM

I got all of my parts for this project together this morning, made a list, and then went shopping for a few odds and ends. The final missing piece from my list? The clipboard/material for the base. *sigh* I ended up going to three different places in an attempt to score plexiglass or masonite or something not terribly expensive and heavy but am still empty handed. I should have googled before I left the house.

**AggieDad** · 07-04-2016, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by TomTom

I got all of my parts for this project together this morning, made a list, and then went shopping for a few odds and ends. The final missing piece from my list? The clipboard/material for the base. *sigh* I ended up going to three different places in an attempt to score plexiglass or masonite or something not terribly expensive and heavy but am still empty handed. I should have googled before I left the house.

Office Depot or Staples. $1.99. And you have a clip left over that you probably won't do anything with.

The nice thing about a clipboard is that it is smooth on both sides.

**TomTom** · 07-04-2016, 09:47 AM

Thanks, Don. After my whine I ended up at Staples and got their $2.49 special.

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06-29-2016, 08:05 AM	#31
TomTom Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Dallas, Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 539	Originally posted by AggieDad How goes the project? Don Hi Don, I still haven't started but I finally received the lead screw and adjustment knob on Monday. Probably tomorrow or Friday I'll start the cutting. Wish me luck.

06-29-2016, 03:31 PM	#32
AggieDad Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Houston, TX Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,453 Original Poster	Lay things out carefully and you won't have to shim and use spacers like I did. Even at that, with my time with it so far, I have found it remarkably rigid and stable. Good luck! Don

07-01-2016, 08:59 AM	#33
TomTom Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Dallas, Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 539	I got all of my parts for this project together this morning, made a list, and then went shopping for a few odds and ends. The final missing piece from my list? The clipboard/material for the base. sigh I ended up going to three different places in an attempt to score plexiglass or masonite or something not terribly expensive and heavy but am still empty handed. I should have googled before I left the house.

07-04-2016, 08:47 AM	#34
AggieDad Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Houston, TX Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,453 Original Poster	Originally posted by TomTom I got all of my parts for this project together this morning, made a list, and then went shopping for a few odds and ends. The final missing piece from my list? The clipboard/material for the base. sigh I ended up going to three different places in an attempt to score plexiglass or masonite or something not terribly expensive and heavy but am still empty handed. I should have googled before I left the house. Office Depot or Staples. $1.99. And you have a clip left over that you probably won't do anything with. The nice thing about a clipboard is that it is smooth on both sides.

07-04-2016, 09:47 AM	#35
TomTom Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Dallas, Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 539	Thanks, Don. After my whine I ended up at Staples and got their $2.49 special.