Untitled - Wood Tools

WORKSHOP
building the stqfion
Ifyou're building this workstation, itt a sure
bet you already have the most important
thing - a pocket-hole jig.To make assembling
the workstation quick and easy, you
can use the jig itself to create the joinery.
It's also used as an alignment tool when
building the workstation.
Build the Base - The first step is to
build the base of the workstation
(Construction View). It provides the main support
for the two wings and houses the plastic
storage ffays.
The base consisb of a3/4" plywood boaom
(A), t*o end pieces (B), and a sub-top (C).The
ends and sub-top form an inverted U-shaped
assembly that creates an opening for the trays.
To make it easy to slide the trays in and out,
size the opening so it's 3/s" wider than the
combined width of the trays. This provides
1/s" clearance on the sides of the traw, and also
between each one.
coNsTRucTroN vrEw
After cutting the base pieces to size, itt just
a matter of drilling pocket holes and screwing
them together (Front View Detail).Then, to
prevent the trays from slipping out when
transporting the workstation, add a couple
of stops (D).These narrow strips of wood
butt agairst the front and back ofthe trala and
are glued in place.
Support'Wings - The next step is to
add the two support wings (E).They"sandwich"
the pocket-hole jig between them,
forming a large, continuous worksuface.
To end up with a flat, level surface, the
wings must be flush with the jig base.A set
of four spacers (F) elevate the wings to
accomplish that (Spaeer Detail). Plane the
spacers to the appropriate thickness.Then
use the pocket-hole jig to position the
spacers and glue them to the sub-top. In
the same way, use the jig to position the
wings and attach them with screws.
A A mounfing hole in the bose of the
workstotion lets you hong it on the
woll for storoge. Wood stops keep
the plostic troys from slipping ouf.
PockeFHole Jig
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SupportWing
F/a" pV. x 9Bld'x l6"l
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roundovers
Thickness
mokhes bose
Sub-Top
(%"ph.x 8" x2l7/s"l
Spd-cer
(opprox. %" thick
xllz" xl0Wl
lr/a"
PockeFHole
Screw
l " hole
for hongin{
worksiofion
on woll
l%'PV.x8"x30"f
NOTE: Locote stops to fit
,. 'f snugly ogoinst front ond
bock of sioroge troy
woRKBENcH ft luNr 2004