I bought a 12ft long wood atLowes, and have them cut into 4 pieces in equal length. When I place them side by side, they are differed by just maybe 2 or 3mm in length. What kind of tools do I need to even them out?
Thanks,
Rudy
rudyy wrote: I bought a 12ft long wood atLowes, and have them cut into 4 pieces in equal length. When I place them side by side, they are differed by just maybe 2 or 3mm in length. What kind of tools do I need to even them out?Thanks,Rudy
The chances are that, even if you were to use a belt sander, or a disk grinder, to reduce the longer ones by that short amount, when you get them all mounted and place the table where you want it, you will find that it wobbles anyway.
So, you can go to the hardware store and look for four leveling screws fixtures and place on on each leg, nearest the floor, natch. Then, when you right the table and place it where it is to be, you can turn these height adjusters until you get your table wobble-free and level.
Cutting to the precise length in the layout room or the levelers are the better way to go anyway, because the chances are pretty good that the floor isn't perfectly level, so you may need one leg longer than the others.
The levelers he's referring to look like the feet on the bottom of your refrigerator. You drill a hole in the bottom of the leg, insert a tapped 'sleeve' and screw the foot into that.
Randy
A radial arm saw is the best.
BUT do you need the even. If they are for legs, they screw to the sides of the L-girders. They can be set on the floor, clamped to the L-girders, and adjusted until level, and the screwed. The difference in length is not important.
If they are stringers for the top, it is more important. A hand saw would do it. If you need to buy a hand saw for the train room, a $30 japanese pull saw will do almost everything you need.