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a  Happy  Woodworker  down  under

1/10/2016

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​Hello Steve,
 
A little fan mail from Down Under.
 
Your Multifunction Slab idea has changed my whole approach to my work and my new little company here on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.
 
Simple as that.  I bought your drawings on-line and found a CNC facility (that was the only tricky part, we’re in the bush down here) and the rest turned out precisely the way you said it would.
 
I’m delighted.  For the first time I can stroll onto a customer’s property, set up my MFS in a couple of minutes and I’m ready to take on a most amazing range of high accuracy carpentry I could only do on my home work bench...and even then not nearly as quickly.  Just being able to walk right around the work without having to re-clamp, change lighting and wriggle the timber about, is fantastic.
 
I wanted some really very stable and solid horses to mount the Slab into and found the drawings for a great, extreme stability horse called the “Shop Dog”.  It’s under that name in any Google search.  They team up with the MFS like a dream.  I used a strip of non slip thin foam mesh material on the top of each Dog support timber and it feels like its bolted together. No exaggeration.
 
The Dogs are held together with a $4.00 pair of webbing winches.  Install them in 20 seconds.
 
I had my CNC fellow wide cut the bottom of each hole to allow the use of the Festool clamps. I bought a set of Parf bench dogs by Veritas (Lee Valley) designed for the Festool table and now run a Festool HKC55 track, compound mitre saw with the facility.
 
I’m a carpenter reborn.  And you get the credit!
 
I’ve attached some pictures of the MFS and the Shop Dogs if you doubt me...
 
Most sincere thanks to you for your ideas and caring support.
 
Dale Bromley
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Blairgowrie Vic
5 Comments
Steven
1/19/2016 08:11:16 pm

Great setup Dale, one question for you though. How much did the CNC'ing of your MFS cost. I've had a quote for a design I came up with that was over $400AUD.

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Steve Olson
1/23/2016 07:11:39 pm

Hi Steven,

This is a great question. Our CNC shop charges us only $75 per table and shelf. Meaning that they are charging us $75 per sheet of MDF cut. In talking with my customers around the world I'm finding that it's common to pay around $100 per sheet cut. I've found that shopping around can make a huge difference in what you end up paying. Look for some woodworking blogs or chat groups in your area as sources for more CNC shops. Also reach out to some local cabinet makers as they often have a CNC machine in their shops now. I hope this helps.

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