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From: "Bob Pastusek" <rpastusek@htii.com>
John,
I made my cutting/storage bin "free hand" from left over Lancair crating
material and a sheet of 1/8" HDPE plastic, so I don't have any drawings or
dimensions, but it's really easy to make. The critical dimensions are the
width of the rolls of material to be stored (width of unit), the max
diameter of the material rolls (depth of unit) and the size of the 45 degree
cutoff table (again, the width of material rolls).
I originally had a piece of plywood where the blue plastic sheeting is now
hanging, but it was difficult and clumsy to remove and replace, and blocked
access to the upper rolls. The plastic sheeting works much better. PVC pipe
makes good spindles for the larger rolls, but may not be sturdy enough for
rolls with small centers. In this case, steel conduit works well. The only
other noteworthy items: The backing is about 6 inches wider than the rest of
the unit. This provides very convenient "wings" to fasten the unit to a
wall--this adds considerable stability. I made a couple of metal cloth
cutting guides-one long and one shorter-and equipped them with door handles
on one side and a hole in the ends so they can be hung up on the cabinet
sides to keep them handy. You can see one of them hanging on the right side
of the cabinet. I fastened the HDPE to two layers of crating plywood for the
hinged cutting table. This gave the needed stability and stiffness. Note
that you have to cut this table out of large sheets of material, using the
long side of the sheet as the "cutting edge"--look carefully of the picture
with the door closed to see the grain direction. Screw down the HDPE along
the vertical side and at the base where it's hinged with recessed flat head
screws --but don't put any along the cutting side of the table. The photo
shows the table folded down onto a cardboard box, but it normally rests on a
small triangular table built to the right height--we were using the table to
hold parts when I made this picture.
Hope this helps!
Bob Pastusek
[ much slicker than mine, but its also nice to have a clean angled cutting
side and a layup side http://rob.com/lancair/Others/May/03/P3085544.jpg ]
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