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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 5:46:51 GMT
Hey, guys. Up until my recent forray with drink bottles, the only thing I have cut has been the cane growing in my back yard. I'm wanting to get into cutting more exciting targets and I want to make my own cutting stand and I want to make it somewhat portable/easy to store away. I had an idea for a design and I wanted the more experienced cutters here to take a look at it and tell me if they think it is sturdy enough for repetitive use. My idea is to take a 6" x 6" yard timber, cut to 4' then make a 2" x 4" x-shaped notch out of the bottom for the interlacing 2x4's that will be the support. a half-inch hole drilled through two of the legs and one of the 2x4's for a 1/2" x 8" bolt to go through for stability and so I can move it around the yard without it falling apart. On the top I'll have a 1" hole drilled down for the Tatami dowel, and I was thinking of making attachments out of the remainder of the yard timber similar to something someone had in one of their posts... which I can't seem to find now, forgot to bookmark it, but it was basically sections that had various surfaces for sitting things to be cut on and they could be changed out quickly. Anyways, for visual reference here are a couple of crude schematics drawn to 1/4 scale. And the bottom view of the yard timber
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 12:35:10 GMT
Interesting idea, but a 6x6 at 4 feet is a little heavy and way overkill in my opinion especially if you want it to be portable. Cool idea for sure but I'm not too sure about the portability of that 6x6 unless you are the Hulk Also 4 feet is too high to peg mats on, unless the mats are very small. Most mats are between 3 a 4 feet. A 28 inch main section with a 4 foot mat brings the total height to 6 feet 2 inches. A 4 foot main section with a 4 foot mat.... Well you get where I am going with this ;D Mugen Dachi has plans for a cutting stand for mats with a 4x4 and a couple of 2x4s Right Here. This one might be a little simpler as it does not require cutting notches that you might need a special saw for. Here is what I believe is the thread that you where referring to where I show the modular stands that I have been making. Building a Cutting StandCheers
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 19:12:08 GMT
Yeah! That's the thread I was looking for As for height, I was taking into consideration that I am 6'3" but maybe 3' would be better? And for the 6x6 being so large, yeah I thought about that, but I was concerned that a 4x4 base would be too weakend after cutting the 2x2 "+" out of the bottom... Maybe I could cut the 6x6 just above the "+" and attach a 4x4 as the main post using bracktets?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 22:16:37 GMT
I threw this together real fast in DAZ. This is what it would look like all put together (assuming the step-down from a 6x6 to a 4x4 that I talked about in my last post.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 22:55:34 GMT
I would replace part or all of the 4x4 part with some dense foam, aluminum cans duct-taped together, a large cardboard tube, so that when a bad cut happens, you wreck your cutting stand instead of your sword I have read many tales of woe where nice swords were bent after an accidental slam into a 4x4 Cheers, Mike
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 23:38:43 GMT
I would just be concerned with the dense foam being stong enough to support tatami. I've never cut tatami so I don't know how much it weighs
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2009 10:32:54 GMT
I would just be concerned with the dense foam being stong enough to support tatami. I've never cut tatami so I don't know how much it weighs I second that. I like your idea with the transition from the 6x6 to the 4x4. Neat Idea. I think you should build it and give it a try. I'm interested to see how well it will work. What saw are you planning on using to cut the slots in the 6x6 and the 2x4s?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2009 17:43:53 GMT
...or you could make the post out of 2-2"x6"s with a space between instead of a solid 6"x6". That would save a lot of weight too and do away with the joining with brackets hassle.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2009 9:42:21 GMT
Wow, I tried to make a cutting stand just like that. All was well and good till I tried to put the vertical arm onto it. I'm still trying to figure out how to mount it properly. Basically I was looking for something I could take apart and go to a friends house. My last attempt at a mobile stand was a sharpened stick with a 1"x1.5" screwed to the top. It worked, but wasn't at all fancy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2009 9:56:10 GMT
For attaching the 4x4 to the 6x6 I was thinking of a 1"dowel gluing the two together with a few small "L" brackets just for added support.
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