Then he was back down in the metal shop doing some fabrication on the spars that will go both across the top of the workbench for support for the top and across the middle section - Jim plans to store plywood in the middle (a smart usage of space!). There are a total of 6 spars so he got all those cut. Then he made this coupler-type pieces that he will use when connecting the spars to the table - this way, the spar will be on the same plane as the table so that the tabletop will lay perfectly flat.
There's a lot of work in this step though - as you can see from this picture, the spar is made from angle which has a slight curve on the inside corner. Jim has to grind the top of the coupler piece so that it will fit tightly into the angle piece.
Cutting the coupler pieces...
Pieces are cut and drilled - just the top pieces are ground to fit inside the angle. That will be tomorrow's job to finish the rest.
Jim also worked on installing the new regulator - wow - looks so good! And this is going to let Jim be so efficient with using the compressor. He'll be able to take the hose line into the wood shop plus connect to his hose reel, as well as have capability for two more lines if he needs them. There were a lot of connections - and they are all stainless steel which has given Jim trouble in the past - but he has them all tight with no leaks. He did have a few issues mounting the regulator - it came with a mounting bracket but the regulator didn't quite fit in the bracket - crazy! Jim had to grind the bracket down a bit in order to mate up with the regulator.
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