On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oh @#(*$%(!!!! > > I wondered why nobody at the maker space answered what I thought was a > fairly routine question. > > Both lists are called discuss. ... and I think that this was one of the more entertaining and useful threads on *this* discuss recently. Mike and Fred's response was particularly helpful as I need to make something like this (actually I'm trying to make a "table" that hangs under the "arms" on a treadmill so that I can create my own walking / standing desk. This might help burn off some of the cookies... W > > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker > <phill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Base of the TARDIS and the sign boards are both half done. >> >> So now I come across a problem that nobody in the tardis-building >> community has (yet) come to a good answer to, how to trim the posts >> down to exact size. >> >> They are 8' long ( a bit longer actually, that being the problem) and >> made of 4 planks of 5 1/2 x 3/4 pine. So they are heavy. Its at the >> limit of a one person lift and certainly too big to handle on a table >> saw. >> >> Chop saw? Well too big for my 12" chop saw and a slide does not help here. >> >> >> I am thinking I probably need to make a jig and use a circular saw. >