Setting Up My PM935 Mill

[EdK]

I've been dealing with some structural issues with the garage slab so haven't had much time to work on getting the basement ready for the new mill. I did steal some time to install a duplex outlet box, no wiring to it yet though. And I marked out where the lathe will go so I could verify the measurements on my CAD drawing.

Ed

         

[EdK]

It's slow going on this project but I did manage to get power run to the duplex outlet box. It took most of the day which included a trip to Menards. Not much to show for a days worth of work but I'm real close to being able to move the lathe into it's new spot. I have some sheets of 1/4" luan plywood that I got from a friend who didn't need them a good 10 years ago. I think I might put them on the wall and then top it with some of that white melamine board that's washable.  

Ed

   

[arvidj]

(10-17-2015, 05:30 PM)EdK Wrote: I have some sheets of 1/4" luan plywood that I got from a friend who didn't need them a good 10 years ago. I think I might put them on the wall and then top it with some of that white melamine board that's washable.  

Ed

When you come up with an easy way to cut the plywood and melamine to fit nicely around the existing outlet boxes let me know. I've wanted to put melamine coated plywood on the basement walls for many years but have not come up with a reasonable way to it it around the existing outlets. Maybe I should remove the "fit nicely" criteria and just get it done.

I've done drywall in other parts of the basement using a Dremel drywall bit but drywall had two advantages over melamine coated plywood. First the drywall cuts much more easily than the plywood. Second, a multitude of sins in drywall can be resolved with patching plaster, sandpaper and paint. With the plywood, not-so-much.

Arvid

[wawoodman]

Not exactly what you're looking for, but it might help:

https://www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/Electr...3p2478.htm

[Mayhem]

Don't you have surface mount outlets in the US? I simply drill a hole in the board for the cable to poke through and then mount the outlet. Simple.

[EdK]

(10-18-2015, 08:57 AM)arvidj Wrote: When you come up with an easy way to cut the plywood and melamine to fit nicely around the existing outlet boxes let me know. ...

Arvid

That is going to be a challenge but if I'm way off, I'll just get one of those over-sized outlet plates or just make a piece of trim out of 1/8" white plastic that will cover my sins.

Ed

[Sunset Machine]

Try a plywood pattern for a handheld router. Have a helper hold or tape it in place and whiz around the hole with a router.

[Vinny]

Measure from one side of the paneling to mark the box on the BACK SIDE of the paneling or melamine. Do all of your cutting from the back as well. C'mon guys. You cut steel to within 0.001" and can't cut a hunk of wood to within 0.250"?

[EdK]

I know this stuff isn't specifically mill related but since I'm doing it because I got the new mill, I'm going to keep posting it in this thread. Anyway, I got one panel of luan plywood up today, the easy one. The next one will be the one I have to cut out the rectangle for the outlet box. Slow progress but I'm going to try to get at least one thing done every evening after work even though some days I'm not in the mood for it.

Ed

   

[Mayhem]

Having recently covered one bay of my shop I know the fun journey that you are about to embark upon Ed. Bonus for me was that I just had to drill holes for the power and then screw the surface mounting outlets on afterwards.

Remember to measure several times before you cut...