Horizontal + Vertical Workstation - Convertible by Jack Bench
Workstation for the Shaper Origin that converts from a Vertical Workstation to a Horizontal Workstation. I incorporated quite a few features into my design. I wrote two blog articles to describe the features and to discuss building it. You can find them here: https://jack-bench.com/ I think the blog articles are probably more helpful, but I also made two YouTube videos about this. You can find them on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JackbenchWoodworking/featured
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Shaper Workstation
Files Included (3)
Jack Bench Vertical-Horizontal Workstation 8-20.zip
3 MBJack Bench Workstation - Using large plywood pieces.zip
211 kBJack Bench Workstation Individual Files.zip
369 kB
Materials
1 - 4′ x 4′ piece of 3/4″ plywood (or equivalent)
1 - 2′ x 2′ piece of 3/4″ plywood (or equivalent)
1 - 1.5″ x 2.5″ x 19.75″ piece of hardwood
4 - Small scraps of hardwood 3/4″ thick
2 - 5/16″ Tee Track Hold Down Clamps
2 - Spring Latches for Vertical Stop
2 - Shop Fox Cam Clamps (Optional)
1 or 2 - 21″ piece of Heavy Duty Tee Track for movable support piece
96″ Tee Track to accommodate 1/4″ or 5/16″ tee bolts
2 3/8″ x 1.5″ Star Bolts – for bolting to workbench (Optional)
5 - 5/16″ x 1.5″ tee bolts with knobs – Securing horizontal support platform, for securing angle stop piece in position, and for stop blocks on auxiliary horizontal support. 1/4″ would also work for stop blocks.
8 - 5/16″ x 2.5″ tee bolts with knobs for extension wings and for securing auxiliary horizontal piece in place
4 - Either 1/4″ or 5/16″ x 2″ Star bolts with tee nuts for securing braces, and for storing angle stop and extra support piece onto extension wings.
6 - 1/4″ x 1.5″ bolts with wing nuts to store support pieces on Vertical Stop
Tools
Shaper Origin
Instructions
A few of my favorite things about this design are: 1 - The Origin can be supported on all sides no matter how large the work piece is. 2 - It will support a workpiece up to 12"x21"x7" 3 - It works equally well in both the vertical and horizontal orientation. 4 - It has a vertical stop piece that makes it easy to align top of the work with the tape surface, this piece also doubles as a carrying handle. 5 - There is on board storage for all of the clamps and accessories. There are three zip files: 1 - One is just the Sketchup file. 2 - The next is .svg files for each individual piece that is required, you will only need this if you want to cut the pieces individually. For example, if you wanted to pre-cut the pieces on a table saw. This also includes a pdf that lists all of the individual pieces, and some information that would be helpful during the build. 3 - The other zip file has the .svg files required for cutting the pieces from larger pieces of plywood. This also includes a pdf that lists all of the individual pieces, and some information that would be helpful during the build. Building this is similar to building the original vertical workstation by Shaper. They wrote some very good and detailed instructions for that workstation and much of it would apply to this one. So, I would recommend reviewing the instructions for that one before starting on this one: https://hub.shapertools.com/creators/5b437481a92ce901517c0655/shares/59eecd49a92ce9014344b5ce