# Bought in October, Finished assembly last night 48x30 MK2

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**Category:** 🎉 Assembly done!\
**Created:** [January 27, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/bought-in-october-finished-assembly-last-night-48x30-mk2/11029 "2024-01-27T00:24:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![GranaryWoodcrafts](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/granarywoodcrafts/32/5906_2.png) [@GranaryWoodcrafts](https://forum.sienci.com/u/GranaryWoodcrafts)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/bought-in-october-finished-assembly-last-night-48x30-mk2/11029/1 "2024-01-27T00:24:26Z")

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Despite the best efforts of Covid, other winter illnesses, and a couple of weeks of subzero (F) temperatures in my shop I finally have my MK2 set up and tested!

 ![Ready for spoiler](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce8026d615e770696b1f8fe2c67d77de52cc8125.jpeg)

The bench isn’t quite done…I will put a couple of braces across that hole to support a spoiler board, but also want to set up some jigs that will allow me to do some joinery as well.

I have not yet run any files on it yet, I just jogged it around the perimeter to cut the hole:

 ![Cutting hole](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c13bb7dd5d22ced47b6627d5b5f934b728c46c50.jpeg)

(Pardon the messy shop in this shot, building that huge bench kind of put my unheated 2 car garage with a gravel floor into a bit of disarray)

Unlike a “Forge” that sorta glows, I forgot that the cutting area that the manufacturer lists is not exaggerated, but rather understated - I brought home a 48x48 piece of MDF…

 ![Doesnt fit](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/ae4831d976946216468fb888e7da60dff4eac2f4.jpeg)

But that is really not going to be a problem for me. One of my first projects is going to be to engrave a big buffalo outline on a table project that needs to be finished that I won’t be using the SB for anyway.

I’ll post pictures when I get the SB and a jig or two made.

Scott

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**Author:** ![Spamming\_Eddie](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/spamming_eddie/32/7296_2.png) [@Spamming\_Eddie](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Spamming_Eddie)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/bought-in-october-finished-assembly-last-night-48x30-mk2/11029/2 "2024-01-27T12:49:55Z")

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Hey GW,

I like the idea of having the option of removing the spoilboard. Very clever and flexible.  
I will need to address that kind of setup too someday cause I want to be able to do work on cabinets without the need for disasembling them. At the moment my machine is mounted on a slab MDF, seperate from the table it is resting on. I am still considering my options, but yours is defenitly one of them.