great white
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I've finally had enough of searching for tools and working in a gawd awful mess. Understandable seeing how we just moved in, but I've had enough!
A quick trip to the local yard for a bed load of 5/8 MDF and construction studs and I'm off.
First, I've can't stand dragging the table saw around on it's fixed legs anymore. I've also had enough of trying to cut wide stock on it without support. So, an 8 foot roll around table saw project is in order (all cell phone pics):
It houses the table saw and provide storage/working space for the jointer, planer, scroll saw, belt sander and miscellaneous hand power tools. It has lockable castoring wheels. It's not done (needs a few doors, drawers and shelves) but it's at least functional for now. It rolls right in to the wall after I remove the motor and lines up with the Cut off saw station:
When it's all lined up against the wall, there's 16 feet of work space. You can also see some cabinets I built and threw up on the wall Still need doors and shelves).
Next was another 10 foot bench against the back wall, visible in the background:
That's mostly just bench top work space, but it holds my mechanics vise and will eventually have a cabinet to enclose the compressor.
I'm always looking for a way to store/access my air tools. I've got a roll around metal bench, but it's cheap and really not much more than a PITA. So, I used some of the compressor's space to make a drawer:
Toss in some dividers:
And call it done for now. The dividers are all friction fit so I can move them around as my tools change. The drawer is built with 2X4 because it holds a fair bit of weight. Slides nice and smooth on the HD roller glides.
I also build a 6 foot high storage closet on the other side of the black tool box and some shelves higher up to get things out of the way.
Everything is nothing fancy, just ol' 2x4 studs and MDF. But that's all I'm after in a garage as it all get's beat to snot anyways. I may try and pretty it up a bit when I add the cabinet doors and such, but not a lot of effort will go into looks other than basic carpentry and paint.
Projects still need completing, the mess is still everywhere (still ripping open and emptying boxes) and I've still got a long way to go. But it's well on it's way to being a functional space. Not bad for a weekends worth of work.
I can't wait for it to be finished, I HATE mess and being disorganized. Nothing ticks me off more than knowing I have something and not being able to find it....:mad5:
A quick trip to the local yard for a bed load of 5/8 MDF and construction studs and I'm off.
First, I've can't stand dragging the table saw around on it's fixed legs anymore. I've also had enough of trying to cut wide stock on it without support. So, an 8 foot roll around table saw project is in order (all cell phone pics):
It houses the table saw and provide storage/working space for the jointer, planer, scroll saw, belt sander and miscellaneous hand power tools. It has lockable castoring wheels. It's not done (needs a few doors, drawers and shelves) but it's at least functional for now. It rolls right in to the wall after I remove the motor and lines up with the Cut off saw station:
When it's all lined up against the wall, there's 16 feet of work space. You can also see some cabinets I built and threw up on the wall Still need doors and shelves).
Next was another 10 foot bench against the back wall, visible in the background:
That's mostly just bench top work space, but it holds my mechanics vise and will eventually have a cabinet to enclose the compressor.
I'm always looking for a way to store/access my air tools. I've got a roll around metal bench, but it's cheap and really not much more than a PITA. So, I used some of the compressor's space to make a drawer:
Toss in some dividers:
And call it done for now. The dividers are all friction fit so I can move them around as my tools change. The drawer is built with 2X4 because it holds a fair bit of weight. Slides nice and smooth on the HD roller glides.
I also build a 6 foot high storage closet on the other side of the black tool box and some shelves higher up to get things out of the way.
Everything is nothing fancy, just ol' 2x4 studs and MDF. But that's all I'm after in a garage as it all get's beat to snot anyways. I may try and pretty it up a bit when I add the cabinet doors and such, but not a lot of effort will go into looks other than basic carpentry and paint.
Projects still need completing, the mess is still everywhere (still ripping open and emptying boxes) and I've still got a long way to go. But it's well on it's way to being a functional space. Not bad for a weekends worth of work.
I can't wait for it to be finished, I HATE mess and being disorganized. Nothing ticks me off more than knowing I have something and not being able to find it....:mad5:
