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Cabinetry
TIP: Looking for a cheap (read free) source for hinges,
handles, drawer slides, etc? Check out your local dump! Really!
90% of the hardware in my shop came from the base "wood lot"
(dump) for wood products. I look around for those "boxed
furniture" products that people throw out all the time because
the particle board falls apart. The thing is, the hardware is in
perfect condition most of the time. Just take it off and install
it in your shop cabinets. I have saved hundreds of dollars in
cabinet hardware. Check it out, just be careful walking around
the dump and ask about local restriction.
Undersaw Cabinet
The idea for this cabinet comes from Popular Woodworking. I
thought it was a great idea to use up the wasted space under the
saw and SAVE me from trooping all over the shop to get blades,
etc. I made a couple changes to the published idea. First, since
everything in my shop needs to be mobile, I needed to hang the
cabinet off the saw so I could get at the foot lever. I
accomplished this by screwing the top of the cabinet carcass to
the underside of the side table. To support the right side of
the carcass I made use of the angle iron stretcher that comes
with the Unifence legs for support (picture below right).
I placed a couple drawers inside the cabinet carcass (below
left). The drawers I found at our wood lot (dump), nice 1/2"
birch plywood drawers. Price is right! I also built a simple box
with three trays in it to hold the three blades I use most often
and installed it in the lower drawer.
 
The top drawer presented a different problem! Because of a 5"
over hang, I could not find any slides with that kind of over
travel. So to get around this, I made the draw box extra deep
and then used a couple strips cut from a UHMW cutting board for
the drawer runners. Works great and a cutting board is a
fraction of the price of sheet of the stuff from the wood
worker's catalogs.
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Miter Station
This miter saw station design is from The New Yankee
Workshop: Garage Workshop. I added the dust collection (which is
removable) and simply extended the wings and added a stop block
track with a tape built in. Works really well. Doors are MDF and
carcass is paint grade shop plywood. I still have to make a pull
out shelf for the tools—someday I will get to that!
Well I FINALLY got around to a pull-out drawer, and about
time too! I can not count the number of times I have fought with
cords and tried to unbury something in the bottom of this
rolling cabinet (see lower left picture), about fifty times
longer than the 45 minutes it took to create this full extension
pull-out drawer! I added a simple shelf above it and now I have
ample storage to neatly put away my tools!
 
Turning
Station
This
station I built on my break following Holy Week and Easter a few
years ago. For all the details, check out a 'place
to turn.'
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Wall
Storage
 
The three shelf cabinet design is from New Yankee and is
mounted to the wall with a French cleat.
Cordless Tool Station
ShopNotes #58 is credited with this addition to the shop. I
have made a couple of these for friends, it is really a popular
way to store drills, saws and chargers! Note also the plastic
drafting squares hanging to the left. A GREAT device for setting
up machines, and costs only a few bucks! Hang them were they
will be protected and you can get at them!
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Rolling Shop Cart
 
Again, thanks New Yankee for another great design. I keep all
my sanding machines and supplies in the rolling shop cabinet. It
also acts as additional out-feed table support!
Misc. Cabinets
You would be amazed by how extra dressers and cabinet can be
put to use. The trick is protecting them if you want to put them
back into service in the house!
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