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Well, like most projects I do, this will probably be a bit of a long term one, but just thought I'd start a thread on it... I made a set of upper cabs last week. Pretty simple affair, 3/4 ply box, 1/2 ply back, 3/4 ply nailers on the the back of the cabs. Drilled shelf pin holes with a jig I purchased at a local tool store. Very simple, very basic, but I like the way the work. Got a bunch of plastic 'shoe' boxes from Costco that I'm using to organize things. I like them because they are clear and you can see whats inside. They aren't so big you cram a ton of stuff in them, and not too small.So today I started on the 'bench' that will sit to the left of the radial arm saw. Decided to make a 'torsion box' type of affair out of two sheets of 3/4 ply with 1x2 center structure.I don't have anywhere that I can guarantee to be really flat, so I used my ripmaster 3000 jig (Circular saw with a shop made rip fence) to rip a bunch of 3" wide pieces of ply. Used those standing on edge to create relatively straight lines to flatten any warp out of the ply.Simple enough and it seems to be relatively sturdy. There will be supports on each end, and one in the middle, once I find out where that needs to be.Next up will probably be a flip top cabinet or two so I can clear up some floor space.The one thing I've learned is that when you don't have a lot of room, every square foot of floor space is precious. So even a dedicated cart for a planer can really get in the way when you don't have a lot of room.This is phase I of this long term project. Phase I -
- Phase I - Redo Shelf wall and put the RAS in a cabinet. Create flip top cabinets for some of the sporadically used bench top tools like the planer and drum sander
- Phase II - Replace the long rails on the table saw with short rails and put the router table into the extension. (Might have to get rid of my router table...
- Phase III - Redo shelving on other side of shop to improve its usefulness...
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