So Santa was nice to me this year and I got two new power tools.  

I got a Ridge plug-in palm router (I don't use my tools often enough to justify batteries).  This is a nice little setup that seems to be well built with a working fine adjuster and variable speed.  The only thing it did not come with is any sort of hookup for a shop vac.  I don't know how useful that is, but I have a 3D printer so I can always print something out if I need it.

I also got a Grizzly pro track saw bundle with two 55" tracks and the clamps that go with them.  I picked this one over the similar looking Wen track saw because it came with a spring loaded riving knife.  I'm not sure if that is needed but it felt a bit safer and it is easy to remove if it causes trouble.

It did not come with a case, but after a bit of looking around I found this Ozark 36 can cooler from Walmart that seems to get the job done. It has a hard liner and should provide some protection.  I would have liked to have found something more ridged, but unfortunately this is a really odd shape and everything was much too short or way too long.

The tracks had some damage at the corners from shipping.  I spent a few minutes with a file and was able to clean it all up no problem.  The saw slides nicely on the tracks now and I think it will work great.  I would have loved to pick up the Makita track saw but at 3x the price it was really hard to justify.

I spent some time sorting through the rest of my wood and ended up throwing a full box of scraps away.  I quickly stuffed the longer pieces in my wood rack.  But I really need to take this back apart so I can properly sort it all out.

I ended up stuffing a few smaller pieces of wood back in the corner. I think I will try to build some rough shelves and stick them in here to help sort small but important scraps of hardwood away from the general wood piles.  That will help reduce some of the clutter in the longer wall and it should make this space useful again.

I picked up 5 more Rubbermaid bins to replace the random boxes I had stuffed on the bottom row of my shelves and went through everything and reorganized it into these larger bins.  I was able to get all the rest of the loos boxes of stuff into the first three bins and now have room for some more treasures to accumulate.  I also got all the wood removed from these shelves, that should make it easier to find the wood, as well as keeping the bins accessible.

All of that means I'm basically down to the piles of tools that need to be organized into my workshop area.  Ignore the box of wood, that is the scrap destine for the bin.  I think I will go ahead and build the new hanging shelves around the top of my work area.  That will force me to rethink my shop light but it will give me a lot more flexibility going forward for storing tool and other items I don't need easy access too.  I also really want everything possible to be in a covered drawer or cupboard. I have soo much dust and wood chips covering everything and would like to reduce that going forward.

I survived Christmas with some funds left in my accounts but I need to move slowly on buying wood (because it is crazy expensive) so I will probably focus on finishing the small shelf for storing wood scraps and a new shelf around the top of my workshop for storage.  I also want to rethink the pegboards, I have never liked them but can't really think of a better use for the wall space that still allows the door to open.