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A project log for Shop Reorganization

Putting my house in order

david-tuckerDavid Tucker 08/21/2023 at 04:320 Comments

The heat is killing me, but I pushed on through and managed to get all the drawers installed.  The ones over my air compressor drawer took special effort to put in.  Fortunately the cad file has all the dimensions, so it was just a matter of cutting some scrap wood to use as offsets.

I made a small mistake on the air compressor drawer. I had planned to offset the bottom by enough space that I could put in a seal if needed.  I think I will leave it as it is for now, I'm not sure I need the seal, and I can move the shelf up later if it turns out I'm wrong.

I still need to make the faces for the drawers, but I decided to put it all together for now, just to see how it comes together.  It is looking good!

My drill press had a broken handle on the table lift.  I 3D printed a new handle and it worked out really nice.  I took a stab at polishing it up, It feels really nice, although it still looks a little rough. 

I also picked up a pair of LED shop lights from harbor freight.  They are rather small, but they are noticeably brighter than my 4 tube florescent light.  I still need to sort out the wiring, I currently have a hodgepodge of power cords to make them work.

I came across this youtube video showing a different way to make a tool wall.  I have a pegboard and I'm not really very happy with it.  There idea is to put a sheet of plywood on the wall, then use pin nails to tack the tool holders onto it.  That way you can pull the tool holders back off and move them, if you really want to reorganize it.  This is great, because 99% of the time I don't want to rearrange my wall, and the pesky peg system is always falling apart.

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