michael_m
20th December 2010, 02:31 PM
Last week was the start of holidays for me, and I managed to grab some time in the shed. My main problem (apart from a lack of time and skill) is that I don't have anywhere for my tools to go, and my bench is so messy, I can't actually build anything.
So, I built a bench/shelf for my drill press, scrollsaw and engineering vice to go on. It looks a bit rough, but it's as solid as a rock and the best part of it is it was built out of odds-n-sods that were lying around the place and cost me nothing.
The tool cabinet is one I built a few weeks ago, one weekend out of some 12mm plywood. It's just a box, cut open on the tablesaw and joined with a piano hinge. I haven't finished filling it yet, because I'm not sure what Christmas will bring in the way of new tools. The original reason I built it was to house the 19 chisels I picked up on ebay for $50, but it has helped me make some order out of the mess that was my tools.
So, I built a bench/shelf for my drill press, scrollsaw and engineering vice to go on. It looks a bit rough, but it's as solid as a rock and the best part of it is it was built out of odds-n-sods that were lying around the place and cost me nothing.
The tool cabinet is one I built a few weeks ago, one weekend out of some 12mm plywood. It's just a box, cut open on the tablesaw and joined with a piano hinge. I haven't finished filling it yet, because I'm not sure what Christmas will bring in the way of new tools. The original reason I built it was to house the 19 chisels I picked up on ebay for $50, but it has helped me make some order out of the mess that was my tools.