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Storage has always been a problem in my shop, I think in most folks shops. The previous owner had made some nice looking shelves with cabinet doors etc. Only problem was things really got junky behind these cabinet doors, I couldn't organize the storage vrey well. So, I decided to remove the doors and build mitered boxes to organize the stuff on the shelves. I started out to make a few of these large bins for one shelf, but I liked them so much I made them for all the shelves. Now there are over 60 of these large bins in the shop plus parts bins, tool storage bins, etc.. Everything that was there before is there now (and labeled) and I have several empty boxes left over, hooray!
Please see my bin construction and tall caul page.
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I also made some caddys (shallow boxes) with 1/2" dowel handles to fit inside the bins for storage of small parts. These are the small boxes being glued. |
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Closer look at the caddys with dowel handle, kind of like a tool caddy. |
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East and South East walls with all bins and cleats in place. |
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One of the 24" deep bins (notch in back was for the vacuum line to the router table) with supports for a caddy. |
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Tool caddy on top of leather working bin. |
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With tool caddy in place. |
In my never ending search for more storage, and my love of drawers, heres what I did next. When I built these two benches, I only built 2 drawers each. Now that I'm in need of more storage I added the extra drawers.
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Planer / spindle sander bench as originally built. |
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The planer/spindel sander bench with it's 3 more drawers. You notice, I have begun labeling drawers with their contents. |
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A little different angle on the planer bench. |
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10" bandsaw & mortiser bench, as originally built. At the time, I didn't know what I was going to use the extra space for, now, I do. |
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The 10" bandsaw bench with it's 3 extra drawers. |
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10" bandsaw/mortiser bench, again note the labels. |
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