Recent content by workahol

Haven't updated this thread in a while, but overall I've been very happy with my French cleat storage walls. I've made a few minor additions here and there over the last couple years, and this weekend I finally decided to do something about the chaotic pile of cordless tools and batteries that...

Yes, that's what I said too... :)

From the size of the tool and the slenderness of the handle I'm wondering if it's a plane adjusting hammer. Although most of the ones I've seen are brass...

In a recent Adam Savage workshop video he features this little hammer, and I'm trying to figure out what it is. The handle looks something like a jeweler's chasing hammer, but the head doesn't immediately remind me of anything I've seen before. It's almost halfway to being a gavel, other than...

An update on wall organization... I've pretty much occupied all the French cleat wall space with tools and storage. The back wall is all Akro-Bins containing non-aircraft hardware like nails and wood screws, plus a couple of small shelving units where I didn't want to cover over existing...

Thanks - Most of the time I leave my shop furniture completely unfinished save for a quick application of wipe-on poly on the working (top) surface. This one has no finish for the most part, just regular old birch ply from the orange store. The table top happens to be prefinished maple ply...

More quarantine woodworking... finished off the new workbench by giving it a big storage drawer and some cabinet doors for the router compartment. I didn’t want to leave the house just to go buy drawer pulls, so I made my own out of scrap hardwood - for which having a router table was quite handy!

Quarantine woodworking... you can never have too many workbenches, so I built another one with an extra twist. One end doubles as a router table, which is a tool I only occasionally have a use for, but there are times when nothing else will do the job. With the fence stored out of the way...

Thanks! Between you and me, before I post these photos I try to tidy up and hide the mess just out of view, so it doesn't usually look this nice in real life. :)

I set out to put up a couple of French cleats for wall storage of tools and materials, and ended up getting carried away and building a whole set of French cleat walls all around the workshop: I trimmed the parts cabinets to the wall panels to make them look built-in. I also installed a...

I built a rolling stand for my sliding compound miter saw. The design is a mixture of several different plans I'm sure everybody has seen, with one or two little tweaks: With the folding wings extended, the span about eight and a half feet: Instead of a vertical fence, I embedded a length...

Oh yes, the Sortimo boxes are outrageously expensive by DIY standards. I am only using them for aircraft parts, and will almost certainly put up some Akro-bins for generic stuff like nuts n' bolts. I view my Sortimo boxes as an investment, plus they're actually sort of reasonable by aviation...

This is something I did a few months ago, but forgot to post here. The size of my workspace varies based on what else is parked in the hangar, so my tools have to be able to move around. The bandsaw, bench grinder, 12" disc grinder, and 2" belt sander are all very useful for aircraft work, and...

Thanks! And yes, we are on an airport - really a dream setup for me. Although the RV-7 and the Cessna do tend to fight for space with the workshop tools! The RV-12 is a great airplane, I have about 30 hours in them and once got to ferry one halfway across the country.

These are T-Boxxes. Annoyingly, they've since changed the design from grey boxes with multicolored inserts to black boxes with black inserts, so if I ever add to my supply of Sortimo boxes it's going to set off my OCD. Luckily I have several empties stashed for future expansion. The stuff in my...