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Great work! I love the oil cabinets, now I just gotta learn woodworking so I can build something like that.

How do you like the miter saw this far? It has been recommended to me a couple times as an alternative to the Ridgid MS225SR.
 
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The little Craftsman saw seems like a pretty decent little saw, though to-date, I've not attempted any super precise work with it.

That said, I specifically chose the saw because of the slide arrangement and the way it would allow the saw to be mounted closer to the wall. I am going to mount the saw on the chair-rail cleat (the black one in the pics) and I wanted it to take up the least space possible.

Though I've not used it, if space is not a limitation the Rigid is definitely appears to be the nicer saw.

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Jake,

Do you have any dimensions that you don't mind sharing regarding the oil cabinets? I use the same oil containers and love the whole setup. I've been fussing about what to do with mine as they are a dark cloud on my shelves at present. I'm thinking I can build a shelf below for all of my bottle jacks and stands with the rollers floorbound below that.

Edit: I ended up getting the Craftsman BTW; seeing the quality you were cranking out was all I needed to see to know it would serve me well. The local woodworking shop near me is booked through to the end of the year, so it looks like I'll be looking for a table saw next to allow me to be 'self-sufficient' on the wood-cutting front.
 
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How much weight do you think those french cleats can hold up? That's an awesome method for hanging just about everything.
 
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I finished 2 more cabinets and hung them, so now I have a full set. I need to add a couple shelves to the doors yet.

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In the space above the shelves I am hoping to find some sort of slide-in baskets that would be good for loose items, especially towels and other detailing items.

Next project will likely be a mount for the slide saw, handing off the chair rail. This will allow be to make a series of supports and stops that hang on the same rail for working longer stock.

Onery - Let me get the dimensions off of Sketchup later today for you.

GLTHFJ60 - I am not sure the total weight a cleat can hold, but it is likely substantial. These are used in kitchen cabinets and if you think about what a cabinet of ceramic dishes weigh. In my case I used some high quality 4" screws running into the each stud, so there should be plenty of holding power.

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Yep, that is part of the long term goal: Get everything off of the floor. That opens more working space and makes it much easier to keep clean, both in terms of clutter and dirt.

Jake
 
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OrneryDuck said:
Jake,

Do you have any dimensions that you don't mind sharing regarding the oil cabinets? I use the same oil containers and love the whole setup. I've been fussing about what to do with mine as they are a dark cloud on my shelves at present. I'm thinking I can build a shelf below for all of my bottle jacks and stands with the rollers floorbound below that.
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Ornery,

Here are some images from my Sketchup model with the cabinet dimensions. These just fit the square drain pan and the two waste oil containers side-by-side. Note that the depth of the cabinet does not quite allow for the door to close on the waste oil container. Also, not shown in the solid model is the 1/4" ply used for the rear wall. I added that with a 1/4" rabbit in the rear edge of the panels so that it is flush with the cabinet rear.

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Hope this helps.

Jake
 
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Great work freejack. I've been working on a French cleat wall also. I still have a few more cleats to cut and mount then onto making hangers for various things.

First time through your thread this morning, but love some of your hanger ideas and those cabinets.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers GB :beer2:
 
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Thanks for the kudos, I hope these help. Many of the fixtures I've made ad-hoc, just as I saw a need or had the time to, I filled it.

I think there is something about having the freedom to rearrange stuff that makes it easier to go ahead and build this and that as far as a fixture goes. With a permanently mounted fixture, it can sometimes be analysis paralysis if you have a lot of things to get organized.

Jake
 
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Made a folding stand for my miter saw so it can hang on the wall. Mounts to the chair rail and allows the saw to fold down for storage. Next step is to build a couple supports to hang on the chair rail cleat to support longer stock.

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Wow, been more than a year since the last post! I spent some time correcting all the broken imbedded images from Photobucket, shifting the images to Flickr. Hopefully they are all working, but if you see some that are not, please PM me.

I can't say that I have made huge progress in the past year on the garage, real life has just been very busy. Did pick up a neat project from my FIL:

1979 Dodge W150 Stepside. the truck has been sitting for a long time, but fortunately was a Texas truck so there is very little in the way of rust and its very solid body-wise. Just needs a good deal of TLC to get her back on the road.

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Also picked up a new daily driver for myself, a VW Jetta GLI, first car I've purchased new.

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I just found your thread today and enjoyed the read.
Thanks for sharing some of your org. skills I need all the help I can get to make my wood shop functionable.
 
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Painted some old speakers I had gotten from a garage sale to match the color scheme in the garage. These were originally natural oak color. Just need to install a cleat on the back of each so they can be hung. Next step is to build a shelf for an old Sony receiver that I had pulled out of our theater system when it was replaced with a Denon unit.

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Wow, great job! I just went through all the progress you’ve made, so cool man. You are very creative! Love the oil change storage cabinet!
 
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Been a long time since I have made any updates to the garage, but I finally was able to a couple things done.

First I was able to get the my detailing supplies organized finally. Installed a Adam's rack on the door and got a couple racks to store towels along with a Rubbermaid tote. Made a couple ears to slide the tote into place as opposed to a shelf.

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Also sorted out several products I don't use to get rid of next week in our garage sale.

Also installed a copper airline from the compressor to the hose real, but don't have an pics just yet. Will get a pic posted soon. Also need to pick up a good retracting reel as the cheap hand-crank one I have leaks.

Jake


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Do you have a Menards store close by? They have the Flexzilla ZillaReel 3/8" x 30' hose reels for $60. You can adjust the tension on the spring if it's slow to retract... Wait for a 11% rebate and it's less than $60 OTD.
 
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Holy **** its been soooo long since I've done anything of note in the garage. Sometimes if feels like any progress I've made gets eaten up by other **** from the house and elsewhere that gets dumped out in the garage....

Anyway I have a significant amount of decent 4 quarter walnut that was harvested from my dad's farm when he was building a new irrigation lake. I just picked up a new thickness planer and wanted to set up a duct collection system. I've had a blower assembly for years without a purpose so a bought an Onieda dust deputy last month and now are going about creating a dust collection network. Here is what I have so far

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Once this is up and going the first project planned is a nice walnut desk for our 18yr.

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Finished up the dust collection system this weekend. Think it will work pretty well!

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I'd already made a mount for the Dust Deputy, now I needed to mount the blower to the wall. Made a mounting bracket out of 1" square tubing. It was the first time I'd used the Hobart Mig I had inherited from my FIL, (prolly the first time it had been used in 8+ years). Not my greatest welds, but for the thin gauge of the tubing and learning a new welder, it was not too bad. Hung the bracket using another cleat plus some extra anchors due to the weight.

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Completed unit in operation. For now just using a cloth bag as a catch, but will eventuall get a pleated filter of some sort to use in that area. When off the bag deflates and hangs down, so it is not in the way of the cabinet

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Better view showing the duct, gate valves and my saw. I just need to pick up some 2 1/2" hose for the miter saw and figure out a good way to box it in.

As far as turning on and off, I am currently switching the breaker at the subpanel, but will eventually add a Z-wave switch for my smart things hub so I can just tell Alexia to turn on the dust collector or from my Smarthings app.

I did use it to vac up dust and chips around the miter saw. Seems like the cyclone was doing a good job with little dust making it into the bag. Next up is planing down some walnut to see how that goes!

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Freejack said:
95% Finished with my second wall mount cabinet to complement the oil change cabinet. This cabinet will used to store oil, lube and the like.

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The plan is to bend some piano wire that would run across the shelving on the door to hold in the spray cans and such.

Here are the oil change and storage cabinets hung on the wall next to each other. These are to replace the Rubbermaid cabinet you see in the lower right. I still have a couple more to build so I can replace that cabinet completely, one for cleaning and detailing supplies and a second for general items.

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I've never been a woodworker, but this thread really makes me want to give it a try. :thumbup:
 
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Freejack said:
Made a folding stand for my miter saw so it can hang on the wall. Mounts to the chair rail and allows the saw to fold down for storage. Next step is to build a couple supports to hang on the chair rail cleat to support longer stock.

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Untitled by Jacob Schnarre, on Flickr


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Very valuable addition. Although I think I'll keep mine on their stands for now, this would be ideal for the chop saw with a proper backsplash
 
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Growlertdi said:
Great garage, Love the French cleat system you have put together.
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It's turned out to be very versitle, as I am always needing to move things around, especially in a small garage with limited wall space.

Farmall450 said:
Very valuable addition. Although I think I'll keep mine on their stands for now, this would be ideal for the chop saw with a proper backsplash
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The stand works well for the saw, though I find myself rarely folding it up.

Jake
 
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Finally got to put the dust collector to the test, planing down some walnut with a thickness planer I'd purchased used back in December. Needed to swap out for some fresh blades, but otherwise it worked great.

The good news is that the dust collector worked great also, very little in the way of chips made it out of the planer and almost no dust or debris in the filter bag meaning the cyclone is working well.

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Untitled by Jacob Schnarre, on Flickr

First time cutting walnut that was harvested off my dads farm a couple years ago. Really like the look its giving planed up. First project is planned to be a desk for our 18yr.

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Jake
 
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