back in the saddle

[durango dude]

got up Saturday ---- ran some errands ---- then walked into my garage-based shop and thought "dang - I ought to make something"

Looked around some --- noticed that my sand paper is not very organized ---- so got out a bunch of scrap wood that I cut out of some wooden planks - and made myself a sand paper organizer.

Nothing fancy --- just enough to do the job.

Fun part --- cutting dado cuts into the sides, so the plywood shelves fit.

Took a couple of hours of dinging around (could have done it in 30 minutes - but decided to be thorough).

End of the day --- the sand paper is organized.

Sorry - no photos, at the moment ---- but man it felt good to get something done.

[Bill in Buena Park]

Glad to hear it, and looking forward to seeing a photo. I keep thinking about making one, and don't think I have room anymore for more than this plastic folder organizer thing I got from Sears, so would like to see your design.

I walked into the shop yesterday and said, "dang, I oughta clean this sty up" - but then just created more mess by cutting bowl blanks from some fresh camphor root (yes, root - about 12in diameter!) I just inherited. Whole place smells like I used Vicks as a surface protectant. But MAN are my sinuses clear!

[gerti]

Yes, sand paper organizer photo please!

12" camphor root? Once you are done looking forward to seeing photos from the finished bowl(s) too, Bill!

[durango dude]

not pretty ----- shadows make it look funky ----- it is square.

Everyting from a pallet that I grabbed in the back of a local furniture store.
(Ikea-type furniture).

[gerti]

That looks very handy!

[bmyers]

Good for you. I think that's the best sand paper organizer I've seen in a long time. Mine is buried in the shop..

[Bill in Buena Park]

Looks good! I could free up a drawer full of boxes of sanding disks with one of those mounted on the wall...

[capncarl]

Good idea. That is a good granddaughter project. I'll keep that in mind! My sandpaper is scattered all over the place. Could you describe the bottom and top pieces?
capncarl

[durango dude]

The planks on the wooden pallet were 3"

I joined the planks together with a 3/8" piece of scrap ---- you can see by the grain that it's some really cheap pine ----- but it did the trick. (the structure of the pallets was pine lumber).

The top and bottom is just scrap pine.

I was going to rabett the back and put some plywood on it - but everything's open, right now. (you'll see the "bottom" is about 1/8" shorter).