Shop organization for those with tight spaces...

[dbhost]

DonHo gave me this idea probably 10 months ago give or take a month... I finally put it to work tonight...



The brackets and rails are the Rubbermaid heavy duty stuff from the BORG, it is screwed directly into the stud with 2" galvanized deck screws. The mount boards are 3/4" ply, with the bolt heads recessed into the bottom so that nothing but plywood touches the workbench when it is put in place... I simply take what I need down, clamp each corner, hook up power and dust collection and go to town with it... Not as involved as the Wood Magazine rack and pegboard system, but a LOT simpler, and more portable.

My reason for going this way instead of the wood magazine / Alex Franke route is the intended shed. This will be MUCH easier to move into the shed once it is up...

I do need to rearrange them though. The sander should be on bottom, the grinder on top with the planer and jointer in the middle. (less distance up and down with the heaviest machines).

[pacwind3]

Looks good, my only suggestion: turn your planer 90 degrees and use it right on the wall. I just finished a tool cabinet and that's what I did. It's mounted to full extension slides in the cabinet and I just pull it out to use it, slide it back when I'm done.

[pelligrini]

Nice use of space. Are you putting those tools on your 36" tall bench or something lower?

When I saw the pic I was wondering "why did he put the jointer on top?".

[dbhost]

The workbench... I know that will place the jointer and sander kind of high, but the universal tool stand the sander was on already had it at 34" before the base...

I am only really concerned with how the jointer is going to work on. If worse comes to worse. I will have to figure something else out... The upcoming shed will not have the current automotive repair toolbox in it, but a MUCH shorter el cheapo Stack On cart a friend is hanging on to for me... The kind with 3 drawers and a big, well door sort of.... I think it stands 30" tall, which is a mere 1" higher than the previous arrangement which worked fine for me.

[Ed62]

That's a good way to make use of space.......if your back can handle it.

Ed

[pelligrini]

You might try to pick up an old Workmate. I used to clamp my old 10" Skill benchsaw and Craftsman router table on my 502. It made for a fairly stable base and it would store easily too. I considered making bases for my benchtools with a wide cleat that would clamp in the workmate jaws.

[headhunter636]

I would think setting up the jointer way up there would be a pain, not to mention trying to run a piece of stock through it nice and square.

The house we are renting had a couple of utility cabinets already in the garage, so I put the bench toold inside the larger cabinets. I like your idea, but I don't think I have the wall space for it.

[dbhost]

If I didn't mention it above. The credit for this idea goes to DonHo. He was the first (and only other) example of this I had seen. It was a really slick and easy idea...

Yeah getting the stock into the jointer up there might be a problem...

If I have to clamp the jointer to a shorter stand, I will simply set up the folding / telescoping sawhorses to about 28", and clamp the jointer board to them... Should be plenty sturdy... The sawhorses seem to be pretty stable so far... But I haven't used them much either...