Getting ready to retire

wrmnfzy · Post by **wrmnfzy** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:00 pm

I'll be retiring soon and plan on getting back in the workshop on a regular basis. Question - Since I plan on making and updating necessary jigs, does anyone have a good system for storing them. The couple I have seem to take up more space than they should. Any help would be appreciated.

wa2crk · Post by **wa2crk** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:08 pm

If you find a good method let me know!!:D
Bill V

wrmnfzy · Post by **wrmnfzy** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:28 pm

As a former 26 I'll be sure to...........

woodburner · Post by **woodburner** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:16 pm

UUUMMM..... A drawer or cabinet? Don't know what kind of jigs your talking about. Need more details.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:48 pm

Some folks hang them on a wall.

wrmnfzy · Post by **wrmnfzy** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:34 pm

Cross cut sled; finger joint jig, etc. One long wall in the work shop is brick with a single and double door, two have a lot of cabinets covering the surface and third is where the SS sits with upper cabinets above it. I'm thinking I might be reconfiguring my cabinets.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:37 pm

Maybe you can fasten furring strips to the brick wall. Then you can fasten (screw or nail) boards or plywood to the strips. Then after screwing "L" hooks (often called right angle hooks) you can mount the jigs from the hooks through holes in the jigs.

burkhome · Post by **burkhome** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:49 pm

Make your first project after retirement a 40' x 60' pole barn and storage becomes a moot point...at least for the first year or so.

backhertz · Post by **backhertz** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:33 am

I had a 15' x 18' addition added to the rear of my garage with a cathedral ceiling being there is a bedroom above the garage. Finally at a point myself in setting it up as all the bedroom furniture stored in the shop is back on the second floor that was finally finished. It is far smaller than I thought it would be. <smile>

Realizing I may have to get rid of any non-essential things. I have seen master woodworkers have 40' x 40' shops or the best master worker, a 90 year old man in a 10' x 10' shop after he retired to Florida and built a shop next to his prefab home. He simply used every square inch he had. But he didn't have a Shopsmith. He had a lathe, a 14" bandsaw, and a lot of smaller tools. He belonged to a woodworkers club where everyone shared & helped each other out.

holsgo · Post by **holsgo** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:32 am

I hang them all on walls up high. I use probably the top 2 feet of wall space for the less used jigs like the taper, sled, bridle joint etc. if I need them I just go up there and unhook them. The one jig that is always right next to the table saw is the panel cutting jig.