Storing support legs and connector tubes

[rkh2]

Just a quick FYI. I work part time at Home Depot and the brackets in this link are available for 2.99 for a pair of them.



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[a1gutterman]

Thank you for the heads up, Ron. I will definitely go check them out. Do you know where they are made?

[flashbacpt]

Fellow SS Owners,
Many years ago, I was getting pretty frustrated with not having any place to store all the SS parts and accessories. My four walls in the garage were/are already filled up. My frustration maxed out when I purchased the connector tubes, tables, and crosscutting sled. I just had to come up with "something" because I was now running out of floor space.
The answer came to me when I was looking at my "Four Walls"! I decided to build, out of scrap wood, a torsion table top, with "four walls" on wheels! One wall holds my cross cutting sled, another holds my connector tubes, tables,etc., the third wall holds all my saw blades, and finally the fourth wall is "open" to hold my lathe accessories, fence accessories and anything else that will fit in the opening.
The below pictures taken during the construction phase only shows three sides of the unit. The side not seen is the saw blade side. The torsion top now holds my Jointer, Belt Sander, and Strip Sander, and still has enough space for one or two more tools. The entire unit can be easily moved around because it is on wheels.
I also built a second cabinet on wheels, using basically the same method,.....torsion top, on wheels, and room for future "purchases", that consists of drawers, and currently holds my bandsaw.

My scrap wood was put to good use, and my space problem was somewhat solved!

Best to All!
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[georgek1]

To FlashbacPT, I sure did like your idea of a roll around cart because of limited space in a 2 car garage. I get half and the car gets the other. I have arranged for all of my tools to be mobile to allow for rearranging to different work configurations for specific projects. I would like to send pictures to this forum for ideas and comments and I would like to include them like you did for the roll around. My question is, how did you add the pictures to get the larger size and include them in the thread instead of as .jpg files attached?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
George

[flashbacpt]

George,
I just hit the "paper clip icon" in the header, next to the white smiley face. This allows you to select your computer files by hitting the Browse button to find your images. From there, you select your photos and then Hit the Upload Button.

Each photo will then be listed. When finished, hit the paper clip icon again, and select "attach". You will be good to go.

Just make sure that your photos fit the requirements that are listed. I had to reduce the resolution before I could attach the photos as the resolution was too high.

Best of luck!

FlashbacPT

[rkh2]

Tim
In response to your question about where are the brackets in the link made, unfortunately I checked that out today and as you may have guessed - China. Also it says they are good for a weight of 20 lbs.

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flashbct

I like your roll around carts for storing your SS accessories. I have a couple of tables I built using scrap wood for mine, but presently they are not on wheels. That will happen as I get my shop organized.

[a1gutterman]

Tim
In response to your question about where are the brackets in the link made, unfortunately I checked that out today and as you may have guessed - China. Also it says they are good for a weight of 20 lbs.

Thanks for finding that out for me. I will still go look at them. Maybe I can devise something similar...

[dusty]

WHAT? You'd copy something made in China. Isn't that beneath you?

[a1gutterman]

WHAT? You'd copy something made in China. Isn't that beneath you?

Just getting even, dusty, just getting even.

[curiousgeorge]

Just one more storage option. I opted for the closet type (wire) shelves because they wouldn't collect dust like solid shelves and the clothes rod holder would handle the aux. tables and legs. I think I will add a third rod holder for the middle to keep from bending the pole.