My current cabinet with fence hangers front and rear (fence on back one), two large drawers, four small sliding shelves, and storage on top. Here, the table is in its lowest position and with a 14” cabinet there is only 1/4” table tube clearance on each side.
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Close-up of fence hanger and Allen wrench holder. After many trials, I found this is the best wrench location. One screw in the bottom holds it surprisingly tight. The middle hole lets sawdust drain. The fence hanger is currently a separate piece, but next time I will extend the cross piece 8” past the tube and cut a hanger notch. It needs to be high enough to keep the fence off the floor.
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Close-up of cross piece and vertical combination. It is easier to roll off the back so I have wingnuts on back uprights. In an earlier version, uprights were part of the cabinet and the Shopsmith had to be lifted up and over them to install. Now I can remove crosspiece and top cabinet bolts, pivot both pieces out of the way, and roll the Shopsmith on and off. A second advantage is that by leveraging on the far tube, an easy push down on the crosspiece will lift a fully loaded cabinet up and into position.
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Large drawer example with slots for disks and drums. There is a small cavity in back for spare sleeves and a small shelf at very top (not visible) for extra sandpaper. Design for main storage depends on what you want to store. Another option would be two long, sliding shelves. I found that stationary shelves were inefficient. Even with doors on the back, I didn’t use the back half of them. Trying to store a fence and miter gauge on shelves made them too hard to access.
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My latest favorite addition is a guard holder at the back left. When installing the saw guard, I am already bent over the back and the guard is now right there. It is much easier to install and uninstall. Because it is easy, I use it more. I found my cuts are more accurate when I don’t need half of my attention on fingers.
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