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mgdesigns wrote:Man, you must be one heck of a fisherman! That's a lot of tackle.

This reminds me of a cub scout that was going around with his Mom selling popcorn. I over heard him say "he must really like coffee". The open garage door was reveling my vast collection of coffee cans that I use for storage. I grabbed a few cans and made an educational experience of it. When he grows up I'm sure he will have a collection that rivals mine.

BTW we did order some popcorn and it was great.

Ed

fredsheldon wrote:So Ed,

I assume you are going to load all your heavy stuff in the lower tubs and the feather pillows and stuff in the tops ones And watch out for those cracks in the floor as you are rolling it around. Nice work and great photos of your progress.

It is really quite stable. The area where it was sitting for the pictures is no where near level so that was the first test. It has all interlocking joints so it feels very solid, and like it is one piece. It is in service in the garage now and so far it moves very nicely.

Ed

berry wrote:I'm pretty interested in how you adapted a router table to the SS. It appears you took 'someone's' existing table plus insert and added SS Rail Front & Rear Assemblies. Is that correct? Or did you build the table from scratch and add the SS rails? In either case why not use a conventional split router fence? Anyway I wondered if you post more info, when you get an opportunity. Thanks.

The router table was part of a package I got from Jointech. They supplied the table/inserts/base plate and I purchased the 520 hardware from shopsmith.

I used the fence that I used to show how it can be done using the shopsmith rip fence. It is a cheap method where as the jointech or incra systems tend to run up the $$ and in this case would have added nothing to the process.

If you want more information on the Jointech system I have reviewed it here and a search should bring it up. BTW I have not checked lately but they too were having a problem staying in business and I do not know if they survived.

Ed

Another day another shelf.

This one is slightly larger so I could double up on these tool boxes

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Then of course the shots of the shelf loaded so you get an idea of what it would look like.

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That shelf is now in the garage and loaded up. Took from 8:30 this morning until 8:00 tonight for the build and rearranging and I'm not even done yet, for the night yes, for the job no.

This will of course be the ending here in this post unless people have questions or comments.

Ed

berry wrote:I'm pretty interested in how you adapted a router table to the SS. It appears you took 'someone's' existing table plus insert and added SS Rail Front & Rear Assemblies. Is that correct? Or did you build the table from scratch and add the SS rails? In either case why not use a conventional split router fence? Anyway I wondered if you post more info, when you get an opportunity. Thanks.

My shopsmith 520 router table came from Shopsmith. Come to think of it I haven't used it in years. I may have to drag it out and consider where it might be better off. Jim

I'm not sure but I think you got more invested in tool boxes than I do in tools.

Seriously I often buy tools that come in a molded plastic box that I usually throw away. I tend to store stuff in drawers keeping like tools and accessories together.

When I do a job outside the shop I place everything I will need in a five gallon bucket and take that to the job site.

How do you store your things? What exactly do you have in these tackle boxes and how do you use them? What about offsite jobs?

Just curious.

Ed in Tampa wrote:I'm not sure but I think you got more invested in tool boxes than I do in tools.

Seriously I often buy tools that come in a molded plastic box that I usually throw away. I tend to store stuff in drawers keeping like tools and accessories together.

When I do a job outside the shop I place everything I will need in a five gallon bucket and take that to the job site.

How do you store your things? What exactly do you have in these tackle boxes and how do you use them? What about offsite jobs?

Just curious.

I don't store my things. I keep them with me at all times. I certainly do not put them in tackle boxes.:)

Ed Reible: Great job. But I am curious. Do those go in your garage. They look to be way too tall - 7' or greater.

Dusty, How high are ceilings in your garage? Mine are 8' 9" Jim

fjimp wrote:Dusty, How high are ceilings in your garage? Mine are 8' 9" Jim

Jim, they are higher than I thought:o. I had to go measure them. They are 8' 10" at the low point.

dusty wrote:Jim, they are higher than I thought:o. I had to go measure them. They are 8' 10" at the low point.

I had a feeling that might be the case. I have one 8' high cabinet built into my shop. I can place a box on top of it so figured you may be surprised at the garage height. Hey look at all of that extra storage space you have. Jim