Mark V Accessory Shelf

island · Post by **island** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:19 am

I had a large shop and plans for an accessory tool shelf, I thought I would never need. I've now down sized to a smaller shop and am rethinking that tool shelf but I cannot find my plans. Of course Shopsmith will sell me one since they no longer give away the plans. Does anyone have a set of the old plans which Shopsmith gave away for years? And is the shelf worth while? It kinda looks like it might get in the way.

THOMRIDER · Post by **THOMRIDER** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:42 am

I built one for my Shopsmith by looking at pictures on the internet then just laying all the parts out on the board where I wanted, I changed the arrangement slightly from the Shopsmith version but not much. I just used a 2x6 for the board then lag screws to attach it to my legs. It is worth putting one on so everything is right there no searching for anything and I have not found it to get in my way. Just collects a lot of saw dust. So I try to keep it clean so I can see all my accessories.

Good luck.

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:17 am

Are you referring to a shelf that mounted under the bench tubes for storing parts and supplies, or are you referring to a wall-mounted shelf for storing SPTs such as the band saw, belt sander, jointer etc? I'd be interested in seeing some ideas/photos of what folks have come up with for storing SPTs on a wall.

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:55 am

The only plans like that I have is this one.

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eagleta2 · Post by **eagleta2** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:07 pm

I had the accessory shelf on my 500 for about 15 years. I gave it to my dad when I sold him the 500 and upgraded to a 510.

I liked that the accessory shelf held most of the accessories that I needed. I added a slot to hold another saw blade.

I didn't like that I kept knocking my shins on it though. I initially missed it until I built a custom cabinet that takes up the space beneath my 510...

The custom cabinet holds a lot more stuff...and also offers a home for all or my spt's.

Here is a link to that thread. http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthr ... ht=storage

Hope this helps
Geo

wa2crk · Post by **wa2crk** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:24 pm

I put my stuff on a wall.

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Bill V

joedw00 · Post by **joedw00** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:56 pm

All I could find was this Shopsmith Accessory Shelf. It has some dimensions on it. At one time I had a PDF. but can't find it. I will keep looking for it.

MikeG · Post by **MikeG** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:51 pm

joedw00 wrote:All I could find was this Shopsmith Accessory Shelf. It has some dimensions on it. At one time I had a PDF. but can't find it. I will keep looking for it.

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MikeG · Post by **MikeG** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:12 pm

beeg wrote:The only plans like that I have is this one.

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Here is a Sketchup model of it from the 3D Warehouse.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=5456c677053eed5a5d865ccd884a3234&prevstart=0

I revised the plans to replace the doors on the backside with a fixed piece of pegboard. That gave me nice area to hang clamps, table inserts, and saw blades.