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Not long ago one of the wood magazines had an air station and while I haven't built that yet it did give me an idea. At the time I did think about making the whole station and might at a later date. Well with a lot of modifications. The more mechanical tools will remain in the two tool boxes where they are. I might want to mount the larger finish nailer in the cabinet just below yet this year.... I'll be thinking about that.

I'm pretty much free lanced the plan. You can see the whole thing here:

http://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/air-tool-station/

This is phase one for me:
What was really nice was that our Menards store was clearing out all those connections I needed. Now I wish I had taken them all.

I drilled a pilot hole of 7/16" then tapped with a 1/4-18 pipe tap. The connectors were then screwed in place.

Ed

Gee, Ed you are really equipped! Nice collection and very nice organization, Congratulations!

I've started on my next level, as in the lower cabinet door, and am out of the air connectors. I had gotten a good deal on them at Menard's when they were closing that version out. Didn't really look at what replaced them.

So it turns out the replacements have a sealant on the thread, cool. BTW if you get the harbor freight ones it a bear to get the tape off of them, not so with the Menard's version. Price as I recall is about the same, the Menard's ones are $2.49 and 11% off right now.

Here is a picture so you can see how it looks:
No plans to use it for anything but storage at this point so I can not confirm how well it works. It does screw into the wood easier.

Ed