January 1, 20179 yr Popular Post Getting tired of banging my legs against a tool chest I don't even open up anymore. Sooo, it, and a few other items will either be removed from the shop, moved to a different spot, or... Tossed into a drawer in a chest of drawers I still need to cobble up, out of pine. There is an old dryer down there, right now covered in boxed up toys..er..TOOLS. Thinking I can have a couple kids with strong backs (leaves me out) to haul the old dryer out of the basement, andoff to the salvage yard ( they can spend the $9.60 at McD's) They can also haul the Tool Chest #1 upstairs. I'll clean it out, air it out, and call it a walnut Hope Chest. I intend to move the power tools to the north bench, where the plane till is. Plane till and the brace till will take their place at the end of the work bench, where an old dresser sits. Now, what will go where the dryer was? Well, how about a 5-6 drawer Chest of Drawers? I can stash all kinds of items in the drawers. Might even have some storage on the top? Will need to set some blocks down on the floor, to keep the dresser's feet dry. Chest of drawers won't be anything fancy....just a place to stash shop items. The Tills are being moved, due to a water line that goes overhead. Sound like a plan?
January 1, 20179 yr You are on top of it, at least until the next rust hunting trip comes up and the extra space goes POOF! Edited January 1, 20179 yr by Fred W. Hargis, Jr
January 1, 20179 yr Author A plan is good until the first play from scrimmage.....or...something like that.
January 1, 20179 yr What about the shop cat and his chair...will in remain in place? You know how grumpy cats can get when you force change on them... Looking forward to the remodel follow-a-long...ONCE YOU'RE CLEARED BY THE DOCTOR!!!
January 1, 20179 yr Hey Steve, we always see a few area of the shop, but never as a whole in an image or a couple images, I can't remember, do you have any direct outside vents to that shop or a window at all, and if not, would you be able to install any?
January 1, 20179 yr Author I closed out one window, to allow a dryer vent a way out of the house. I have one other, small window..that I can not open. That is about it.
January 1, 20179 yr 11 hours ago, steven newman said: Might even have some storage on the top? We both know that space will be filled before the re-model is finished! BTDT! John
January 2, 20179 yr 21 hours ago, steven newman said: I have one other, small window..that I can not open. Does it provide some light at least? Just curious is all Steve, absolutely no reason for my questions other than curiosity.
January 3, 20179 yr Author Ok, we NOW have a few pictures of what is going on down in the shop.... This is the dryer that just has to go away. Kind of cramped in there, as well. I had thought about a saw till on top of the new chest o'drawers, but...there are a few things in the way... A Gas Meter, for one. The old window now has a dryer vent. Had to add the vent as there wasn't one before.. I may add a rack on the side of the new chest, to stash those clamps. The saw till will just have to hang around a little longer.. No, that plywood panel is not a window, that is a crawl space opening. Now, about that Tool Chest.. Junk seems to just find this spot. I intend to empty it out, clean it up, and it becomes a Blanket/Hope chest for someone. The "bench" behind it is called the North Bench. Home to the brace and the plane tills. And a grinder. I intend to move the tills over to this spot.. With these three amigos taking the tills place. I'll need to add a power strip to the North Bench, so I do not have to drape a cord over my workbench. the drawer? Can stay just like that, for now. There is a very crowded space, that needs to be re-arranged, somehow... Now IF you look against the wall, on either side of the mitre box station, there are some wide spaces sitting empty. Would like to bring the mitre box out where I can use it better. I can stash the Tool chest #2 under the lathe's bench. Or, slide it against the wall between the router table and small Bandsaw. Which leaves this item.. Some of these items will find a space in a drawer. Might just fold this bench up, and save it for outside work? Will need a spot for the fixed sanding center... BTW....I even dragged out a pen and a sheet of paper today! I needed to draw a plan for the new chest of drawers. Been a long time since I've had to do THAT... Will post that up in wood working section,,,,for now. ( how many tools can you identify in those pictures?)
January 3, 20179 yr 33 minutes ago, steven newman said: BTW....I even dragged out a pen and a sheet of paper today! I needed to draw a plan for the new chest of drawers. Been a long time since I've had to do THAT... Sketch-up single cell just went 2.0 I think you have the same problem as me..."Flat-topitis"...anything that has a flat surface immediately becomes a "storage location." I'm beginning to think we should only have curved tops on all cabinets, benches and even tool surfaces so anything placed on them will fall off. Would be forced to store properly then... Getting rid of the old dryer is the first order of business, ONCE the Dr. has said OK to go...in the meantime, work from Single-cell 2.0
January 3, 20179 yr 17 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said: I'm beginning to think we should only have curved tops on all cabinets, benches and even tool surfaces so anything placed on them will fall off. Nah... then the floor would be too cluttered to move around on, especially with a bum knee! John
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