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Have a drawer with some measuring tools next to my miter saw. Also now have 2 extra blades that required a home. As the drawer was deep enough I decided to make a false bottom that would let one saw blade side in a plastic tray at bottom, then a tray above, then finally a top tray for the original measuring tools. Sounded easy when I got started, and as usual took more time than I thought. Original set up. Lowest tray storage Middle tray storage. For the center knob I went to the lathe and used a drill chuck to make the 1/4 stem and 7/8 button to hold the blade. Easy with a lathe and results were not bad. Blade installed. Has a piece of Lexan to keep space between trays and not let the upper tray rub the saw blade. And finally the upper tray completed and installed. Have to get some foam layouts for the measuring tools all doctored up. Be a few days. Lots of other stuff to get done yet.
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In cleaning up my shop after 6 months of large projects I came across my Rikon 10 inch fence which had managed to get stuffed behind it. Sure I probably don't use it much, but is nice to have when needed. So I looked for a place to put this thing. As I am doing so I remind myself this only works if you can have it easy to get to. So in thinking about placement this was a primary concern. My friend gave me 30 or so of these magnets they use to install a diaper on the forklifts at his work. They don't like oil on the new concrete. Seems they just chunk the old ones. The new kit comes with new ones so why bother? Enter a good friend who remembers magnets are used for several things in my shop. Taking two of these I had a means to attach, but be about to easily remove, this fence holder. Perfect! Now I go to my bins and find a short piece of Kreg channel which fits the one end. Then raided the aluminum bar scrap bin and found a short piece for the opposite end. Now I have metal on both sides which the fence can squeeze and stay put. All that was left was a chunk of wood and some paint. To prevent the magnet from scratching the BS I cut to fit a piece of tape. Simple but effective. Now the fence holder itself is a fair tip. But the real tip is making good use of space, and making in this case a fence, useful because it is easy to get to and you can see it. Without being in the way.
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