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There's always something want 10 hanger improve, Sometimes looking fox ways to make the tole Tus safer and more accurate Othe tines the goa sma ‘ngmy shop more organized and comfort ble Theres makes the tine pen inthe shop moce productive and enjoyable. “That's where thisbook comes in Inside, youl find essential information an peace tial pots top youunlock he poten- ial of your shop. ‘So whether you‘ setting up shop for the fst te o simpy improving the shop you already have his book will help you take your shop tothe nex va nally, do’ miss out on all he great ‘bonus you can in alien 9 ‘Pag: 9 ffir ut how og. =Tips + Projects + Techniques in Every Issue ShopNotes.com ORDER ONLINE shapNotesspecnlscom, 2oa cS) BS a a =) 9 4 FE va) Rall-Around Work Cart & tol oars lage waste Slant-Front Tool Cart 16 Double-Daty Table Saw Cart 22 Going Mobile 26Hardware Organizer 28 yovcansotand sre ta fice Pegboard System 32 tien opto tr Router Bt Storage System 38 ‘aati vlads eer Tos ey alos ey ase ‘ool Cabinet 44 Stacking Cutoft Bins 50 Shophetesspeiticom AirFower inthe Shop 56 Shop Vacuum Upgrades. 60 Nae your sep acum moe verte Dust Collection 62 fee hes bck at hem nd eben. 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To fit in the exc, thoyrerabbeted along one edge ae on bth ends (Figure), Lose a wing cuter focal te holes fo it the handles peste a6 in igure 23. Then Just slip the handle in each hole fin pe the posts in place. “Ang the rest ofthe trans prety sraightorward. Start by Attaching the top and botom ‘Se pies Then ad the single ‘ert pice an the back ofthe crt One everthing iin pice pullout your router ard rout 8 Ne chanderon the inside edges. Materials & Hardware A. 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Each self is attached fo two of power tol work with the Sides with screws fom the ot~ cart so net, added a power tom. The face & rabboted along stip and an extension cor. This secescs onthe ends the bottom and both ends to way youl always have an out Powertip, SHES Isanted the shelves to over the self ar then assem- let handy when you ped pl, Adding power bebigenough tohold acondles bled with glue Figures 4a and ina ander oe any other corded svip gusrantees il more Ab show how this works sized tool work on your projec fommonly used tool. To bud each of the self assembles tot did't want the Tong extension them, decided tose hardwood the sess and llached them cord tbe inthe way though sol sHockthat matched the edging, theldes withers ale added sto four lets on ‘Youltakonotice that thelower the bck wo realy wrap the cond shelves are formed bythe bottom around when i's not being use ofthecare sthefaceisonlyrab- "The cents ae havoc beta onthe ends Then ast add blocks that cutto ape pattern theshelfsides to comple them. below) andatached with sews. Cleat Pattern ssawe-1 x ¥ ue Sern UPSwoeTh east way sap thm ito dil te ho etlshing the au aed then eevee wast at ean ew ian sts Th rt whe qt bton ty oem but Sorel any once he dave te ec th nde when ium tee w chow extn mma su wus cometng bat {Dalal he ed Tote the Nerdy cote ek ‘Oem page Tomo th asters, ost sendin ithe bint top Then you can pall rok the ge srs needed tei ein pae. The ptt owe gt ges you aren nowt nor Te ing tokesp nmin he at hey ed Femewte a he pred br ‘mand nt teeing Tent se theese pace auton othe tps a wieeseamoer pecs of MDF glued and screwed together wi a hardboard top ct bath pices of MDF and the ‘out changing the fence sting, to make sure they were all Hen teal. Then, I lne up the MDF panels, clamped them together, Replaceable Top Option Replasale Top. Sethe op lsc alo of wear you may want te repos the Parcboard, To mate ths eae eis hle touch ‘the MUFajerssoyoucan pop et theo piece when its timefora ‘henge Then jt ettach the herdboord wth deulesided tape ShopNotespctalscom dR, ENDVIEW -@ | and dalled holes for the screws Finally added ghaeand fastened the pines together Sean yh a ite top on on jas secure in place with doublesded tape. As Yyousseinthe bor below, thisisa Simp pon for making tesser toeplace iit gots damaged, ra BANE, Nest [ade hardwood edging to match the ‘ase, miterng tft around the top. The ggg i ghond place and protects he MDF from da agethat ean ocurin the shop. Filly Latah he top tthe cise with srewa fromthe ride T pei the oes and used ong, crews though the double ayers ‘of plywood into the MDF tombe sure the top stayed cureSimple, Sturd hae Youcansechow wel the carts gong tbe now thatthe op and "whorlsare tached thea fon ofthe drawersiswhat ally rakes the cara mst have er for your shop, And bull the drawer fr tough. Thay i ferent siz, but thoy ll built vag the same technique ‘QTMG HES. The igh ae the same for each sie-y-side pair of drawers. So the esset ‘way ocutoutthe pars isto work. fom one pirat me. Tis Wa you can se the same table aw Fence cting to make sure You « FRONTTBACE 085 “To keep the parts from geting nixed up Tabeled och pce. MEE The net step I o cut thetangueand dado jintoneach of the drawer pisos. Since De rowers wil be holding It of ‘weight I decided to couniesink ees in the sides to reinforce the point The jarery © mostly to belp with alignment during sssemby You only need 2 Square tongue and matching ‘ade so you cancut hem with standard blade on the tables: ‘he technique for cutting ths Joint is show inte box othe bottom ofthe oppeite page. ‘Once you've completed the tonge anc dado joinery. put a ado bade in the sae and cat the groove that will hol the plywood drawer bottom, Ther {oucanci the bottomsto se "SEHR Now that you've fe Ise cuting the pices, You can ‘gin assembling the deawers “One thing tokep mind here {sto make sure the screws won't bin the way of the groove oul cat to hold the bande. This ‘groove will make tom for the SemcUesworfale front and handle asembly ‘And. the groove goes Uough both the sides aed the front, 50 the denen need to be seer bl before making this cut (Guo andscrews areal takes to complete the drawers. When they’reall semble, you can go bck othe table sve and se a aco bla to cut the 3 groove inthe frof each deawee ASE FHS AND ORE PLS. 1 chose an extruded aluminum ‘drawer pul to give the deaw fe the lok ofa mechanics tol ‘het The luminum comes in Tangs 50 ou neetocut each pce 10 fit the drawer. You can atthe alminam witha carbide tipped blade on the table saw ‘With dhebandles tached, the fase fronts are sized 50 ther’s fan even, gap around each ‘Sawer. The fle foot and han lleasembiy its into the grooves {you cit in the drawers arin fad attaches with screws: Keep ining tht the false fronts ae Drawer Joinery 1 bef up the stength of each rane an ake sure they could are tne weight of my heaver power bol, | asembled them wih sos. A tongue and dado joint Rebs keep the dave pices lgned eg assem. “he nee thing about ths jont ic that you can cut both parts at ‘the tbls sow with a stondord blade. Using the miter gauge, ‘aut the shallow cadoes in the ‘Se pes, shown in detail {1 ght T form the tongue on ‘theron and back youl needto 24d an aula fence andsideit ret tthe blade, Use the miter Gauge again to mate the cuts on both enis of each piece (detail "B), Than tail and counter sink ls for the scews, ad 2 Tle gli, and assemble them Bo" ise Frame FALSE FRONT rot centered on the drawers, but ‘oveilap the divider Figure 7). Now, all you need to do apply a finish and mount the “dawer sides. Fora pon instal ing drawer sles, checkout the (Online Extras Then Tod up the ‘tan patito work SRR ME, Lage Drawers With fulrextension sides anda vanity of Se, these eras ll hold anything you nee,= Slant-Front Too! Cart Store a shopful of tools and keep them right where you need them with this roll-around tool cartFormaterab,, supplies, Beuting dagrams, go taourwebste Shoplotes- Specials.com 8 1 stared building the toler by workingon hemainease.Asyou ‘nse inte cain above fothing more than a lange ply= ‘wood Bos that consis of 2 19p apd bottom, a pai of sides, and {bce A st of hardwood rails Aadedtothetopandbottom hides the ply wo edges and helps pre- ventthe cat rom racking. START WITHTHE SIDES ‘To hewp everything aligned, the topand totem fitintodadoes cut Ino the sides of he case Figure 2) Take time to ens the good face ofeach plywood side faces ‘ut before cuting the dadoes “Once the dasces ar ca, you can tri the front comer of each Siletocrentethe slant fet Fist, made a rough cut with ny jig swt emevemostof the was ‘Then I clamped a straightedge in place and used a handheld rear a taght bit to trim the edges perfectly straight and square you plan on building {be upper oa chest shown the ‘main photo on page 16 (Featured fs an Online Eta) or adding 2 Shino’ 8 good ine to dl ‘pair of shelf pin holes nea the Aopof each side igure2), uo Sone NG. To protect the ywood Lode handwoodedsy fg the front are tp of each side igure 2) lean be tick to Sccursy damp the edging along, the lane a the ple des So use ‘masking ape to temporary hold iti place instead. Then to tim the edging Hush, check out the ‘box on the cpposite pageADD THE TOP & BOTTOM Nex, you san tum your ate tin othe op and bottom ofthe cart Thayne cat to length to it between the sides Bat beforect tingthem to width, you ned © sccnunt fora couple things vO ve OMAR i he top and totom haveatongucut alin the Font and back edges ‘Thesetongusfit ino groovescut setoras athe top an baton of ‘be ot Figures Ieand 1). The sale srve fro porpomae they ever up the plywond edges and help prevent the cart fom ‘aching fll aroun ‘Atthebackof te cat thers fash with the sides but eral at the fonts ncessed 4 Be se fo accu fr this when 4 ct the topand btm wid Thnct the tonguesalngench edge 'A is point I dry anembled the cart using serews and finish washers (Figues Ia and 1b). This rakes it esr to cut the front Ad back as oil length ‘There step isto cata grooxe ineach ra The groove fected lower he top ats (Fgue Te. Trimming Edging Flush Pyvoodis a grat mater to wse ary time you bul age project forthe sep, But to make ok Is best, Ike t add hardod iis 0 cover up the edges. ‘Gkingon a stip af ding sit fect fish wth both sides cane a chalege. Instead ike to ge fete edging in pace ard then vt ash wth ea face of ‘the plod. hand router and fatvtim bit make ack ‘work fhe tsk phot at rot he peblem 5 keeping the router stady. A handy Woy 10 foum a sod suppor sac for theroste sto damp the wosdes ‘ShopNotesSpcicom | Tis os a ip prevent os Sttommaltbatotety es fae clttema fh wiht upper Ia and 1D ania owtotte ‘Dir ‘micnceck Noyourced © foe uper cones cteetackioaze Fistcutts ef fease fs gurls tolengh eita oore along he \_ seme!) Seki locmpleeietad, come hanya cates A pa the ct tah gon, soe ed een es together wat spacer inbetween, echown in deta 9 “Aes rutng down one seared back un the oer, ist epeat tte proces for the other edges. You eed to fp the des and dap them back ogeterto un bee ing fush onthe other to faces.‘With heman case complet, you can rol up to your weekbench tnd stat Idi and insane, {He drawers and fale fons “As you can se abo, the cart tus five drawers, Each one sides a Tongue & Dado Joint ‘on fulkextension metal drawer slides. The type of sie T used ‘comes in two paris. One pati crowed thesdeofthecare The other is stched to the dawee But more about hat later Forno jastconcentatecn the drawers Each drawer i shal ow box witha ale font. The only ference among the dra fststhe height Al he informa ‘ion youl eed 0 complete ach rower is dete above. est be sure account forthe thickness ‘ofeach drawer side as you sze the prs. (Asin Figure db had fo acount foe 8 total of 1” — "foreach drawer slide) SUD BER. Te drvcers ate bull with tongue and dado jin cy. Yeucanrend more about is in thebox tlt After complet ing the joinery, ct groove on the inside face fal of the pars to hall a 32 hardboard bottom, sd hen asemble the drawers HSA TORS A is pont yo ready t instal the dra fs And hat mean isa he ‘worpt drawer sides. For the drawers to slide smoothly, the sides need to be instal perfectly evel and each sem UP ShorerToNA! woRK SURFACE a set needs to be nla at the ereerrw samme height. Menaring and ly ng ot the lectin of each side ‘anea hassle Instead, Tue the simple technique sown in the to below to acutely tall toch side with ese [ADD THE FALSE FRONTS (Once you’ instal the drawer slides, you're ready to compete the cart by ating «set of false fronts ike you seein Figure SNe SE HEAT. To provi clean ook you'll want to alow fora consistent gap around cach fase font For the se of the rawers in this eat a A gap looks about righ igure Sa). Thenextstepstoszeeach ake front Determining the engin isa snap, Just measure he width of your cabinet opening and sub- frst tallow fore gaps up between the false fonts. For any ear this werk out to false front hat vied in increments fT starting with 3° at the fop an ending ith?” To mabe tony tonsil the fase ee fronts started at the Bvlom of the Ge. Fint, aide thebotiom drawer — in place. Thon to ssn for ‘Nex, yout ned a determine the height of ea is front To do that start by measuring the ‘opening between the upper and lower rntraisand hen strat Ye to account for thes "gaps ‘The mensutement that ells is what you have to “vide the 3 gap, sack pir of pore nis under each end ofthe bot tom fale front Afr clamping {he alse trnt wo the drawer ou can screw tin place. Inaling the other drawers Justa materofepeting the pro fess as you wok your way up, Note: For Nore:rase rac, the last fake AUCENRUERAEENBEo front, | had dle the op two daawes outa [at s0 could get the damp in place Once that was complete, finished up by screwing a pir of pallstoeach drawer. Shop Tip: Installing Drawer Slides hen it came tne to ist the drawers in the pressor located onthe boom the tank where its if to reach Tosa the pcklem you can add an exten tothe din sale. Seme inewpensne pie ings bring the vale Out weere you can reach it mre coment 2 shown the drawingsUpgrades A few accessories will tun your shop vacuum into the Ultimate clean-up tool ‘cush-Proot Hose. This poleiyene fee. at has smth wats to maximize afi Like most woodworkers I pur chased my shop vacuum with tne purpose in mind — to sick tp strdust in the shop. Dut the truth shop vacuum can doa ‘whole atmo an that tthe Fight accessories, you can tse a stop vacaum forall sorts sks cfothin aed out othe shop, Wee lot of these aces series came inthe form of hose titacments. But before we begin Talking about these, there ‘re acouleotshop ¥ ‘oom. “upgrades” that T would investing ‘the bat ‘Sweeper Head Flipping a eves orfoners the bese for erent pes of looting law Tool. lage ‘dar too makes daring uo around the shop quack and ea, ‘The fist is a beter howe. The sf plastic hose that comes with most shop vactums fs une ‘nd ificalttomanage-I’sprone to geting kinked and cused and collapsing. on itek. And the ib thet are molded into the ee to help enforce actully impede the low of bes "The solution Isto buy a hose lke the one shown above. This hose i made ut of high-density paethylne. Its rash proof find more flesible han stacand ewes, And the inside moh, se debra paces taough i with Teschance of cogging, estofall the hose cemesin 12 ‘24 lng 0 you don’thave topull yourshop vacuum around Tein yous youcean up. The second upgrade on ny susthave” Ist new filer, Replacing the standard sse ~S eve Tok For tihe spaces, 3 crevice tol cant be best. papetclement fir with a betie Shee Take lok atthe box on eopresie page Anew hose and filter are both wort buying, even if all you verse your shop vacua frie there ar also some prety handy sttacimenis onthe marke. ‘ ATAGMNRS. The to min tools Fuse for general deanup are shown in the photo abore For mont cleanup jobs, I we & clave too. allows you to exer fay ede surface ane, buts sil -msll enought Bento moot, Space. And for sptsthatare 490 hE forthe elnw tol a crevice tool comes in handy ORR WER Alhou you cn seaclaetontosweepup debrisUniversal Adopter. Steps on thi fing silowyou to cenrect your ‘cus to mos tol, from the Ror of your shop, a Aor sweeper work faster (And ves yout back, 10, if ou Sweeper shown on the eppesite page has a “hive” Fentre By Ripping lever on top of the sreeper ead, yu can raise After awhile, you probaby power of your shop veusm, Thats becuse the pleated paper fiter oes engad with {host nd blocks the aio Gleanng the fier hes 2 le but nat rose to blow out al the ust tat packed nt the peas. Thats why | relced the stock ft fon my shop vacuum with 2 (Geaneom iter ig to, (Geant titer are made out o! Gores, 3 atrpoot eating the al lower the height ofthe heed for at ket, these attachments look By sng hose diferent types of floor surfaces. BPI. Most newer shop tols just smaller You can se ther lke the lager versions —they'e adaptor to cenrect, port bull into them. The pbs toyour computer keyboard, shop vacuum toa Tem that these dust ports ome MUO TF you've ever get dust calector inseveralsizeseoitsmotalways ten lightheaded from tying fexsy to hook up a dust calctor blow up an ae mates, hs ast for shop vactuim. That's where attachment f one that ow ‘universal adapter like the one really appreciate Is an inf ‘Shown above comesin andy ‘Oneendofthisstachment has Most shop vac a sees of sepped fings ise allow you to connect ‘Mlows youto hook up” fommast the hove to an exhaust Power tols without having 0 port on the vacuum in onder sea dedisted hoe iting, ‘MRO TOL For delicate lea ing obs, a mic tol Kit works an use your shop vacuum |r Asyoucamsseinthe photo bw up most infatble items Micro Tot Kit. These ico tok realy istscale-down versions of rger shop “acum attachments Finer Filters imate thats used on some these ites work 0 wel the fact tat dust parties won't dng to the Gore-Tex. $0 as {00n22 you tun the shop ve tuum of al the dust fas aay fr the iter and othe bot tom ofthe vcaum enter ‘onsream fiers ae 0 made tHE (high Eficeney Pane Arete) standards. 50 they remove 99.97% ofl ust parties dam to03 microns in Sie. Fer sours, se page 9, tornazie (photo a right), How ae By puting ths iflator te ober end ofthe hose, you Yiu may not have a nee for nflatr Nozle alloftheltackments mentioned! Using ths nor, hove. Bataddingevena ew ean _YoUCdn hn yout improve the verily of your shop vacuum to Shp vacuum anal help you keep 99 ator seleaner shop, s well No More Paper Fiters. Because the materi wed in this CkanStram ltrs wero, you cn dean by srayng eof wits 2 garden he.7 Super Accessories ~ Take a look at a few inexpensi guaranteed to help keep your shop cleaner Inashep filled with power machinery efficient dust lesions moe than juss convenience fsa nessa. n short ond, a plans, able sav, or utr can cea small mavuntan of chips a cloud the ie ‘wih unhealthy dst, Fortunately thee are fxn aed acessories ‘ailble to hep out with ust sbout any dust calkcton challenge Herware soe fou fverix Sours foe son pags Loc-line $m the imagination of De ol find thatthe LRemote Control Cyclone When you use 9 sho for dist callin, tum your shop vacuum ino 2 itean be tempting to higheapacty, twostage colle skp the tp. Bat tor with plastic wash on ven the dust cok and a Vets Cylon Lite i . “The iden isto rout the chips and dust through the trash can where the yoni” action crested by tel separ out the 105%) Fazlok tervihenmosings dustallecion hs frm one machine is that dat ports are one ftv Te Fok Unies ctr Gown below) eal with this problem. The “telescoping” rect a4" howe 8 wide of port sizes (1) Quick-Disoonnect I you dot ej the cy of Rosine, youll bve tis qu It simply treads ia, owe and then allws ) Magnetic What do you get by sombining he strength cof rarsearth magnets sith 3 simple ds Chute? As you can we at let the answer The four raeearh ofthe V chute provide 40 Ibs. tng power This allows y securely positon itm 3 spin de sander, drill pre abe maine The teller, shop vaca hee. 622)Light Right Good shop lighting makes for accurate work without straining your eyes. _mostimporant els in shop, ime ereieel tee rakes it casero Work more accurately Even more important od ihn wakes week theshop lo safe, Wise trea tte en Neate ae ae sen) ace bta Seldandl cone on afr fw mass ee “Ta get all these Honity, there area few things you ree we Sider. The first of these is slot ing the best ight source touse luorscent Fixtures are 3 com mon choise for shops. They ‘elatively easy toinstal inepere Siveto operate and provide ood. light overa dzable area Some of the drawbacks to this ‘ypeofligiting are thatthe ight cambe soe tos make a ham ming nose, or ficker 2 bit But ost of thse problems can be Solved with a few simple steps. 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