I took a little time away from plane building to add a few things to the shop that I have been thinking about for awhile. Its one of those things that you know will make the job easier but you also dont want to stop progress on the plane, so I kept putting it off. Now that its done, very pleased with the improvements. I should've done these things earlier.
This is a drawer I added to the workbench. I had some ball bearing drawer slides laying around from a past project that I was wanting to put to use. Since I dont have enough room in my small shop for a peg board to store tools, I constantly have tools laying around on the benchtop. I found a solution with this drawer. Now I can store all of my air tools and other commonly used tools and have them at my fingertips. At the end of the day, they go back in the drawer and I have a clean work space. I now have been using this for over a week and absolutely LOVE it!
Its heavy duty 2x6 and 3/4" plywood glued/screwed construction, probably a little bit overkill but I like it...it feels substantial. :)
This gives you an idea of the stuff I am storing in it. Air tools, bucking bars, cleco's, nitrile gloves, dies, paint brushes, composite mixing sticks and sandpaper.
This is a 2x6 block I created to hold my rivet gun die sets, as you can see, plenty of room to add tools as needed.
I bought some plastic scrap pieces at a local plastic supplier in Boulder. I put some of it to use to make a cleco holder. I really got a kick out of the way this turned out. It kinda looks artistic to me...I could make a poster out of this. I know, I must be some kind of dork! haha
And here is one more small holder for drill bits and countersinks. And yes, I think this looks cool too!
This is a drawer I added to the workbench. I had some ball bearing drawer slides laying around from a past project that I was wanting to put to use. Since I dont have enough room in my small shop for a peg board to store tools, I constantly have tools laying around on the benchtop. I found a solution with this drawer. Now I can store all of my air tools and other commonly used tools and have them at my fingertips. At the end of the day, they go back in the drawer and I have a clean work space. I now have been using this for over a week and absolutely LOVE it!
Its heavy duty 2x6 and 3/4" plywood glued/screwed construction, probably a little bit overkill but I like it...it feels substantial. :)
This gives you an idea of the stuff I am storing in it. Air tools, bucking bars, cleco's, nitrile gloves, dies, paint brushes, composite mixing sticks and sandpaper.
This is a 2x6 block I created to hold my rivet gun die sets, as you can see, plenty of room to add tools as needed.
I bought some plastic scrap pieces at a local plastic supplier in Boulder. I put some of it to use to make a cleco holder. I really got a kick out of the way this turned out. It kinda looks artistic to me...I could make a poster out of this. I know, I must be some kind of dork! haha
And here is one more small holder for drill bits and countersinks. And yes, I think this looks cool too! 
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