Revolving Tool Station

Hey, that’s pretty cool! Excellent idea.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Nice use of space. very inventive.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Great use of space. Oh the joys of having a small shop, we have to be creative.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

That is a very cool idea. Have you tried using all the tools, and if so is there something that you would do differently? Again, nice work!

that’s brilliant! What a wonderful use of space and everything you need is right there! Very cool

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

sIKE that is a nice tool station. It keeps these tools organized and out of the way. It makes excellent use of corner space which is usually under-utilized. While I have lazy susans in my kitchen I just haven’t considered putting them in my shop. Nice idea.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Perfect inspiration.

-- Jiri

sIKE, that looks good. I saw this in that magazine and do want to build one, thought it would be a great place for a pen turning set up once i get a mini-lathe.
Thanks for the tips.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

I can see one of these fitting nicely in the corner of my shop. Consider this one pilferred.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

You’ve really got me thinking about doing this. Nice job!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

That looks pretty sweet. Have you tried all the tools yet? Is the top stable enough when using a long board on the drill press?

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

I havent tried a long board yet. I want to build a small Drill Press table for it. The plan long term is to get a full sized drill press and that will deal with the long stuff and I can keep the bench top one for a second setup during my projects. If I had enough space I would get a second TS for the same purpose.

In the interm the cabinet is on the heavy side and is very stable, but I can pull it out a bit from the wall to allow me to run loger boards, that is the plan atleast. The under cabinet storage is great I have my routers, jig saw, and plate joiner all up underneth there.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

I saw this in shopnotes. I subscibe, it sure looked like a good idea to me, but it seemed to me that it would get hung up on that bottom pipe fitting. You know after turning it don’t you have start turning it back the other way. Does it ever get stuck? mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Never gets stuck the pipe is just there as a pivot point, it keeps the turntable from flying off and keeps it centered. It is just like a lazy susan. OTOH the bottom shelf will make you nervous when the missing quarter is in the center back of the cabinet.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Excellent! I think this will be a sooner than later project for me. Nice creation.

-- "Knowledge is King! It is never too late to learn something new." - Jim

This is just a way cool idea. I don’t think i have ever seen any thing like it.

-- Chris

THATS cool…Ill have to get that book, cause I got the same situation and I have to be mobile or collapsible.

-- If you can't build it, code it. If you can't code it, build it. But always ALWAYS take a picture.

Thanks, it is a great little addition my shop it gives me great tool density for the foot print.

I have a small follow-on project for this guy. I am going to mount a double gang electrical box near the center on the top and run the wire down the center of the pivot pipe and drill out a hole in the bottom space run it though some conduit to the side of the cabinet and punch out on the other side to my wall outlet. I will then be able to organize the mess of wires I currently have on top off the carousel and not have to keep plugging/unplugging the tools.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"