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Had some extra time waiting for finish to dry and thought I'd tackle some shop projects that had been at the back of my mind for a while.First is a drill driver bit cabinet. Wanted something closer to the drill press where I could keep all my bits and other misc tools.

A bonus is the work surface when the cabinet door is open. Cabinet is made of ¾" plywood and edged in Oak.


Next is a new stand for the sander. It too is made from ¾" ply, two layers thick, and has a drawer for storage of belts and other parts. A trick I copied from another LJ'r is to use a scissor table to lift and move the stand




How about a sandpaper caddy? A person's a lot more likely to keep fresh sandpaper when it's easy to get to. The bottom of the lid has a piece of old hacksaw blade acts as a serrated edge for tearing off a new piece.



Last is a taller dust hood for my miter saw. This new Makita saw is taller than the one it replaced and more dust piled up on top of the hood than inside. This helps keep the dust confined a bit. And when it piles up too high, I just brush it into the chute behind the saw. Someday I may fit some ramps to channel the dust into the chute.



Thanks for looking.

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Every one of those is worth it's weight in gold Joe.
I bet you get a ton of use of out all of them.
(And thanks for not doing four posts one after another. Some guys don't get the picture.)

Some mighty nice additions to your shop !
 

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Excellent use of your down time, really like the sandpaper box, but all of them look good.
 

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It's ALL good, GREAT actually!

I'm not a doctor, but I reccomend 4 out of 4!!!
 

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A door that drops down and provides more work space instead of just swinging open. hummm…...............
 

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Great job, Like the drill cabinet and the extra work area when open. The sand-paper caddy is cool as well. Did you replace the Dewalt in the pic with the Makita or the other way around? I was confusd being you said this new Makita saw. The main reason I was asking though is I'm on the fence on which new miter saw to buy. Great work.
 

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all very good and useful. I like the sandpaper caddie.
 

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Those are some great upgrades. I am a big fan of "what can make this work area better?" thinkin'. Way to go!
 

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Plus, with that drop down door, no more bits accidentally meeting the hard shop floor.
 

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Really nicely done on all or your projects, especial like the hood for the chopsaw.
 

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I'm with the other guys! Must have taken a while to dry. :)

Have you considered attatching a dust collector to the hood or is this more efficient and cleaner? I'm finding a lot of fine dust around shop now that I am sawing more indoors.
 

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All look great and very functional. I like the drill bit holder the best and may make something simular. I could really use something like that. Love the drop shoot for the miter saw to.
 

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Nice projects! I have a temp. box around my power miter saw and I ended up sticking the end of my shop vac through the side, about 3/4 of the way up from the bottom, and it cut down stray/floating a LOT.
 

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Thanks everybody for the encouraging comments.

Sorry Ken for the confusion. I had replaced a dewalt saw with another dewalt that was taller. The hood was origionally built for a makita and that was in the back of my mind.

Doc, the hood is definately not cleaner than would be some dedicated dust collection. It just corrals the dust a little better than nothing. All my dust control equipment is on the other side of the shop and I don't have a good way to plumb it over, nor have I heard of much success with mitre saw dust collection. Someone will figure that out though.

Thanks everybody for the encouraging comments.
 

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I ALWAYS feel like I'm a shop-organizational putz. I need all of these!! But then I'd just wonder where to put them! Seriously - nice work. My next project will be to build something large enough to do this while it dries!
 

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i'm setting up my shop now just taking a break and was looking at the LJ'S always amazed and pick up on good ideals love the drill cabinet going to add this to mine thanks for posting and great job on the shop add ons.the scissor table lift thats cleaver got to find one could use that for sure again thanxs for the post and pictures and like the planer stand too. the cabneits are my next big one to do looks like you did a good job on them too
 

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Thanks for sharing Joe. You gave me some good ideas. I'm always looking for good storage ideas.
 

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That sandpaper carrier/dispenser/cutter is waaay cool.
 
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