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Projects:  Shop Assembly Table, Mobile Cabinets, and Wall Cabinets
2006

Early on in the process of developing my workshop, I came across several ideas for custom-designed work and storage spaces.  The assembly table is made up of two 2' x 4' maple slabs sitting on top of birch ply cabinet frames.  The table served as the outfeed table for my former table saw, which is why two miter slots can be seen in one of the tops.  The cabinet frames, in turn, have open spaces underneath, inside which any number of different tools or other mobile pieces can be stored.  I built two drawer cabinets on casters that fit nicely within two of the four spaces; the other two spaces have housed numerous tools on wheels.  Not shown here, I have finally settled on using the two side "cubbies" for my two shop vacuum systems.  

In addition to the assembly table and storage cabinets, I also designed and built two wall-hanging cabinets that sit on french cleats above several tools and my off-cut bin.  The cabinets span a total of 8' along the wall.  The open shelf along the bottom of the cabinets is especially handy for storing items that are used frequently or need to be quickly accessible.

assembly table front

assembly table left

assembly table right

shop wall cabinets

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