I have been woodworking for the last 30 years or so. Over the years, I've created a few gizmos are are IMHO pretty cool.

Let's see what you got too.

Here's the first item... The Bench!
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I designed/built this myself. A back-splash keeps items rolling off the back. Two layers of MDF for flatness and also, replaceable. I can unscrew a layer and put on a new one easily if it gets damaged. Heavy duty to stay put, but there's wheels on the back. To move, I have a hinge mounted on the front of the bench. The board laying in the front has the mating hinge with a while at the fulcrum. I leave it detached under the bench most of the time. But, if I need to move the bench, I just put the hinge pin in and push down on the board. I can easily wheel it about (to find screws ), sweep or whatever. There's three wheels in the back: solid steel with 3/4" shaft. I believe they are rated at 600lbs each....

Under the front you can barely see kickplates (pull outs from my employers old computer room). They are just wedged in there, but it keeps anything from shooting under there if I drop something. I pulled the center out to demo the lift.

There's also an overhead fluorescent and two swing arm lamps built into the table. The white one up front has a magnifying lens attached because ... I need it

The general vice on the corner I have is a beast I picked up at a garage sale for $5.

More to come.
faz

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Power is pretty important too.

When the house was built, there was one circuit for all the lights in the basement. I added five more when I finished the basement four more to my shop. There's outlets every four feet or so with the circuits skipping over each other. So, the circuits flip from box to box A, B, C, A, B, C. So, the overhead light is the original circuit and "A","B","C" are the next three.. where's the other. That's the 220 line... I still have nothing on it, but its run to my shop ready to go.

The box with the padlock hanging off it controls all four of the circuits. Single pole multi-throw. All is disabled with one swipe and padlocked when I'm not in the shop. The kids always new better than to go playing in my shop but this gave me extra piece of mind.

The BA power strip runs across the front of my bench. Not to give me a stupid amount of outlets but to give me outlets wherever I happen to be on my bench. I really don't like mixing sharp tools and power cords draping across them. I put in child safety plugs to keep the ones I'm not using free of dust.

faz

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From Wood Magazine. Feb 1996. The drill press work table.

Finding the proper track was not the easiest thing. Most track material is aluminum. I wanted steel as IMO the aluminum is too brittle; steel has more give. Got the stuff recommended in the magazine from an electrical contractor supply house.

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faz

Here's another few...

The Router Spindown Block. The simplicity is comical but it works really well. I bored a hold in a piece of 2x6.

When I'm using my router for hand operations I always a problem with "what to do with a the router after the cut". The bit takes a few seconds to spin down. This is a place to set the router down during the final moments of spin down. It also allows the router to be set down a flat surface without having to lay it on it's side.

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This is a Sandpaper Cutter I made out of a few pieces of scrap steel. I put a square edge on it to sharpen the cut. It's a mini- paper guillotine... just the size of the 1/4 sheet sander I have. I lay the paper down on a white area (an old sheet of sticky paper guides the size and gives a little bite to hold in place. I pull out the paper, lay it to the edge of the white set the sander on top to hold it down and pull the handle. Perfect exact cut every time and it's very quick.

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faz

I've been woodworking for about 30 years. I WAS going to create a thread about projects, but given the responses on this thread there does not seem to be interest.

Projects include:
Step stools
Toys for kids
Small boxes for the wife
Futon
Bunk Beds
Book Cases
Cabinets - these look pretty sweet as I used a mission style with dark stain
Twin cabinet/wainscot around fireplace... this was cool too as the panels in the wainscot are held in by velcro so all the wires can run in chases behind.
Many shop jigs/tools
Many frames

Advanced restoration
My old desk as a kid was solid pecan but one of the legs was broken in an evil way during a move. I had to rebuild the legs and the table framing.
Old oaktop table had big checks/gouges. After I fixed the structure, I inlaid a few dutchmen into the top to cover the damage.

Hmm. after seeing all this written down. I think I'll start that thread w/pics
faz

Well "mission" is what I call it
I'll toss some pics out there... you can be the judge.

Here's someones thoughtful comparison.
http://www.amishoutletstore.com/blog/shaker-vs-mission-styles/

faz

Thread created

More pics to come.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/woodworking-projects-share-your-craft#post-3471515

faz

This is my router table.

The top is straight from Rockler but the rest I built from 1" plywood. I added the dust collector frame myself (it's a tin can).

Power is supplied to the table via a safety switch on the side; supplies power from a long cord. The whole thing is on casters so it can get stashed out of the way or brought into the center for large pieces of wood or access to the dust collector.

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