Jay Bates Inspired Mitre Station

[delboy47]

Cracking job fair do's.

 

[mcbook]

This really is great work! I think the T track is a great feature and makes it look like a professional build.

It's a great solution if you have the space but I think my garage/workshop is a bit too small and I couldn't dedicate that area to just one activity.

What was it about the drawers that was so difficult / frustrating?

 

[DuncanDesigns]

This really is great work! I think the T track is a great feature and makes it look like a professional build.

It's a great solution if you have the space but I think my garage/workshop is a bit too small and I couldn't dedicate that area to just one activity.

What was it about the drawers that was so difficult / frustrating?

When I started out making the drawers, I had no proper tools. No clamps, no set squares, no pocket hole jig, no bench to work on and a lot of what I was trying to do was repetitive so I was facing the same problems over and over each time. As time went on and I became more and more frustrated I gave in and bought clamps. And a pocket hole jig. And cleared space on the back bench. I guessed roughly each drawer took me about 1 hour to make. I had 13 drawers in total.

 

[DuncanDesigns]

Small update

Since most of my woodworking knowledge comes from google and YouTube, I wanted to have a space in the workshop where I could search for an article online or view a video without having to go back into the house. I managed to get a soundbar cheap online so thought it would work well on the underside of the shelf to provide music and tutorial audio as I am working.

I tried wiring it up to make sure it all worked. So far so good. I also made small brackets to hold it in place

The space to the right will house the computer screen. This will be raised up to eye level and have the PC placed underneath, at bench level.

I cut spacers to work out what height would work best.

I brought power up from behind the cabinets and placed a 4 gang extension to plug in all the equipment. I will use this to plug in the 1. Computer 2. Speaker 3. Screen 4. Chromecast

I decided at this point too to add a section to the underside of the top shelf as I had noticed that it was sagging slightly in the middle. Hopefully this will add some support and reduce the sag.

The screen is set into position and a panel is set into the back wall section. This will be used to hold tools further down the line. For now it just looks well!

Using Chromecast and streaming from my phone, I put on the Olympics to check everything was working. For now this is as far as I have got. Next I hope to populate the back wall with hand tools.

 

[DiscoStu]

There's some nice touches with this. I like the power sockets in the drawer and the screw storage. Has this evolved with the storage above the base units? I only ask because you've got no work tops now and originally you had 2x18mm tops plus a 4mm sacrificial top.


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[Stanleymonkey]

Looks amazing

Tomorrow - your missus will tell you that she wants to move house!