Popular Post gee-dub Posted June 2, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 We all have a list of low priority things we want to get to some day around the shop. I had wished for this one off of my list a few times during the last couple weeks but, couldn't spare the shop time to take care of it. I have a cheap little Columbia vise that has been rattling around since the dot-coms went bust. I stuck it on the end of my outfeed but, never got around to adding a jaw with a dog hole. I've been watching finish cure lately so I grabbed a piece of scrap, cut it to size and drilled a dog hole in it. I fastened it using some old screws and the existing holes in the vise jaw. Now I've got one more place to hold onto something if the bench is otherwise occupied. Wish I'd have stopped long ago and taken the 15 minutes this took. . What's on your list? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 I soon need to replace a shop cart that always seems to come in handy.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 I need to centralize the most used tools in one spot close to my bench, instead of in 5 different cabinets in 5 different places. I've already begun building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 I also never seem to find the time to clean out my drawers . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassAct Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Every try to cook a three-course dinner in someone else's run-down kitchen? That's where I'm at right now, trying to build a project in my FIL's shop. There is so much calibrating, maintenance, and organization that it's overwhelming. Right now I'd settle for a planer with parallel, sharp blades or a miter crosscut sled. So many jigs and cabinets needed, so little time and money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted June 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 51 minutes ago, ClassAct said: Every try to cook a three-course dinner in someone else's run-down kitchen? That's where I'm at right now, trying to build a project in my FIL's shop. There is so much calibrating, maintenance, and organization that it's overwhelming. Right now I'd settle for a planer with parallel, sharp blades or a miter crosscut sled. So many jigs and cabinets needed, so little time and money. My deepest sympathies. I am currently trying to help dad out in his shop . . .. at least I think his shop is still out there under all that junk that's piled on literally every flat surface except the washing machine lid; because it has to open. I would have never given him that drill press table if I had known it was only going to give him more flat space to clutter up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 I also never seem to find the time to clean out my drawers . Try OXYCLEAN to take those stains right out! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted June 4, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Back when I would pickup just about anything that was a good deal I came across a bag of 1/4" bullet catches without strikes for a buck or two. I use them for my bench dogs to allow them to stay put at whatever height. Another thing I did for planing really thin stock was to add a flat headed machine screw to a couple of the dogs. The steel screw recesses a bit and I have never hit one . . . yet. This lets me hold stuff like so. So, after all that blah, blah . . . what I am trying to say in this post is that I did the same for the little add-on vise on my assembly/outfeed table. I didn't know I could go on so much about so little . . . OK, maybe I did know that 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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