duckkisser Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 So I have been in a update the shop kick where I’m adding better surface to tables, handles on drawers, band saw blade storage, mounting dust collector ect..... I have a pile of tablesaw jigs that I use every great while but still really useful and don’t want to throw out like spline jig, table saw sled, box joint maker raised panel jig, and sacrificial fence as well as the usual table saw assessories. How do you guys store these things in your shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 I don't have a solution but I'm interested in how other people accomplish this. I have multiple miter gauges and a sled that are always in the way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Following for good solutions. Mine just get shuffled around from one space to another, as I need the space/tool they are occupying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 I seem to have the habit of putting them wherever they will be most in the way. I'll be interested in a better idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtwood Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 I put some on the ceiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 I hang a lot of them on the walls, but I'm running out of space. Looking forward to hearing other solutions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 I try to limit the number of permanent jigs lying around. I'll clamp pieces together fir a jig if that gets be by, screw them together if it doesn't. I have a crosscut sled, and a straight-line or taper ripping sled that get used a lot. My miter sled is collecting cobwebs, it may be the next thing cannibalized for materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted June 9, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 How timely! I bought a tapering jig from Rockler a while back and needed a place for it. Next to my ts is a drum sander station on casters fashioned after one that Kev made so I mounted the jig on the side of it, in full view. This past weekend marks the second time that I looked for this jig and could not find it so I improvised, only to see it the next day. I guess, at my age, I need to do a filing system the way libraries do and refer to it when I need something. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 I have a cabinet that is under the right side of my table saw and it holds my blades and small jigs and feather boards along with push sticks and grippers. On the right side of that cabinet I mounted a couple of dowels that I hang my miter gage on. My cross cut sled is the Incra Miter 5000 and it hangs on the wall about 7 feet behind my back if I am facing the table saw. Even though I have and really like the Incra sled I kept my other sled because every once in a while it is better for a particular operation. I store it in a slot that is between my outfield table and the cart my planer is on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 I'm with Mick. My walls close to the TS are full. I need to add another building just for stuff that I only use occasionally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 15 hours ago, Mick S said: I hang a lot of them on the walls, but I'm running out of space. Looking forward to hearing other solutions. Yep. My other problem is that I forget to label what I used it for and when I find it again I'm like, "OMG, what did I make that for?" ( I don't really talk like that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 12 hours ago, RichardA said: I'm with Mick. My walls close to the TS are full. I need to add another building just for stuff that I only use occasionally. I'm fortunate to have both an adjacent garage and a separate storage room that I can use for the occasionally used jigs and fixtures. 8 hours ago, Ronn W said: Yep. My other problem is that I forget to label what I used it for and when I find it again I'm like, "OMG, what did I make that for?" ( I don't really talk like that) I keep a Sharpie in my shop apron for just that. On the outfeed table are my hybrid mortising jig (so named because it has elements of the Philip Morley jig and the FW/Derek Cohen jig), my dado sled, small sled, and the white melamine protrusion to the left is my vacuum press platen that's stored under the outfeed table top. The small sled is stored under the table, the dado sled hangs above my clamp rack in the corner and the mortising fixture gets moved around so it's out of the way, usually on the opposite corner of the table from where it is now. On the wall above my sander is my veneer clamp. Above the clamp rack is a Darrell Peart drawer clamp (excellent!), my large sled, Kreg pocket screw jig, my table saw dovetail fixtures, below the sawblades is the FW Incredible Fence system (used frequently), and various odds and ends. I need to put up some panelling under the mini split so that space will be usable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 Mick, I googled before asking, what is a Darrell Peart Drawer Clamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mick S Posted June 10, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, K Cooper said: Mick, I googled before asking, what is a Darrell Peart Drawer Clamp? In the Guild build of Darell's Fremont Night Stand he shows how to build his drawer clamp. Very clever, IMO. Makes squaring the drawer nearly idiot-proof. In a nutshell, it's a horizontal platform fixed to a base that raises it up and provides clamping on 4 sides. The platform has a vertical riser that's dead-on 90 degrees. One drawer side clamps to that vertical riser, the drawer front is fitted to that, forming an L shape, then the other side is fitted forming a U shape. He then uses wedge inside the second side to push into perfect 90 degree alignment. Allows for horizontal and vertical clamping of the components. My drawer sides were within less than 1/64" front to back using it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 Now that’s cool! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swanson Jr. Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 4:23 PM, Chestnut said: I don't have a solution but I'm interested in how other people accomplish this. I have multiple miter gauges and a sled that are always in the way. More and more I have come to rely on rare earth magnets for storing things like miter gauges. They are strong as can be and allow me to store miter gauges right on the machine (I have several). So my bandsaw, table saw and router table each have a dedicated miter gauge and I stick them right on the machine or the stand. They also work great for router and table saw wrenches, collets, riving knives, and other magnetic accessories. For sleds, I don't have a great solution. Many of my smaller jigs live on top of bank of upper wall cabinets. some hang on the wall. My larger sleds seem to end up wherever I can put them where I am not constantly tripping over them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Immortan D Posted August 21, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 When I make a new jig it becomes the brightest star in my "shop" so it gets hanged in place of one of the former brightest stars, which in turn gets dumped into a storage room, never to be found again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swanson Jr. Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 9:04 AM, Doug Carlson said: More and more I have come to rely on rare earth magnets for storing things like miter gauges. The one issue that I forgot to mention is that the magnets often stick to the miter gauge when I pull it off to use it. Sometime I afix the magnet to the machine with a little polyurethane foaming glue to keep this from happening because it is annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 If you can place a thin piece of cardboard or thick paper between the tool and the magnet this can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Sleds get used so often they lean on the dust collector To the right of the tablesaw operator position. Other jigs kind of stack library books style on a raised platform tilted back towards the wall about 3°. This is nothing that allows quick and easy access but it does allow me to pile a lot of jags and a small footprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workswood4food Posted November 2, 2019 Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 I just hit them with the shrink ray, put them in a thimble, and hide them in my wife's sewing basket . Seriously, storing jigs is a huge problem I haven't solved. Some good ideas here. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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