Shop Organization
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Sizing Up Scraps
Readers offer suggestions for organizing and evaluating scrap lumber.
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PROJECT: Drill Bit Organizer
This simple organizer, which can be customized to suit your needs, will save time and keep your drill bits from going astray.
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How to Control a Vacuum Hose
Shop vacuum hoses can be a little unwieldy after being stretched all over the shop, but this reader has a quick tip to keep it under control and in one spot.
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VIDEO: Organizing with Lock-Align System
Use the interlocking trays, bins and dividers to build a tidy grid of compartments that is customized not only to the size of your drawer, but also to the tools and hardware that you need to sort.
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Lock-Align Screwdriver Rack
Organize 11 screwdrivers compactly in a tool drawer using Rockler’s Lock-Align Wide tray and this polymer and magnetic rack.
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PROJECT: Table Saw Blade Organizer
In addition to keeping your blades handy, safe and sharp, the trays have a place for a label that allows you to select the exact blade you need on the first try.
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PROJECT: Router Table Cabinet
Turn empty space under your router table’s top into useful storage with this easy-to-build shop project.
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VIDEO: Build a Router Table Organization Cabinet
Check out all the cool custom features that are part of this Router Table Organizer Cabinet project.
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PROJECT: Universal Planer Cart
Designed to be universal, with support surfaces on three sides, this mobile cart is a benchtop planer’s perfect companion.
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Marking Your Cords
I like to use those little plastic tabs that come on a loaf of bread to hold the bag closed.
