It all started with Uncle Jerry's awesome drill press. The old Atlas drill press needed a permanent location in the shop, and moving it around from place to place by hand was getting a bit crazy. So I made a smaller work bench specifically for:
1. Drill press
2. Band saw
3. Belt sander
The fourth corner is unpopulated for now, but I can see another old power tool sitting there someday.
And more recently, I've been wanting to play some ping pong with my 14 year old daughter. The ping pong table in the barn is awesome, but it has also served as a "catch all" over the last year or so. I made some shelves to house all that junk.
Since we're redoing the garage, I removed all the corner shelves from the garage. It looks really nice to not have any junk sitting in the corners of the garage, so this new shelf system will also support former garage items like car-care chemicals, gardening tools, and seasonal things.
(Tangent: How many American garages have 2 cars plus no extra junk in them?)
I also mounted my new planer in a better fashion to be able to use it easier / quicker. The planer bed is at the same height as my chop saw and work bench, so I can plane down long items and nothing gets in the way. Likewise, I can put long boards on the chop saw, and use the bed of the planer to support.
Another project I did a few weeks ago was to make this tool-tote. I fashioned it after a friend's toolbox from work. His is much older and has more dents and dings, hence, a lot more character. He told me all the old ladies at work ask him if they can have it to serve as a planter for flowers.
Thus, this is my "Old Lady Tool Tote":
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