Shop Storage And Furniture - Page 28 of 36

Like many woodworkers, I used an assortment of less-than-ideal methods -- tables, crates, sawhorses, and knockdown boxes, among others -- to raise workpieces to comfortable working heights. Even then, I…

Q: I am planning to build a mobile base for my contractor-style tablesaw with a 50-in. extension table. I intend to construct a large torsion box for the base platform.…

Q: My basement workshop has an uninsulated concrete-slab floor. If I store wood on end, will it draw in moisture from the floor? Correy Smith, Bar Harbor, Maine A: Even…

With a solid connection and a clever shopmade bracket design, you can organize and hang your clamps and jigs securely out of the way

A while back, as a means to store lumber scraps, I built a roll-around cart with bins about 2 ft. deep. I soon found, though, that short cutoffs -- anything…

Build this rigid table for cutting sheet goods with a circular saw

Space-saving design improves work support, storage, and dust collection

Shopmade racks and carts keep material organized and accessible.

Keep hand tools close at hand but out of harm's way.

If we were to able to travel back through time and wander through the woodworking shops in ancient Egypt or early New England, we would instantly recognize at least one…