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1. 
   DonStephan | May 15, 2006 03:39am | #1

   What helped me was a 48" x 42" x 33" H cabinet under the table saw outfeed table and a 42" x 33" x 33" H cabinet under the table saw side support table.

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   bleubassplyr | May 15, 2006 03:45am | #2

   I screw some jigs to the ceiling. Wooden, flat ones only, not anything I may bang my head on.

   There are more old drunkards than old doctors.  Ben Franklin

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   PADDYDAHAT | May 15, 2006 04:53am | #3

   Any flat based jig(sleds, shooting boards, bench hooks) or even smaller bench power tools ( mounted on ply bases )that are little used are hung high on the wall on large nails driven into the studs with a slight upward pitch. The heavier ones get a two stud hang. It really keeps the seldom used items out of the way. Hope this helps. Pat

   edit -I realize the walls are full, my stuff hangs right at the ceiling line, and yes I had to do some house cleaning and rearangement to free that space. pfh

   
   

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   Edited 5/14/2006 9:59 pm ET by PADDYDAHAT

4. 
   cherryjohn | May 15, 2006 05:57am | #4

   hmmmmmmmmmm  is a bigger shop in the making?............or at least necessary?

   Wicked Decent Woodworks

   (oldest woodworking shop in NH)

   Rochester NH

   " If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"

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   Sardog | May 15, 2006 03:35pm | #5

   I have already added onto all 4 sides, so another addition isn't possible.

   Housecleaning and re-organizing has been big on the list this winter.

   Jeff

    

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   loucarabasi | May 17, 2006 01:15pm | #14

   Send a picture of the shop Sardog, we can probubly help you better.

   Good luck, Lou

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   Sardog | May 17, 2006 03:47pm | #15

   Lou

   I'm still trying to tackle the picture problem on the computer.

   I will as soon as I figure out how.

   Jeff

    

5. 
   joinerswork | May 15, 2006 05:03pm | #6

   Sardog,

   Are the jigs ones that you realistically expect to use again or were they made for one-off projects that are just "too good the throw away"?  Sometimes it's easier to make another jig if it's ever needed, than it is to kick around and stumble over something that "might" come in handy one day.  (Not that I actually throw anything away myself!)

   Cheers,

   Ray Pine

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   Sardog | May 16, 2006 02:26am | #7

   Ray

   These are the normal jigs I use day to day.

   Table saw sleds (5 or 6).

   Router jigs and sleds (at least a dozen)

   Router fences for different uses.

   Etc.

    

   Jeff

    

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   forestgirl | May 16, 2006 04:47am | #8

   What we need is a "transformer jig" that we can reconfigure to do 20 or 30 different things!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   Sardog | May 16, 2006 03:06pm | #9

   FG

   Great

   Now I'll have another jig and a bunch of mini-jigs to go with it.

   Like that commercial, I'll have them multiplying like rabbits.

   As an aside, I found in my cleaning up another set of set up blocks, marked for the uses that they are for (Box sides, frame clamps, etc.).

   Jeff

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   forestgirl | May 16, 2006 06:13pm | #11

   "...marked for the uses that they are for...."  Oh, jeez, way to easy. ROFL!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   Sardog | May 16, 2006 07:32pm | #12

   FG

   Maybe I should have said marked for their use, but cryptic enough that I'm not 100% sure what use or jig fixture they belong to.

   My newer ones are better marked (yeah right!).

   Jeff

    

6. 
   Ricks503 | May 16, 2006 05:37pm | #10

   wooden "shelf/drawer" between the overhead joists.  hinged on one end and a stop to keep it in place when up.  when needed - I unlatch, let it down and the items are there to remove.

   1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1
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   Sardog | May 16, 2006 07:35pm | #13

   My ceiling are all finished and too high for storage.

   Plus, between lights, air pipes, dust collection pipes, etc. way too hard.

   Tho, I have thought of hanging some from the air pipes, till I bang boards and things on them.

   Jeff