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FEATURE PROJECT Revolving Tool Station Give the "carousel" on top a spin or rotate the turntable underneath to provide easy access to your power tools. I've never met a woodworker yet who had too much space in his shop. Maybe that explains why we're always looking for ways to use the space that is available as efficiently as possible. One of the most useful, space-saving ideas I've seen in awhile was sent in recently by Robert Bunata of Fort Worth, Texas. Basically, it's a rotating tool stand that provides easy access to a number of benchtop tools in a small amount of space. tool station. Using a similar idea, we decided to build a revolving tool station of our own, see photo. This station has a "footprint" that only takes up about nine square feet of space (we tucked ours in a comer). Yet it combines a work center and a storage area that would normally use up much more room. work center. The heart of the work center is a large circular platform that spins around like a carousel, see photo A below. Mounting your benchtop tools to this platform provides quick access to each tool while keeping the others close at hand. storage areas. Besides the convenient tool access, there's also plenty of storage. Directly under each tool is a drawer for storing accessories, see photo B. And a rotating turntable in the base provides storage for a number of portable power tools as well, see photo C. A. Carousel. Just spin the carousel to put the tool you need directly in front of you. Then lock it in place. B. Drawers. With a drawer below each tool, there's plenty of storage for accessories and other items. C. Turntable. A spin of the turntable in the base provides quick and easy access to portable power tools. 16 ShopNotes No. 35 |
