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I had mentioned in my previous blog entry showing how I secure my 1080 MFT to my assembly table that I wanted to build something that would hold my vertical stock to my 1080 MFT. This is what I came up with.

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I've built a work/storage table on wheels where I also wanted to keep my Festool MFT 1080 on top of which also doubles as an infeed table fo my table saw. The problem was that I wanted the table to be large enough to be used as an assembly table which in my opinion required a significantly larger surface than that of the MFT, but also wanted to be able to solidly secure the MFT to the tabletop for doing MFT related work without the MFT sliding around all over the place.
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This was my Jessem Router Table setup....




It had a board at the bottom as you see, and it was just a general mess with odds and ends pilled in there. Long overdue for something more efficient. And yes, the entire base frame is off the ground, as the whole table is held with 2X6 wooden angled brackets I made that are fastened to the wall. I did this to raise the working height of the table, and also to have access to the area directly below ...

I was wanting to have a slew of items at easy reach for a long time and have finally got around to dealing with this issue and at the same time having some unusual fun discovering more uses for my Domino which I've come to find is probably my favourite go-to shop tool.



Had this blank canvas that I wanted originally a few years ago to have some ability to deal with putting clipboards and immediate shop items that were constantly needed. I ...

Updated 04-09-2012 at 12:37 PM by Lost in the Woods

Tags: festool domino, pegboard, tool organization

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Been wanting to tidy up and make a better cart for my hand tools bucket I've been using for years.

I had bought in the early years shortly after moving into my house a Bucket Buddy to hold my hand tools. It's like an apron that fits over a 5 gallon pail that has all sorts of pockets that you can put your tools in. At first it was a temp solution, but it did not take long to favour it over traditional tool boxes. Like everything is in view, and easy to get at. What's there not to like? ...