I have no idea how many hours I've wasted looking for my sanding blocks. Some of them weren't even stored over in my workshop area. I decided to solve these problems by making a tote for all my sanding blocks. This video introduces this project.

This video shows how I take wood from my scrap bins and make tool holders foir my tool wall. Currently my tool wall is just the area between the three windows in my shop. Eventually that will be expanded. Check back as I make those additions.

I just finished making an outfeed table for my SawStop. The design I used is based on one I found on the Wood Whisperer's website. It's part of his free content.

COMING NOT SURE WHEN (this one will take a while and some other videos will be released long before it's done. -- I've started releasing some of the progress but much more will follow.) - I've started making my workbench. At this point I've just milled the lumber, assembled the base and attached Casters. My plan right now is to make a diversified bench by combining some of the features of a Shaker style workbench with features from a Roubo workbench and some from a Mickelson workbench. I'm also getting some inspiration from a German style cabinet maker's bench similar to the one shown in plate 279 of “L’Art du Menuisier” from the 18th Century and maybe some others. The bench will have a Veritas Twin Screw Vise for the front vise and a rather unusual vise for the end vise. It will be a Veritas Quick Release Sliding Tail Vise. I discovered this vise quite by accident when I was finishing up the plans for the workbench. It's a great vise but evidently very few on YouTube have included one on their benches. I've been unable to find any videos on installing this vise so I'll definately make one as part of this workbench build series. I have no idea when the workbench will be done. As mentioned above I'm including information on my progress in my Shop Updates on YouTube. After my extensive research on workbenches I believe the closest actual style of the one I'm making is a Holtzapffel.

I made a couple of racks for my spring clamps. Here is a sneak peek of one rack that I made for the Rockler Bandy Clamps. The clamps are on a piece that is removable from the wall so that they can be taken over to a workspace in the shop.

This video shows making a similar clamp rack for my large spring clamps.

After making the dead blow mallets I decided to make tool holders for them. This video documents how I made them. One is now on the tool wall in my shop and the other one is hanging on the wall in my office.

These tool holders are very simple to build. The design and process would work for just about any mallet.

Now that I have a a full set of the Thor's Hammer mallets made by King's Fine Woodworking I decided that I need to make a tool holder for all three for me as well as one that I shipped off the the King family. I used bird's eye maple and black walnut for the holder.

I bought these antique bevel gauges from a vendor at a tool swap meet. The Old Tool Swap Meet is held in the parking lot of the san Diego Rockler store on the first Sunday in April, August and November. It's sponsored by the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association.

This video shows the process of making a tool holder for these two gauges for my Tool Wall. This is just one of  tool holders that I have made. The design and idea can be applied to many different tools.

I have some unique and handy ways to store sandpaper. This video was produced to help others with their sandpaper storage needs.

COMING SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE: Later in the year (as soon as possible) I'll be making a cabinet to house my Rigid spindle/belt sander, festool sanders, sanding block tote and sandpaper supplies. That's another cabinet that I desparately need. I'm still finalizing the design but want to make something like the one that's on the Down to Earth Woodworker's YouTube channel.

I also have plans to install a cabinet in my Rockler router table stand. Right now the shelf I made for the stand is a big mess. It's piled with router table accessories. The design has been drawn up. I just need materials and time.

Since it had bee a while since I mentioned the workbench and wans't ready for a full video I gave a progress report in this Shop Update.

At this point I had the workbench fully assembled so I decided to release a video on just that part of the project.

Because I didn't plan to put casters on the workbench when I changed my mind I had to come up with a different way th attach them. This video covers the process with just video and music. I got the casters from Rockler because they were on sale.

This video also covers my method of attaching the workbench casters using an alternate method. In this edition I explain all the details. I also give examples on how my method could be modified for other styles of workbenches.