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HAHA! I'm up against his giant screwdriver in the Build A Tool Contest. I can't shake the guy!

I can neither confirm nor deny the fate of Kevin.

I've been perfecting the art of going unnoticed.

Cool idea.

Those correlate to the pictures, so that those who are more visual, can look at the specific picture in question.

The wall by the table saw is has standard 2x4 framing and is held against the wall two blocks screwed into the joists.The wall by the drum sander has 2x4 framing, but the boards are on face to sit closer to the wall. It is secured the front wall of the house and the drain pipe chase.The half wall by the drill press has 2.4 framing on face and is secured to the rim joist.

Spell check porks me all the time. If I get some downtime in the office next week, I'll sketch something out on graph paper. Digital would be better, but I don't have the patience or time at the moment.I have a shop tour video from 2016, which lays it out - before the table saw upgrade and other organizational changes. And the chemical cabinet was moved to a corner opposite the rarely used furnace.https://youtu.be/SmltadFYYcs?t=25s

I definitely need to add one for power.

I was filming drum building and other small woodworking project videos for awhile and that was my camera solution. The tripod was always in the way and camera angles were limited, so I decided to hang it all from the ceiling. I worked great.https://www.instructables.com/id/The-Camera-Track-and-Boom-System/

Good tip.

If I did shallow drawers with organized cubbies, I'd probably be fine. Good tip on swapping the open stands with storage.

I mentioned the magnetic strip in passing, which I use for combination squares on the tool wall, but I totally agree. I have 4-5 of them at my utility bench, holding everything from small picks and precision screwdrivers, to channel locks. Every time they are a free item at Harbor Freight, I grab one.

I used a shop vac and dust deputy cyclone on a mobile cart in the beginning for dust collection. It worked well.

I have peg board in another part of the basement. I find the available hook selection limiting and even with the little black plastic retainer things, I'm always pulling them off the wall. It also wouldn't hold the weight of my larger sleds and jigs.

For awhile I was taking a run at the YouTube content creation. I wanted more flexibility when it came to camera angles and tripods were always in the way, so I came up with a ceiling mounted solution.https://www.instructables.com/id/The-Camera-Track-and-Boom-System/

I carried it from the basement to the yard by myself, but that was over a decade ago at this point and I wouldn't try it now.Legs were cut out of the posts, so a lot of odd shaped waste. Side to side they are wider than the back to front dimension.

Not at this time. Step 9 shows cutting a disc and Step 10 shows cutting slots.

Amazing! It looks great.

I don't foresee that happening, but if it does, I'll try to find a kid who doesn't have much and make his/her day.

1/2" maple plywood for the inside box, poplar for the outside box, and padauk for the dovetail keys.

It might be easier ... if you could find a tube exactly sized to slide over your plywood shell. Otherwise, you'd have to make deeper rabbets that met in the middle internally. I specifically wanted the cardboard tube exposed - mainly for the visual design aspect, but also to see how it sounded.Fabricating my own plywood shells doesn't really interest me. The reward doesn't match the time investment and Keller already makes a great product.

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You must be a real hoot a parties.

It's all good. The Remix contest is coming up, so feel free to make a version that meets your criteria for a taco.

I'm Mid-Western and I don't like wood stain.

I considered it, but time was running out. I also didn't want to be locked into one type of phone/charger since we keep destroying my phones - usually the charger port ironically.Wireless charger embedded in the back of the internal box might work though.

If I found myself using an angle repeatedly, I'd make a dedicated jig for it - maybe a jig with 2-3 positive stops at the most. You could make the fence portion swing on a pivot at one end, with a locking knob at the other, but that just seems like it would be time consuming and inaccurate.I primarily use the circular saw left handed, so the wide part of the shoe is on the track - no balance issue.I'm seeing several companies now make a universal track saw solution. A part clips onto the shoe of the saw. The one I saw today came with two 24" sections of track. but it was $80.

That's exactly what I used.

I have yet to circle back - other projects (currently house renovations and Halloween 2018) always seem to come up. I have some small springs from a dead printer I was going to try in combination with a non stretching material for the chin strap - ribbon maybe.If you figure it out, let me know!

My head is centered in the globe, so there is a lot of room in front of my face. The air flowed up through the neck and out of the eyes. No overheating and no fogging up.Inversely, I left the eyes closed on the TMNT head and that was a mistake. They fog up within minutes killing visibility.

Congrats on this well deserved win, Art.

Thanks! You too - strong competition on this one, but I'm happy just making it to the finals.

I thought about using a rubber bumper pad (like those used on glass tabletops/shelves) on each bottom corner, but haven't actually tried it. It's been in play daily, so hasn't left the dining room table.The theory seems sound and your rendering is awesome.

Dooh! Thanks for the heads up.

You're the best nemesis a guy could ever ask for!

I didn't shoot any video ... and it was great. I don't enjoy the filming process. Oddly, I do enjoy editing.

No stealing involved - it's out in the ether for public consumption and I'm sure I'm not the first to make something like it.I hear you on the parts list. The info could be gathered from the write up, but having a concise list could/would be beneficial. I can work on adding them at the end.As for writing style, I just don't enjoy the technical approach. It's boring and probably why I don't read many manuals. Instructables is a hobby and takes time, so I'm going to enjoy that time, which means writing in my chosen style. I hear and understand what you are saying, I just don't want to do it.