Drill Storage and Charging Station

In this woodworking video, I’ll show you how to build a drill charging station and cordless drill storage solution. This universal tool battery charging station allows you to mount up to 4 chargers and store up to 5 drills and/or drivers and even a nail gun. Plus, the best feature is the pull-out drop-down tray for easy access to all your drill bits.
Drill storage and charging station plans available below!

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►CHAPTERS
0:00 So many batteries and chargers!
0:45 Cut the parts
1:28 Track for pull-out drop-down tray
2:31 Edge banding
3:03 Assembly
4:50 Mount battery chargers (false front for hidden wiring)
7:45 Quick access bit holder
8:08 French cleat - mount cabinet on the wall
9:23 Installation
11:08 Get the plans!

[andrewbrorherton]

Loved how you lined up the holes for your charger. I'm watching what you did and thinking, duh, why didn't I think of that?😊

[laurielyon]

Excellent presentation. Kudos for providing a glimpse of the finished project near the beginning of the clip. I’m sure I’m not alone in my feeling of frustration after watching a video through til the end, only to realize the end product is not appealing. Love your attention to detail, too! Thanks…..this project is on my list!

[Lutzboater]

One of the nicest drill/battery cabinets I have seen. Really like the drop down shelf for your bit storage. Well designed. Along with the tape trick for mounting things with keyhole slots, I sometimes put the back of an item on my printer and make a copy of the back. It works well on smaller things.

[artcreativelydone]

Great explanation and no distracting music in the background. Very impressive! I'm a novice but this looks doable!

[kenburnette]

Nice work liked the method of transferring holes from back of chargers.

[terry]

Brilliant! When my wife saw me watching this video, she stayed to see what was going on. First thing she says to me is "This girl's legit!" I agree 100%.
My wife is uber handy too and often gives me great advice on projects I'm working on. She learned from me, but is able to see problems in a different light and often saves me huge headaches by coming up with a better way to do something than the way I was doing it.
Loved this video!

[richardharker]

Late to your party here but fascinated by the thorough detail and description of this build.
I too have cordless tools from different manufacturers mostly because what I wanted wasn't available. This build will make my little workshop look professional.
Thank you for making this video.

[stadleroux]

I bought your plans for this project a couple of weeks ago and have finally managed to finish making my own charging station the day before yesterday.
Many mistakes were followed by many do-overs, with the result that I ended up with lots of off-cuts and two sizeable pieces of wood left out of a whole board! 😊🤭
But it does the job of providing room for all my cordless stuff, which includes an impact driver, three drills, a random orbital sander and all their batteries and three different brands' chargers, so I'm feeling pretty chuffed with myself, thank you very much! 😎
My phone's calculator app worked overtime to convert all the measurements to metric for me, but I managed to make only one mistake, I think, as far as that was concerned.
If I may, just one tiniest of tiny correction: In the cut list on p3 you show the pull-out tray to be 18 7/8'' wide, which is correct, of course, since it has to slide in and out, unlike all the other shelves, but on p8 you show the same pull-out tray to be 19'' wide, same as the shelves. It's no biggie and anyone who's paying attention should pick it up, but I just thought I should mention it. Good grief, I wish I could draw plans like that!

[brantlers]

My favorite of the dozen of these builds I've seen. Simple and clean.

[andrewbieger]

Nice build. Great addition with the drop-down tray. That is a detail I never would have considered, but very useful for something above eye level.

[mrgunn]

Your tape mounting trick for the chargers was absolute genius!

[braddobson]

Very good project one trick i use when installing iron on edging is to wear a glove on my left hand it not only stops you from burning your fingers but more importantly you use it to rub the tape down without having to pick up a roller I find it dose a far better job. Thanks for sharing 👍

[garydelder]

Just to help a little, your batteries should be charged in an hour. So put a timer in the back so it runs for one hour each day, to keep the batteries healthy, no overcharging. Hope that helps a little. Great design and video. Thanks for sharing.

[acruz]

I would like to suggest this video be considered YOUTUBE for "video of the year" with woodworkers and DIY's I think it has a chance to win this year YOU TUBE.

[slackymac]

Bought the plans and built it - thanks! Extremely perfect for my humble collection of drivers. Can I coin a learning phrase: "micromistakes"? I made a bunch of them. 🙂 Of course, I had to tinker with the design, though my router micromistake perfectly matched yours! My drawer sits on 1/2 plywood runners glued to the top of the shelf underneath the drawer as I wanted to take pressure off of the pins. A little wax and it slides just fine.

Of note, the plug of the powerstrip you linked is wider than the forstner bit hole. No issue for me as I located the strip on the side of the box to be able to switch it off. I also have access to the additional strip outlets if needed. Not as clean as having it behind the false front, but more utilitarian.

[DISABLED-]

I love this design! So well thought out, and I love how you used a routed slot for the tilting drawer. Very smart!

[ymlihvd]

wow! Your are quick, concise and to the point with valuable information. Thank you!

[dab]

I know I’m 2 years late here, but this is fantastic. Definitely one of the nicest layouts I’ve seen, and you make it so simple. Awesome!

[acruz]

Liked and subscribed ! I want to pay you a huge complement: the ingenious and simple way you figured out to transfer the hole patterns from the back of the tools to the board using tape was 'phenomenal'. I am a design engineer and can appreciate the effectiveness and simplicity of what you did. I will use your method to perfectly mount my Rear Wing Aleron on the rear decklid of my sports car. I had developed similar methods using tape but the particular twist you used just can not be beat! with all my experience over 20 yrs. in one of the world's biggest auto studios and you beat me with a simple variation on how to use the tape! lol well done little lady! keep up the good work !!

[robertbamford]

Very clever - especially the repurposed shelf pins! I did wonder about the recessed charger panel - but you had enough clearance to insert the batteries (probably not by accident). Thanks for the ideas.