Building the MicroShop, Part 1

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[chuckjohnson]

Well I made the workstation figuring on just using it on the jobsite but had added fold up legs instead of resting it on the storage box. I left the ws with legs extended in my work shop. Building drawer boxes, I would have been changing my tablesaw depth of cut and stop removing my sled every few minutes, but wait, leave that unchanged and use the workstation for miter cuts and rips, duh. Perfect setup, quick, easy. Thanks Tommy, great plans and workstation. Always wondered why some shops had more than one tablesaw, now I know, thanks again Tommy.

[chuckjohnson]

Got the plans and plywood yesterday, started marking/cutting today. So far, between these excellent videos and the superbly detailed plans things are going great.

[NoviceDIYerNoel]

love the build because it is very compact and portable but not compromising the funtionality of the tools.

[jum]

Bought the plans... This will be my gift to each son or son in law as they move into a home.

[socialistpete]

I just got done watching a bunch of your videos. I have to say the thing I'm most impressed with is your consistent and proper use of PPE. Keep up the good work and thanks for the great videos!!

[Hackjob-Extraordinaire]

Awesome and simple project, just what i was looking for to do a one piece top for my van finger bed!

[eximius]

Fantastic build, love the versatile function, and definitely great for small spaces. I will definitely buy those plans once I can actually start this project. (Once you think of one project to do, you think of 5 more lol)

[tigertijger]

this video series inspired me to make my own version of this slightly bigger and some different ideas but main thing is the same. i hope it will come out nice.

[johnbergholm]

I am in awe of your creativity and problem solving skills.

[MrJohny]

Looking forward for next parts. Have only a small garage as a workshop, so space is a very valuable ans should be used wisely.

[stellabelikiewicz]

I have so much love and respect for your dedication to giving us a project that can be built so accurately with limited tools! As an apartment dweller, I can only own so many power tools (even though of course I want ‘em all ☺️)

[immortalsofar]

Wow, I can't even get the top of the drill that accurate, never mind where it comes out! It's taken me days of careful, extreme effort to line up my custom roof rack holes on my template ready to drill the aluminium and even then I had to drill out my intermediary 6mm holes to 7mm (through a thick-ish piece of P1000) so that the bolts emerged in the right places. I love the look of this - I want to set up a workshop in the very back of my van with most of it devoted to living space so that looks damned near perfect for what I need.

[bruce-le-smith]

Love the use of simple tools, thanks for this!!

[philliptoone]

I'm going to buy these plans but I'm going to wait until you finish this build series help incentivize you to finish this build series promptly. 😁

[nwstraith]

For the straight drill, might try putting two blocks with good edges on top beside the bit to help keep it aligned straight during the drill.

[DanaHWhite]

Okay, you got me. I'm hooked. Great video on a great build idea. Thanks

[RobertLaneTech]

A nice trick for drilling a straight hole in a pinch is use some legos to make a 90 degree wall to line the bit up with.

[andymjflemming]

You're a genius mate. I'm gonna have a go at this soon

[rbrooke]

This is fantastic and I am a huge fan of this idea. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[ketolife]

Nice thanks for all Your tip's and ideas.