Supertrivial project of the day
There is a bouncy spot in our kitchen floor (where there used to be a dumbwaiter or trash chute, or trapdoor) which some previous owner braced with a couple of 4x4 columns. A third column was put in so the hot water heater could be strapped to it, and a couple of years ago I used them as a frame for some pegboard so I could get my tools up off the floor. It wasn't really enough; I needed to have a surface where I could mount some other tools (a pencil sharpener, the small miter saw, and a knife sharpener) and set out tools that I was using but didn't want to clutter up my main workbench with.
Today we filled in that shelf-sized empty spot with a shelf made from pallet wood; 4 pieces of 2x4, 2 pieces of 1x3, and a couple of pieces of plywood, all from pallets that I dragged home from work. We were awake early this morning, so the bears and I started assembling the shelf at ~9:30am and had it finished by a little bit after noon. (the drawers under it are not part of the shelf [yet!] but are stacked their waiting for me to find a use for them. In case you're wondering, those drawers are out of the stupid room, and have migrated down to the basement to see if I can reuse them for something else later on.
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It's slowly turning into a reasonable work area. I don't know if you remember the basement from the times you visited, but the area that has the workbench along the wall now has the two new workbenches across from them, forming an aisle, and this little shelf sits immediately south of the old workbench and the stupid room cabinet, like:
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| | | |cabinet| |workbench|big cabinet|
|w |shelf| +---------+-----------|
|a scrap |
|s glass |
|h and |
|e computers |
|r +----------++---------------+ |
| |workbench2|| workbench 1 | junk +---|
| | || | | |
^
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computer shelf
There is a woeful lack of power outlets down in the basement; they're either used to power computers or the washer, the drier, and the freezer. So not many of the (few) power tools I've got have migrated downstairs. I lust after Dale's shed, because it doesn't have the features of no electricity, a cracked floor slab, and a sagging roof that our garage has.
That's a neat arrangement. Little bears don't mind if there's not much power available. More fun with hammers.
Dale went a little overboard in the shop, after living with two outlets in the garage for a few years, when he built the shop he put an outlet every 2 feet all the way around. Plenty of power... but still not enough room, he says.
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Wow, what a great bear project spot!