Drill charging station.

I really want to do something about this

mess here that is my drills and my

drivers and spare batteries and bits and

countersinks and screws and a whole

bunch of other stuff that I don’t know

what to do with so I’m going to make

some sort of drill charging station and

I want to try and fit it all right here

and it’s so small that I’m not even sure

if it’s going to fit but I’m going to

try and see what

so I drew up a plan and I said about

executing it I got a little carried away

with curves and SketchUp so I printed

out a one-to-one template for the sides

that I was able to tape together to make

my life easier I taped both sides

together then I taped the template to

that and I set about cutting it out all

at once

like I alluded to in the introduction to

this video my biggest challenge in

designing this was the small space I had

to fit it in I’ve seen a lot of nice

drill charging stations here on YouTube

and a Common Thread that most of them

share is that they are huge and can hold

about a dozen drills or drivers this is

a good solution if you are a YouTube

content creator and get sent a new drill

fortnightly I could be wrong here but

I’m assuming most of you may only have

two to four drills because I can’t

really see why a hobbyist woodworker

would need more than that at a time

all that is to say that I’m just trying

to be relatable here I have two drills

and two drivers and I have no desire to

add more but what I do need is a band

saw with a table that can actually stay

put but that’s a problem for another day

so I don’t own a spindle sander and the

end spindle on my Edge sander is too big

but I do own a drill press so I got some

of these sanding drums which work fairly

well even though my drill press is a

little wobbly the drum doesn’t get into

the tight corner so I cleaned up the

rest with a card scraper then I hand

sanded to finish it off

whoa calm down

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I’m using three quarter inch ply for the

back of the cabinet which might seem

like Overkill but I have to mount some

things to the back with screws so I cut

a rabbit into the back of the sides for

the back to Mountain then I proceeded to

cut out the rest of the parts for the

build

since this is essentially a simple

cabinet with a few shelves I chose to

use dowels to join the shelves to the

sides of the case the dowels are a

familiar and less expensive alternative

to Domino’s and this jig from dowel Max

makes it super easy and foolproof it’s a

bit pricey for Adele jig but it’s just a

fraction of a cost of a domino and the

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build

I suppose I could have made a template

for the bottom drill hanger shelf but I

didn’t really think of that until now so

I just laid out and marked everything I

had to cut I first used a forstner bit

to create the inside curve and then I

cut the rest out with the bandsaw off

camera I sanded everything smooth then I

put a decent little chamfer on the top

side where the drills will hang if

there’s one thing I regret with the

design of this cabinet it is the fact

that I doweled the bottom shelf from the

bottom to the sides this makes alignment

pretty tricky however the dowel Max

being as accurate as it is made this

possible and the joint came together

without any problems at all it was

actually pretty close to being perfect

but if I were doing it again I would

just simply screw the bottom up through

into the sides

this will be the cubby door that my

battery charger will be mounted to I

wanted the charger to be front and

center on my cabinet but since it’s

quite large there would have been a lot

of wasted space behind it so instead I

created this little cubby where I’ll be

able to put less frequently used

accessories and I can mount the charger

to the door so that it’s easily

accessible and the cubby door needs some

hinges so I use this hinge jig from

Craig to drill all the holes for these

Bloom hinges

the particular kind of hinge is

important so I’ll leave a link down

below to the ones I used for various

reasons the door has to open downwards

so the hinges need to snap close with

some Force otherwise the weight of the

Battery Plus charger might end up

pulling the door open

foreign

to glue this up but I like to pre-finish

my parts before gluing it up as I find

it much simpler to do so first I broke

all the edges with my router and a round

over bit then I gave all the parts a

quick sand and then I finished all the

parts with General Finishes high

performance I find using a water-based

finish is better for lighter color wood

so that it doesn’t yellow

when finishing I had taped off some

important areas where the joints met but

now it’s time to glue it up so I took

off that tape and I threw a bunch of

dowels in a little tub and I pour glue

all over to make a glue dowel salad I

find this is actually kind of quicker

even though it seems a bit silly each

dowel gets a good coating of glue on it

and I’m able just to pluck out a dowel

at a time put one in each hole and send

them all home I glued three shelves onto

one side first and then I proceeded to

glue the other side onto the opposite

end of those three shelves

after fitting as many clamps as I could

on there I checked it for square and

much to my surprise it was already

square and I left that to dry now I

mentioned before I didn’t like the way I

dowled the bottom to the case sides and

even though gluing and screwing this

would have been much easier gluing This

Together didn’t end up being a big deal

in the end I just found clamping it was

going to be too difficult so I sent some

brad nails into it to hold it together

while the glue dried

now gluing the back onto the case

shouldn’t have been a big deal but from

time to time I continued to amaze myself

with my own Brilliance you see I’m a bit

inexperienced when it comes to All

Things Brad nailers I never really used

them that much but recently DeWalt sent

me their 18 gauge brad nailer so I

thought I’d have some fun with it and

use it on this project much to my

surprise you don’t simply point and

shoot them but there’s actually a

direction you should hold a gun in

reference to the piece that you’re

trying to nail into and I did not know

this until I realized half the nails I

drove in blew out from the sides and

when I went on Instagram to complain

about it half of my followers told me I

was doing it wrong

foreign

what’s going to be one of my favorite

features of this cabinet these are bins

that are made by a brand name called

Acro Mills which is kind of an industry

standard and they have a hook on the

back which typically fits into a panel

that they sell this panel is way too big

for my needs so I found these cleats

that are meant to hang heavy picture

frames and at first glance they seem to

work pretty well they come in various

lengths but the 12-inch ones ended up

being the perfect size so I didn’t have

to cut them and I lined them up

pre-drill them with a self-centering bit

and screw them into position

but there was a problem as you can see

the thickness of the hook itself

wouldn’t fit in between the cleat and

the back panel the solution was pretty

simple just a couple of washers in

between the cleat and the back panel and

that allowed it to fit right in

after installing the second row I

noticed there was another problem as you

can see the bin is not level at all and

upon further inspection with the acro

Mills system they spaced their hooks on

their panels twice as close together as

I did and that allows the bottom hook to

level out the bin

now it’s time to button up this project

by adding the charger to the front cubby

door my charger has the whole spacing

stamped right on the back so I can just

lay out a mark where the holes were

without having to use any sort of

masking tape trick I wanted to keep some

frequently used bits close at hand so I

Mark drilled and mounted this little

magnetic strip so I can easily access

them I had to deal with the power cable

for the charger so I pre-drilled and

used a forstner bit to make a larger

hole through the cubby door for the

charger cable to pass through then

another big hole for the cable to pass

through the back of the whole cabinet

then I ease the edges of that hole so it

didn’t hurt the cable and I rattled a

little channel in the incorrect

Direction not sure why I just changed at

the last minute there but as you can see

the router comes off my straight edge

because I decided that was their correct

way to go even when it wasn’t

and the result was um yeah

and this channel allows that cable to

sit within the back so that the cabinet

can be flush mounted to the wall I love

these little cable ties with a screw

hole in it allows you to keep the cable

secure in place and out of my way

time to sand down my shoddy wood filler

that’s covering my shoddy holes because

of my shoddy nail job and I applied

another coat of finish to button that up

now it’s time to mount it to the wall my

favorite way to do that is to pre-drill

and insert screws that are just poking

out the back and then using a level I

can put it up against the wall where I

want it and then smush the screws into

the drywall which will Mark the

locations yes I’m just using drywall

anchors here it’s not really that heavy

even fully loaded and honestly not

everything has to be mounted into a stud

it’s not going to hold up for decades

but I don’t need it to I might not be in

this shop for very much longer now you

can mount this to your wall in any way

you’d like a lot of people love French

cleat systems and I’m not against them I

just don’t use them right now and now I

can load up my favorite screws in my

bins hang them up and load up the

cabinet with my drills and drivers and

all my other accessories that will make

my life a whole lot more organized

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I designed my drill charging station

pretty compact since it just holds four

drills and or drivers the small shelf is

for holding spare batteries and bit

cases up top these removable stackable

bins are great for your most frequently

used screws the little cubby behind here

is great for your lesser used

accessories and when the lid closes

there’s a place to mount your charger

and a magnetic strip for your most

frequently used Bits And if you haven’t

built enough stuff for your shop yet I

got plans for this via a link Down Below

in the description bye