This is my first time posting a project’s progress so bear with me. I will also apologize as I don’t know how to imbed pictures within the post.
A few years ago I made the decision to get my fasteners organized and I bought 96 Akro bins. I quickly realized they needed a designated home as they migrate all over. My idea is to make a hanging board. I know you can buy these but for much less money and an hours time I’ve got something I’m very happy with.
I began with a half sheet of MDF core cherry plywood and 1/8” x 3/4” aluminum stock. With my dado stack setup in my table saw I made two passes to make a 5/16” x 1” dado. I then lowered the cutter and made a 1/8” x 3/8” dado for the aluminum. In total I made 12 of these stepped dadoes. Once these were done I cut the sheet in half to make two 24” x 48” pieces.
With that done I cut the aluminum to length and drilled and countersunk holes for some 5/8” screws every 6”. The final product is shown in the last picture.
I ran out of aluminum but once I’ve got all the aluminum bars in place I’ll run over both the plywood and aluminum with my ROS and then apply some shellac.
I’m planning on building a box around each piece with a plexiglass door. Once completed I’ll post some pictures of the final product.
Wes Billups