In the past, I have worn an apron to hold some marking and layout tools readily at hand. In this shop, when temperatures can sore past 90 degrees, I have opted for a small tool pouch that I can clip to a pocket or belt. Much better than adding an additional layer of clothing!

I originally purchased this fan to sit on top of a spare air filter I took off an old dust collector. The problem is that the fan is so strong, even at the lowest settings; rather than drawing air into the filter, the bounce effect ended up pushing dust away from the filter. I expect with a very clean filter element, this would work, but I would be spending a lot of time cleaning the filter to keep it functioning as a filtering process.

In the end, most of the time, I have the garage door open, I wear a mask when sanding or cutting, so this fine fan simply keeps the air moving out the door, and that helps with the heat.

The Builder's paper dispenser is the newest addition to the shop to protect the bench and outfeed/assembly table from glues and finishes.

It is a simple plywood construction that hangs on some hooks on the VERY messy steel shelves in the back of the shop, ready to dispense whatever amount is needed to tear off.

Many years ago, I built a cabinet that Norm Abram used in his Garage Workshop video. It is spacious and works great. That is, until you fill it with so many boxes of nails and screws, it becomes impossible to remember what is in there.

The solution is this simple rack system that I purchased on Amazon. I will see how the bins hold up. The rack frame is made of nicely powder-coated steel. It should last for years, and it is now a breeze to find the fastener I am looking for!

This is the AnchorMake M5. I am amazed at how simple it was to put this machine together and to get the first prints off the machine. Almost plug-n-play!

Creating the .stl files in FreeCAD, an open-source CAD software, takes a bit of a learning curve. And since millions of ready-to-go files are online just waiting to be printed, you can get going immediately.

I will be interested to see how I utilize this new device in my woodworking projects. At the moment, I can see it being used to create patterns that I want to keep for future projects.

The first items off the new printer are hangers to hold my most used drill and driver, so they are always at arm's reach. In addition, screw trays have the most commonly used fasteners on projects. They hang on the doors of the New Yankee cabinet I built many moons ago!

The blue box is a set of two hinged drawers that hold the two most often used 5" sanding discs. Just above and to the right are eight bench "pucks" stacked in their vertical container.

To the right, just under the Woodpecker's straightedge, is a set of six corner radius routing jigs stacked up, ranging from a 2" radius to ½" radius.

Some DeWalt battery holders are not pictured on the side of the outfeed table to keep a few batteries at arm's reach.

Before you can have light, you need to have electricity in the shop. My previous shop ran on one 30A dryer circuit. For this shop, I doubled that and brought in 60A and ran two 20A 220v circuits, one for the large tools and the other for dust collection. I also ran two 20A 110v circuits for small tools, One circuit for each side of the shop.

3 Charlie fireroom that housed an M-Class boiler I steamed on the USS Coral Sea CV-43 in the mid-seventies. The summer heat in my shop is comparable to the heat in the "pit."