Drill Charging Station

Video - October 7, 2018

Back in 2010 I built a Drill Charging Station to show off a new joinery gadget. It was really simple and didn’t quite have a feature set outside of being two shelves on the wall. So only eight short years later I finally decided to build a proper Drill Charging Station, made from Baltic Birch plywood featuring all the storage I need for 5 drills, two chargers, and all of my bits and accessories. Best of all, it only took about two hours to build. A perfect weekend project to improve the shop.

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Cody October 7, 2018 1:20 pm

Looks great! Everything coming together. Truly inspiring. Keep up thegood work.

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Joe Faraone October 9, 2018 6:17 pm

Marc — very timely…. was just getting around to building the old version of your charging station! I’m glad I procras//// waited!

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Tommy October 12, 2018 6:12 am

I like the chargers hanging on the side. I plan to build one, as soon as new shop is finished. I plan to add a timer like I currently use. I have the timer so that it will cut off every 3-4 hours and won’t turn on. I plug in the batteries and turn on timer manually. I’m just not comfortable leaving batteries charging for long periods. Too many fire reports for me to be comfortable.

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Jean-Francois October 30, 2018 1:41 am

Interesting project. I made a similar drill station for my shop a few years ago but I used 4″ ABS drain pipe that I custom carved to make the drill holders instead. It works well enough, however I think I like your idea better. Cutting slots in 3/4″ Baltic birch is much easier than carving ABS pipe. The only thing I don’t like is that the uniform 2″ wide openings on the bottom shelf makes for a poor fit on the smaller drills which causes them to rest in a “saggy” stance. Personally, I would measure and cut openings whose width is optimized for each individual tool. This would also eliminate the need to sand a curved clearance for the drill chuck since the drills would rest higher up with a snug fitting slot.

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Scott Bowers January 27, 2019 5:21 pm

If you made one and selled it, how much you that cost

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Drew May 14, 2019 12:05 pm

me likey. 2 thumbs up

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Ricker31 March 15, 2020 7:30 pm

This is my first project in the woodworking world and at times I’ve cussed out everyone but I’m going to finish this! I really enjoy the challenge. Thank you.

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Brian Williams September 1, 2021 2:36 pm

I enjoyed this project very much. I made one for my son, then my other son wanted one, then all the sudden everyone wants none, but I still need one! I have made 5 so far. Getting pretty good at this now.

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- Ed February 27, 2024 12:29 am
  
  Can you make one for me I hope so thanks Ed
  
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