As you might know (because I have bragged about it once or twice in other threads to make you Americans jealous) I now have three-phase power in my shop (nearly every house in Germany can have it, costs around 120€ to connect it (also, all our stoves run on it)), but I only had one outlet installed. I just had the bandsaw that needed three phase power, so why bother with more.
But you know how it is - you’ve got it, so you might as well use it. After the bandsaw came a new (old) Table Saw and a Router Table (they are called differently than that, but I don’t know the word. Milling table maybe? With a huge spindle of death.) shaper (thanks Doug!).
Since I am lazy and didn’t want to unplug the cables on the machines and run through the shop, I bought one for each machine. You guess the problem: They were lying on the floor beneath the outlet.
Hence this practical and very sexy solution. No glue was involved in the making of it, I have finally figured out the best settings for cutting those fingerjoints: conventional milling, 0.3mm finishing pass (so around 10%). Works wonders, fits like a glove.
Look at the outlet in the wild, trying to feed its young:
I think this is not real. the engine is in front of the car, weights a ton. the rear weighs almost nothing therefore the wheel would slip over the surface of the road.
French cleats is one of those things I probably should do in my workshop given it’s sheeted in plywood and my love of constantly rearranging things. Ah, another thing for the bottom of the list. Need to think of some things to do with the rest of this sheet of coated stuff first.
Edit: no I actually need to replace my core before that, if I can get 1/2 an hours peace and quiet.
heh heh