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I bought a T8 some months ago and realized that I needed to have some sort of mobility for my basement shop. I designed it around the foam storage that come with the jigs so I built the drawers to fit them. I also needed some way to store my SJ stone and also SB (which is on the way). I didn't feel comfortable having the stones without protection when moving around the shop so I made some covers. Anyway, I thought I post some pictures - so far it's working great.

The finished cart:


Added an LED light:


SJ stone hanging on a 12mm hex bolt (bolt through double 3/4" plywood and epoxied from inside cabinet) - there is another bolt on opposite side for the SB.


Cover for the stone:


And yes - I'm into Festool - the systainer contains my diamond plates and other sharpening stuff.


Lou

Hello all - new member here and my first post. I bought the T-8 less than a week ago and have been learning a lot! Before purchasing it I watched all the videos that I could find and they were a great help. I discovered this forum and have picked up a lot of great tips and will continue to do so I'm sure. So far I have sharpened about 10 chisels, a couple plane blades and 3 or 4 kitchen knives (I also bought the hand tool kit). Although not perfect, I am really pleased with my results so far - I was always somewhat frustrated with water stones, sandpaper, diamond plates etc - my results were inconsistent - user error and probably a little impatience on my part. I've been woodworking as a hobbyist for about 30 years and ever since I saw Norm and Jeff Farris on the NYW I wanted a Tormek!

I also got the swivel base - my annoyance is that water drips off (especially with knives but really with everything) onto the body of the machine and flows down into the top of the swivel base and fills it with water. I noticed that it is designed to hold some amount of water and that everything is pretty much made of plastic. After each session it requires removing the T-8, emptying the water and drying it off - I don't think that I would want to leave it in standing water like that. Also, at some point it begins to overflow. So is this normal and it is just part of the sharpening routine to remove the base at the end and set it up at the start?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Lou