I built a dedicated sharpening station in my basement shop using left over plywood, MDF, drawer slides, and handles from other projects. I bought the counter top, sink, faucet, boiler, pump, and plumbing hardware.

My basement is below grade, so I had to add a boiler under the sink for hot water and a lift pump to pump the waste water above the connection to the drain.

I chose the internal width of each of the drawers to accommodate the inserts that came with most of the jig sets I bought. Some of the jigs didn't come with inserts, so I made custom inserts using Kaizen foam. Each drawer is longer than the insert, so I added a partition to keep the inserts in place and create another storage area in each drawer.




The T8 is stored on a slide out tray and moved to a drawer with heavy duty slides when needed.



The plywood tray remains in the drawer and has space beneath it for additional storage.


My basement is below grade, so I had to add a boiler under the sink for hot water and a lift pump to pump the waste water above the connection to the drain.

I chose the internal width of each of the drawers to accommodate the inserts that came with most of the jig sets I bought. Some of the jigs didn't come with inserts, so I made custom inserts using Kaizen foam. Each drawer is longer than the insert, so I added a partition to keep the inserts in place and create another storage area in each drawer.




The T8 is stored on a slide out tray and moved to a drawer with heavy duty slides when needed.



The plywood tray remains in the drawer and has space beneath it for additional storage.
