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Idle Hands are the Devils Workshop - Non Audio, keep out of trouble projects
Sometimes there's just not enough speakers or amps to build. Sometimes, I get the urge to build something else. It's usually something that I need or would like to have, and rather than buy it, I take a crack at making it (DIY, remember?).
In my line of work I have built lots of different things to make my job easier and more efficient: toolboxes, carts, ladders, jigs, etc. About 80% of the time my creations work as designed and prove useful. The other 20% wind up on the junk pile (I made a "overhead drill press", basically a rod with a lever that would operate a handheld drill to drill upwards. I abandoned this after the second time I used it - sometimes the best way is the simplest way).
I'm looking for contributions here - fuel for the creative fire. I'm thinking mainly tools and jigs, lab equipment such as power supplies and test rigs. Loosely related to audio would be nice, but not necessary.
I'll start off with something that I've been working on for a while, and just finished recently. I have a small trim router with a fixed base and I got to thinking: "this would be more useful with a plunge base, I wonder where if I can get one for it?" No, they don't make one, so I thought: "how hard can it be to make?"
The result. Works like the real thing. 
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