Red Oak Charging Station (56K beware!)

[BiscuitSlayer]

I saw a storage/charging station that mounts under cabinets several months ago on a flight I had to New York.

http://images.skymall.com/images/products/IMP/102591003d.jpg

I thought that this was a really cool idea and the it stuck with me. The only thing is that the unit for sale is much too small. I decided to build a similar unit and make it big enough to charge our cell phones, cameras, GPS, PSP, etc.

Here are some pictures of the charging station nearing completion:

http://209.196.6.114/stand_journal/5-21-08/DSC03876.jpg

http://209.196.6.114/stand_journal/5-21-08/DSC03877.jpg


Basically, there are two powerstrips that mount inside of the back section of the charging station. All charging plugs plug into the strips and stay behind the door that I built.

http://209.196.6.114/stand_journal/5-21-08/DSC03878.jpg


Here are a few pics of the charging station mounted and fully stained with a tripple coat of poly:

http://209.196.6.114/stand_journal/5-21-08/DSC03884.jpg

http://209.196.6.114/stand_journal/5-21-08/DSC03885.jpg

http://209.196.6.114/stand_journal/5-21-08/DSC03886.jpg

[Don]

Well done and good idea. That would solve the problem for the wife, either the charger or the phone is always missing.

Those picture sizes seem fine for cable.

dawjr.

[aschueler]

Nice miters. I think the skill I am planning to work on is cutting miters better.

[BiscuitSlayer]

My miter cuts are actually very sloppy. I plan on building a miter sled for my table saw to make perfect miters. The key to my success with those sloppy miters is using a beasy band clamp to keep everything even while it glues together and then using a red oak colored putty filled into the gaps and sanded smooth. It works great to hide my imperfect miters.