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I built this 4 station tape dispenser. I tend to build things that will survive an apocalypse. This one is 3/4 ash. I plan on adding some serrated cutting edges at some point, if I think they're needed, not sure yet.
 

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That shop is way too clean and organized. If I ever posted a pic of mine you guys would probably vapor-lock. 🤣 25 years of crap piled on top of other crap from my last house, stuff left over from projects (some finished, some never started), plus a water emergency or two requiring 2/3 of the basement to get tossed into my third of the basement that never got completely sorted out. I should be embarrassed.

Nice job on the tape dispenser!
 
That shop is way too clean and organized. If I ever posted a pic of mine you guys would probably vapor-lock. 🤣 25 years of crap piled on top of other crap from my last house, stuff left over from projects (some finished, some never started), plus a water emergency or two requiring 2/3 of the basement to get tossed into my third of the basement that never got completely sorted out. I should be embarrassed.

Nice job on the tape dispenser!
Thanks, I have a hard time working in a mess.
 
I love overbuilding things. In 2006 I built a 9x12 "shop" in the tiny backyard of my Toyota-City (Nagoya suburb) house. No nails except for roofing, and all screws. within a month a typhoon parked over us for 4 hours before moving on. Our house had more damage than the "shop", which had 3 shingles lost. winds were steady at my math translated from metric system to be 100+mph for 4 hours.

That 4 station tape dispenser is what all dispensers should be! I hate cardboard and plastic ones. Well done.
 
That shop is way too clean and organized. If I ever posted a pic of mine you guys would probably vapor-lock. 🤣 25 years of crap piled on top of other crap from my last house, stuff left over from projects (some finished, some never started), plus a water emergency or two requiring 2/3 of the basement to get tossed into my third of the basement that never got completely sorted out. I should be embarrassed.

Nice job on the tape dispenser!
A man's home, AND HIS WORKSHOP, are his castle!! ;)
 
I made something similar many years ago. I put a hacksaw blade in to cut the tape. Did not work at all. Needs to be few teeth per inch. Im pretty sure the design was inspired by an article in a periodical such as Fine Woodworking.
 

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I made something similar many years ago. I put a hacksaw blade in to cut the tape. Did not work at all. Needs to be few teeth per inch. Im pretty sure the design was inspired by an article in a periodical such as Fine Woodworking.
I off red


I ordered some blades from Amazon specifically for cutting tape and they already have holes for mounting. They have not arrived yet.
 
I off red


I ordered some blades from Amazon specifically for cutting tape and they already have holes for mounting. They have not arrived yet.
Ken, Please let us know how well they work out. I have been interested in that for years. I once decided to grind a knife edge on the serrated edge of a hacksaw blade for cutting and it did not work well because my hand holding wasn't consistent. I gave up on the first iteration! 🙄
 
Ken, Please let us know how well they work out. I have been interested in that for years. I once decided to grind a knife edge on the serrated edge of a hacksaw blade for cutting and it did not work well because my hand holding wasn't consistent. I gave up on the first iteration! 🙄
Will do.
 
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