DIY Tool Charging Station with LEDs

The Art of Building a Charging Station: A DIY Project by Evan and Katelyn

Hey guys, we're Evan and Katelyn, and we have to many chargers! You want to say what we're doing? We're building a charging station. I thought you'd jump in with that, let me do it again. No, I was playing off you in a cute way. Oh haha is that like when you make the joke have to explain the joke? No, I was playing off you in a cute way. Alright so we've been growing our tool collection over the past three years and I love it because sometimes Katelyn and I can work on the same time and we get to test all of the different tools and figure out what's the best one.

Anyway, this situation has gone out of control. The cables are just everywhere! Like, oftentimes I like go to set up this station and I think it's charging and it's not plugged in and it's just so... anyways, we're gonna take care of all of that today. We designed this box right here. We're gonna use dimensional lumber cutting them to link and joining them with pocket screws. Also, sure you say anything about lighting up? Hmm, mm-hmm.

We'll get to that later. We had some grand ideas and they have been scaled back. They're pretty scaled back, okay? So, first up, there's all the pieces are cut. What's next? Next we're gonna be drilling the holes for all of these little floods to go through so that we can hide our wires nicely. We hide our problem problems, yes that's the next step. Sowe're just gonna drill through with a hole saw to make assembling everything really simple and easy.

We're gonna go with pocket holes for everything. Katelyn I noticed that there's space under the 2 DeWalt chargers for an amp charge master charger charge master charger, char charcharge barge large and in charge! You keep knocking them out, gimme some time, char char, char what rhymes with charged, argue carge nofarge. Call it the farge-fast charging, it's farging Sarge. Sarge large charge you're out of the space for the barge.

Front piece is done, side pieces are ready to be touched so we're gonna attach the power strip next but I'm just thinking like wait how's this gonna attach to the wall? We need like some hole exiting this let's go up the top. Yeah, I thought that was a plan, that was totally the plan. Let's go ahead and mount this will offset the power strips that we can have room to tie down this massive amount of cabling.

PSA guys don't use brass screws with an impact driver because it'll snap them because we are civilized people. We're gonna keep our cords in order with these little cable clamps they just snap on right here, okay? I guess it's time to talk about the light. We had this very clever solution or feature. We got this fancy switch right here which detects a load and will turn on a secondary device. The load would be the Chargers and the device would be a light.

This light right here so whenever these were charging, this would light up when the light was off would know that they're ready to go. And we got it all set up. I did the first test and it worked! Plug this in, light turns on yeah but then later on I tried it with this charger nope this charger, this floor charger is going! What's going on? Is this detects amps flowing through this circuit and these Chargers don't draw enough current to flip the switch it just does them now. It's just gonna be on everything.

Everything and we are welcome all right that feels pretty secure let's just add a little bottom shelf, batteries yeah okay so now we're gonna do the top instead of screwing it down we want it to be a little more accessible. We're gonna add some little pegs here and kind of friction fit it in so it'll be nice and snug it'll stay in place you know.

The place yeah and then we're going to reach up and clean to the inside me Oh! And to plug everything in, we're gonna drill one hole for the power strip to exit out of now all we have to do is I've got the chargers yeah are we in like finishing touch sequence sequence? Oh I have something this wasn't at all gonna be a power tool charging station originally so you can tell people what this was actually gonna be.

Was it gonna be? We'll save all that stuff for the aftershow which is a Patreon dot com slash Evan and Katelyn but I hope you enjoyed watching us build our crazy charging station!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys we're Evan and Katelyn and we havetoo many chargers oh you want to saywhat we're doing we're building acharging station I thought you'd jump inwith that let me do it again no I wasplaying off you in a cute wayoh haha is that like when you makethe joke have to explain the jokeno I was playing off you in a cute wayall right so we have been growingour tool collection over the past threeyears and I love it because sometimesKatelyn and I can work on the same timeand we get to test all of the differenttools and figure out what from the bestanyways this situation has gone out ofcontrolthe cables are just everywhere likeoftentimes I like go to like set this inand I think it's charging and it's notplugged in and it's just so anywayswe're gonna take care of all of thattoday we designed this box right herewe're gonna use dimensional lumbercutting them to link and joining themwith pocket screws also sure you sayanything about lighting up mm-hmmwe'll get to that later we had somegrand ideas and they have been scaledback they're pretty scaled backokay so first upthere's all the pieces are cut what'snext next we're gonna be drilling theholes for all of these little floods togo through so that we can hide our wiresnicely we hide our problem problems youmean like our storage and organizationalproblems yes that's the next step sowe're just gonna drill through with ahole sawto make assembling everything reallysimple and easy we're gonna go withpocket holes for everythingso Katelyn I noticed that there's spaceunderneath the 2 DeWalt chargers for aname charge charge masterChargemanderChargemander char charcharge barge large and in chargeyou keep knocking em out gimme some timechar char, char charwhat rhymes with chargedarge carge nofargeCall it the fargefast charging its farging SargeSarge charge large barge!!yeah Sarge large charge you're out ofthe space for the barge front piece isdone side pieces are ready to be touchedso so we're gonna attach the power stripnext but I'm just thinking like waithow's this gonna attach to the wall weneed like some hole exiting this let'sgo up the top yeah I thought that was aplan that was totally the plan let's goahead and mount this will offset thepower strips that we can have room totie down this massive amount of cablingwhat PSA guys don't use brass screwswith an impact driver because it'll snapthem because we are civilized peoplewe're gonna keep our cords in orderwith these little cable clamps they justsnap on right here ok I guess it's timeto talk about the light we had this veryclever solution or feature we got thisfancy switch right here which detects aload and will turn on a secondary deviceso the load would be the Chargers andthe device would be a light this thislight right here so whenever these werecharging this would light up when thelight was off would know that they'reready to go and we got it all set up Idid the first test and it workedplug this in light turns on yeahbut then later on I tried it with thischarger nope this charger this chargerhey floor charger is going it turns onwhat's going on is this detects ampsflowing through this circuit and theseChargers don't draw enough current toflip the switch it just does them nowit's just gonna be on everythingeverything and we are welcomeall right that feels pretty secure let'sjust add a little bottom / shelfbatteries yeahokay so now we're gonna do the topinstead of screwing it down we want itto be a little more accessible we'regonna add some little pegs here and kindof friction fit it in so it'll be niceand snug it'll stay in place you knowthe place yeah and then we're gonnareach up and clean to the inside me Ohand to plug everything in we're gonnadrill one hole for the power strip toexit out of now all we have to do is Ihave the chargers yeah are we in likefinishing touch sequence sequenceoh I have something this wasn't at allgonna be a power tool charging stationoriginally so you can tell people whatthis was actually gonna be was it gonnabe it was gonna be we'll save all thatstuff for the aftershow which is apatreon dot com slash evan and katelyn but Ihope you guys enjoy this project thisreally gets us excited to tackle moretackle more garage organization projectswhich will be coming up soon why do youhave to be Chargers\n"