Wal-mart Fly Tying Station

[Purple Squirrel]

Been looking at some of those tabletop flytying stations and decided that even though I ain't no woodworker "I can make one of those".
The cost of wide enough lumber was  :shock:  and one dude made his out of some cheap cuttingboards from Wal-mart but still a little pricey for me. So while kill'n time one day I walked pass this..



$8.50, right in my price range  :wink:

Did some disassembly..

and had enough wood for the whole thing...

trim a little here and there


use some on hand 10d nails...



and, wah la...


Redneck $10 Wal-mart  Fly Tying Table Top Station
Still need to add a few slots for tools and stuff but for $8.50, a few nails and 5 more woodscrews than I took out of the original tv tray I'm pleased.

[kcnal]

Now that's cheap genius!!

I've been looking around and can't find anything that matches my taste or wallet and you come up with that....Perfect!

Any ideas on a nice tool holder using the same philosophy?

[Purple Squirrel]

Here's the finished product in use

[kcnal]

That's too cool.  The basic wood I've been pricing (probably the same size or close) with any kind of prepping (not finished, mind you) already done cost $14 - $16.  I may have to seriously look at that. 

I'm using a small table right now but would really like to have the basic fly stuff (i.e. tools and misc.) self contained.  Is that some kind of hard wood?  I actually looked at a cutting board (pie I think).  Now mind you, I'm fairly secure in my manhood, but it had Betty something or another engraved in it.  I just couldn't get past it