I wanted to post a follow-up to my lithium battery experiment.  I have only charged it up once when I first got it and I have now had a chance to use both my drill and impact driver many times over several weeks with no signs that the battery is weakening or that the drill is running hot.  This worked out good enough that I went ahead and picked up a second battery so I have one for my impact and drill without needing to switch them over.  For the $40 or so investment this was a great deal and really helped revive my old drills.  It remains to be seen if this is a better investment than buying new drill and impact drivers, but for sure it was a more environmentally friendly move, even if it is a tiny bit sketchy.  I really should have done this years ago, I'm not sure why I resisted for so long.  Mostly I was worried I would melt something, but so far so good.

I spent most of my day getting use to a new laptop I got for my birthday (I have the best wife) and refining my layout for my workshop.  I have most everything roughed in approximately where I want them.  I'm planning on squeezing in an air filter into the base of my CNC cart with access at the front to route an exhaust hose.  And on the miter stand I'm thinking through ways to seal up the lower portion of the box while having some sort of baffle at the back to allow air flow as well as reducing the sound so my air compressor won't over heat but can be muffled.

I'm still stuck on the workbench itself.  I need to think on it for a bit and maybe make some test cuts.  I think I will cut out a board with a few 20 mm holes in it to experiment with making my own bench dogs as well as to see if my track saw clamps fit nicely into the holes.  I also plan on using the cnc to make some clamps to help hold my builds together more squarely when doing a glue up.  And I may make a right angle adapter for my track as well.  Finally I think I will turn the top of my existing workbench into a cross cut sled for my tracksaw using a few offcuts of mdf pinned to the top.  That will be simple enough to setup and easily removed if I hate it.  If it works then it will justify putting in more effort on a proper solution in the final build.