request for tool storage HELP (pic)

[Walt Caza]

Good Day Turners,
As I mentioned in my tool grinder station thread:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=118867

I appeal to my fellow Creekers of the vortex...
Please.....
SHOW ME your lathe chisels and accessory shop organization!
I gotta do something before I twist my ankle.
126078

Where do you put your calipers, toolrests and chucks?
How do you keep your tooling handy to your lathe?
How do you keep this storage from getting buried in flying chips?!?

I suspect this will only get worse as my lathe toy collection grows...
Thanks in advance,
Walt

ps In turn, I will share pics of whatever and whoever's ideas I borrow!
hehe

[curtis rosche]

well, i know you wont wanna use my way of organization, i will post pics of it later. definatly not osha approved

[Dan Forman]

A few pics...
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/T-Caster/P1020301.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/T-Caster/P1020286.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/T-Caster/P1020302.jpg

And a few links

New tool rack (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=111835&highlight=rack)

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=117151

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=89602&highlight=storage

If you search "storage" and "rack" you will find many useful threads.

Asssorted words or wisdom and ramblings:

Don't keep your tool rack is such a position that you have to reach over the spinning lathe to get or replace a tool. Also keep it out of the pattern of curlies.

I store my small objects like calipers, drive spurs, chuck keys in the hollows of the concrete block vibration inhibitors. Keeps the chips off of them. I'm still in the process of building storage for larger items, where they will be handy and not covered up by debris, or which there is plenty, as I'm sure you are becoming aware.

Get a really big jointer, the tables really come in handy to hold your gouges and such. :D

Dan

[curtis rosche]

heres mine
the second pic is wood ready to turn. the third is wood almost ready to turn or return, put a soft spot for tool storage. the fourth is a magnetic tool storage strip. the fith is another soft tool storage spot (as long as i dont put anything to big on that shakes them off the bench).

[curtis rosche]

oh yeah, dont forget the floor mat so you dont have to stand on that hard concrete floor. its made of guess what? wood chips! also makes it so if you drop your tools they dont chip or ruin a blade

[Jim McFarland]

I keep some chucks, etc. in the drawer under the right side of the lathe plus some other stuff in one of the white cabinets:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg62/zjem02/IMG_6012-1.jpg

[alex carey]

wait a second...is curtis giving advice on how to keep the shop organized and neat...wow buddy, that place is a mess.

[curtis rosche]

that was the point Alex!:D it only looks a mess because i was usin it all day today and yesterday. its cleaned up now.

[Chris Stolicky]

I believe that is what your table saw is now for - holding turning tools!

Here is a good discussion:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=112503

I have actually slowing been constructing something, but have been taking many turning breaks in between....

[Michael Mills]

Here’s a pic of my tool rack with magnetic strips. There is no problem with the tools staying in place. (I noticed someone else has limb prunes hanging from theirs)
I also have another strip behind the lathe for tommy bars, calipers, inertia sander, etc.
I have a 4+ foot long shelf behind the lathe for chucks, finishes, and other accessories.
For the shelf I took a 6" X 10, cut off two 6" lengths and cut the remainder in half.
The short lengths were for the ends, so there are two shelves, the bottom about 5 inches high for chucks, etc. and the top shelf for taller items such as finishes. Shelves were just mounted with two L brackets into the wall studs.

[Greg Ketell]

ShopNotes #107 (the latest) has an article on "steel cabinet makeover" where you get a standard office dual-door cabinet and fill it with storage organizers (oak, of course) for all your tools. It looks gorgeous and very functional.