Tool Carousel

[Tom Simensen]

Just finished this revolving tool carousel that will hopefully save me a lot of steps back and forth to the tool cabinet mounted on the wall. When finished, it should hold all my favorite hand tools in the foot print of a 24" diameter. So far it is working out very well, it keeps my most used tools within arms reach. Hope to keep adding to it till I get them all on.

[Peter Hawser]

I think that's smart. Do you make violins?

[Bruce Page]

Necessity is the mother of invention! Very nice!

[Tom Simensen]

I do. It has been my hobby for the last 17 years. Not very high volume, but I have made about 15 violins, 2 Violas, and 1 cello. Hope to make a bass and a mandolin before the final curtain.

[george wilson]

I made "Christmas trees" to hold hundreds of chasing tools and needle files. They revolve,too. Not the prettiest thing I ever did,but I can organize several different sets of needle files on 1 and a large collection of chasing tools on the other. Without them,I'd never find anything,because I am a TOOL PIG!!

Yours looks nicer than mine.

[Jim Koepke]

Does the jointer require another on the other side for balance?

What did you use for a bearing?

Looks good, but it looks to take up a lot of room on the bench.

jtk

[Matthew N. Masail]

Nice Idea !

[Tom Simensen]

Jim,
There is a 12" turntable with ball bearings mounted on an 18" diameter 3/8" steel plate for a base. It turns very smooth and does not seem to require balancing of any kind. It does take up a little bench space, but most of my projects are quite small, so it is super handy to just grab whatever tool I need in arms reach. What is even better, is that I actually find my self putting tools back right away.

[Jim Koepke]

What is even better, is that I actually find my self putting tools back right away.

Oh if only that were one of my habits.

Just one of the reasons my bench will likely have a tool tray.

jtk

[Don Jarvie]

A friend has a friend that makes violins, cellos, etc and he had a concert at his house where the players all played his instruments. It seems like it would be pretty cool.