How do you store your tools?

[paul ashman]

I have a 8' homemade workbench for my lathe (Jet 1220) and grinders, but I was wanting to know how people store their tools. Any ideas or pictures of homemade racks, etc. would be helpful.
On a different note, I picked up an older Craftsman 10" variable speed band saw at a garage sale ($25), it works, but is missing the throat plate, If I cannot find one or make one, I am thinking about pulling out the variable speed motor and control and making a buffer or something with it, any experience with a project like this?

Thanks for the sharpening advice from a different posting, got my slow speed and the wolverine system and thngs are soooooo much better now.

thanks

[Jude Kingery]

Hey Paul, Wolverine helped me a lot on sharpening as well! Glad it works for you. Far as tool storage, my husband had some fishing rod holders he hadn't used, that works great for tool holders mounted on the wall rack. Really nice. Eventually the styrofoam wears out and needs replacing, but those are nice racks. Just an idea you might consider and hope it helps. Jude

[Patrick Taylor]

I have a shelf that I drilled holes in to hold tools. It works great and I can see which tool is which. I also drilled holes to hold MT #2 and other tools.

http://www.beadsandcoves.com/uploaded_images/000_0378-766775.jpg

[Gary DeWitt]

As far as your BS conversion, do you really need a dedicated buffer? You can mount a piece of all-thread, 1/2 or 5/8, in a chuck, drill a depression in the tailstock end so you can hold it with a cone shape tailstock, and mount several buffing wheels at once between nuts and flanges. Sets up in seconds and works just as well as the factory made models.

Nice to have sharp tools, isn't it?

[joe greiner]

I have a rolling cart with five drawers. Grinder on the top, some pvc pipes hanging from the top edge for chisels (through-bolt near the bottom, handles down). Accessories (faceplates, center finder, chucks, calipers, sandpaper etc.) are in the drawers. I move it around as needed, especially for access to the rest of the shop, aka sliding-block puzzle.

Joe

[Mark Pruitt]

Paul, Here is how I store my tools. (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=57038&highlight=tool+station) So far it is working well. I put some liner in the drawers to keep the tools from rolling.

[Jim Ketron]

here is my set up.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/Jim_k/Jim%20K%20Turnings/shopsetup.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/Jim_k/Jim%20K%20Turnings/shopsetup4.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/Jim_k/Jim%20K%20Turnings/shopsetup2.jpg

[Jim Young]

I build a pseudo cabinet for the tools.
http://www.simoli.net/images/Woodworking/Shop/Lathe%20tool/web20061130_lathe1.jpg
More pics and a small writeup here (http://www.simoli.net/pages%20woodworking/Shop%20pages/lathe_tool_holder.htm).

[Patrick Taylor]

I build a pseudo cabinet for the tools...


That floor is REALLY clean! :confused:

[Bill Wyko]

It just so happens I built this last night. It's a pocket tool rack. It holds 20 tools with room for expansion ability for 30. The top of the tools are held by magnets.

[Jim Young]

That floor is REALLY clean! :confused:

Looks much worse now. That pic was taken when I first set upt this lathe. i ended laying down some OSB so I could clean the chips up. Carpet likes to hang on to the chips:mad: .

[Jay Drew]

The idea for this came from a past issue of WOOD magazine. I just made it the size I needed and changed the hole pattern and varied the hole sizes.

[Steve Campbell]

A number of years ago I just drilled some holes in my bench that I had my lathe mounted to. It worked great until one day I noticed that one of my cheap Craftsman skew blanks was on the floor. Somehow it had slipped out of the handle and fell to the floor. I'm not sure how long it was there before I saw it but it was all rusty and the point was all beat up.
I'm sure that the better tools today don't have that problem but I'm not taking any chances. I now store them handle side down in a hand made rack.

Steve

[Burt Alcantara]

What a timely post! I store my tools on a ply board about 32"x20". What's the showstopper is every thing on top gets buried in shavings. I thought about putting the tools in tubes like a few of you do I since I get shavings in my pockets I can't see how you'd avoid them in the tubes.

I've been looking at a steel wire rack, like what's used in professional kitchens. I have a similar shelving system I picked up at Costco for about $75. Now the shavings fall through and don't bury what's on the shelves. I thought that would be great for holding tools also.

However, I love the rack that fits on the bed. I may go that route instead.

Jim, do you actually use that shop or is it a showroom? It's so CLEAN!

[Andy Hoyt]

Here's my mess. Tools live in a mongrelized drafting table or a piece of open wire shelving or on the floor.

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[Pete Jordan]

Here's my mess. Tools live in a mongrelized drafting table or a piece of open wire shelving or on the floor.

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I think I see a mustard machine in the right of the picture:rolleyes:

[Andy Hoyt]

I think I see a mustard machine in the right of the picture:rolleyes: Yup you sure do. I use it to set my coffee cup on whilst turning:D