Hi guys,
I'm looking for potential ways to keep tools handy without necessarily building a large and elaborate tool cabinet. Being in a small Tokyo apartment, I need something compact and which doesn't permanently attach to the walls in any way.
I'm seeing if I can hang up my lightweight saws, marking gauges, squares, and other not-so heavy items on the wall with tacks (not quite tacks, but hooks that use pins to attach). But, there are tons of larger or heavier things that need to be accessible which I don't necessarily want on my bench all the time, such as jigs, augerbits, clamps, planes, braces, etc. etc.
I was trying to store all of these things mounted on my bench, under my bench, on the shelf of my bench, etc. etc., but this obviously has limits, and I've far exceeded those limits.
I considered a tool cabinet under my bench... And maybe I will go that route one day. But my bench isn't that large anyway, and I'd have to change the design of the leg assembly to accommodate a tool cabinet. So I was hoping for a simpler solution.
Right now I have things stored in various toolboxes under my bench, and a few things hanging on the wall, but tools are not so accessible this way and so they tend to come out and stay out, or get scattered around.
I guess I'm just looking for inspiration and ideas. I don't have a ton of wall or floor space to work with, but...
Maybe I should consider a rolling tool chest or table in addition to trying to hang as much as I can on the walls. Or maybe just build a bunch of shelves? The simpler to build the better...