Thread: I need a tool tidy

Yeah, I'm in the same boat really. My lathe is on a stand and I have placed a box with my old turning tools on the bottom rails of the stand for easy access but problem being it gets covered in sawdust when I'm turning. I store my good set of Hamlets in their box in a cupboard but have to get them out every time I want to turn something which is a bit of a hassle. I guess some kind of a rack would be useful but have never got around to doing one.
How do others store their turning tools.? Would be interesting to find out, might get some ideas from them.

I have an old 2 drawer file cabinet with a tool rack on top. Wheel it around where I want while working at the lathe. The drawers store the chucks and other bits.
Regards
John

A few ideas are in this earlier thread started by Brendan, Show us your tool holding system.

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Originally Posted by NeilS

A few ideas are in this earlier thread started by Brendan, Show us your tool holding system.

Some ideas in Brendan's thread. There are plenty of references to a more permanent storage but I'm looking for something temporary, just the tools you need for the immediate job, then you put them back.

Originally Posted by Tiger

Some ideas in Brendan's thread. There are plenty of references to a more permanent storage but I'm looking for something temporary, just the tools you need for the immediate job, then you put them back.

I have a small cabinet ex. kitchen joinery about 600x600 with a few drawers in it on castors that I put an egg tray on top of ( to stop them rolling off ... the tools , not the eggs ... )

Hi Tiger,
My tool Holder is a bit like the 1 in " Amazing Workshop by dynoforce " in these Forums.
In the photo in the bottom R/H Corner, there is a Tool Holder there.
Mine holds 20 Woodturning Tools,& I use a Lazy Susan in it so it will spin.
Mine stands 3ft. high, has 3 legs, & has Keyways instead of just Holes.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
issatree.
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This is my current tool holder, though I am planning to change it to a "lazy Susan" type that will be quickly removable.
Gil

$75 at Kmart

I made this out of a piece of ply, some pvc pipe, an old office chair base and some polyurethane glue.

It holds a dozen chisels safely. It sits next to the lathe when I need it and stands in the corner when I dont'.

Originally Posted by Tiger

.... I'm looking for something temporary, just the tools you need for the immediate job, then you put them back.

This sort of thing?

Tool tray.JPG

May not work so well if you are turning inboard, but works quite well when I'm turning outboard, which is most of the time.

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Originally Posted by NeilS

This sort of thing?

Tool tray.JPG

May not work so well if you are turning inboard, but works quite well when I'm turning outboard, which is most of the time.

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With a tool post underneath the tray , it could sit on the outrigger when the bed is in use .
I may do the same with my DVR rigger .

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

With a tool post underneath the tray , it could sit on the outrigger when the bed is in use .

Good thinking, Jock.

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I have a big plastic garbage can with a flat side that I pull up to the lathe so I can direct the stream of shavings into it, it is almost always nearly full so I just stab the tools into the shavings so they right handy.

Trevor

Originally Posted by NeilS

This sort of thing?

Tool tray.JPG

May not work so well if you are turning inboard, but works quite well when I'm turning outboard, which is most of the time.

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Yes Neil, that was what I was after, good idea and thank you to you and the others for your good ideas. The plastic bin is interesting, seem to be spending a lot of my time cleaning up shavings these days.