Thread: Recent tool storage projects

That’s excellent and got me thinking of a lockdown project. What size are the tambour slats and what backing material did you use?

Slats are nominal 8 x 16 mm - but they are not 100% because I planed them all by hand. Wider slats would mean less of them so less work. The slot is approx 10mm wide. I think it is a bit too wide but at least it doesn't jam.

I read an article by Richard Wedler at
https://microfence.com/wp-content/up...oors.FWW99.pdf
and it has some good info. The only thing wrong with it is that he uses a variety of imperial measurements like 1/4, 3/8, 3/64 etc that I have no feel for - had to convert everything to get my head around it.

Backing is canvas from a 1970s vintage tent and the slats are glued on using external PVA. Some people say you should use contact but I'll see how long this lasts.

Bob

I love the tambour concept and have always wanted to build one, preferably in a roll top desk. I have never done this! I seriously considered a tambour for the last saw till I made. I even went to the extent of buying a tambour kit which comprised router bits to form a moulding profile between the slats and wires to link the slats ( not the canvas backing style). I did not go ahead with this. The reason was I needed all the possible space I could scrounge. I had to utilise the back of the doors and if I placed my saws on the reverse side of the tambour, which is a fairly difficult task in the first place , they would all come flying off each time I opened the tambour. Not an easy situation to come to terms with.

Consequently I used deep doors, about 90mm, with multiple layers that opened out. For hand planes I would have made them deep enough to hold the plane. Having said all that, I love the tambour style. It brings "furniture" to the shed.

Regards
Paul

Fitted a shelf to increase capacity and then put a layer of auto vinyl down so the planes can sit blade down.

Here it is done with my motley collection of planes all comfortable inside.

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Paul, yes I imagine saws would have their own particular problems when it comes to efficient storage. A wall mounted cabinet using door storage for a variety of tools is also on my wish list.

Originally Posted by labr@

Fitted a shelf to increase capacity and then put a layer of auto vinyl down so the planes can sit blade down.

Here it is done with my motley collection of planes all comfortable inside.

P1110452 [800x600].JPG

Paul, yes I imagine saws would have their own particular problems when it comes to efficient storage. A wall mounted cabinet using door storage for a variety of tools is also on my wish list.

Bob

That cabinet is doing the job for you. This was the concept I devised to store saws:

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Each door has two hinged flaps that accommodate more saws
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A further refinement would be to incorporate two vertical sliding drawers the full height of the cupboard on the left and right. The drawers would not be solid but have a "bar" so items were visible. Once you get much more sophisticated than that in the design, you begin to approach the realms of the Henry Studley toolchest. While studley's toolchests and other intricate toolchests are both amazing and fasinating, you do have to be able to remember what is underneath. This is a skill that increasingly seems to escape me.

Regards
Paul

I like that - the doors within doors could be a metaphor for human relationships, the closer you are the more layers of doors are opened. But philosophical musings aside, that's nicely done and with single layer doors is just the type of thing I need.

Originally Posted by labr@

........ Some people say you should use contact but I'll see how long this lasts.

I made a tambour wine cabinet about 1980 and glued the slats with white PVA glue. My buddy has it and it is still going strong. I doubt you'll ever have an issue with yours.

Pete