Thread: I need a tool tidy

Thanks, Sprog, that looks good.

Or you could go all out.

My Shop

Originally Posted by

Or you could go all out.

My Shop

Impressive. I reckon I'd need a couple of lifetimes to build all that and a lot more tools.

Originally Posted by

Or you could go all out.

My Shop

Some people do woodworking/woodturning.

Others do workshops...

Each to their own.

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sigh... I have a plastic bucket at the moment, very portable

Originally Posted by gtwilkins

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

Must admit I often do the same with my long handled tools, Trevor. And, I sure hate it when I find I've punctured the garbage bag liner....
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Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

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 .

Finally got around to doing something about your schmick suggestion, Jock.

Happened to have the base of an old office chair. The stem was about tool post size.

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So I cut off the a section of the stem with the seat bracket attached. Then had to file off the sharp edges left by the keyway cut through the thread.

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Test fitted the stem in the banjo, yes an exact fit...

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Attached bracket to bottom of tool tray.

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Here the tool tray is mounted in the outboard toolrest while inboard turning.

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And, here in the inboard toolrest for outboard turning.

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The banjo allows the tool tray to me maneuvered into the most convenient position.

Thanks, Jock. It works a treat.

And, shared here in case the idea is of use to anyone else.
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Cheers Neil , looks great mate
I'll knock one up meself when I get a workshop again . We've got no shortage of stuffed office chairs around this city these days

Its good to have tool holders but not too much flat space, if your like me it'll end up a pile of accumulated crap like all those little bits of used sandpaper and polishing clothes all coated in squiggly bits of wet wood...

I found this old stool on a council clean up and while not perfect it makes a good "ready use locker"