I have been given over a dozen small gouges and chip carving tools and am looking at storage ideas. My larger chisels/gouges are stored in a very traditional rack, 2" x 1" with holes and slots cut in and mounted on the wall. However the smaller tools are mainly straight in design, so this method does not work as well as they drop straight through. So the question is, how do you store yours?
Storage suggestions
Oct 15, 2011
4 Replies
Blind holes in the same rack
Nick
Old cutlery canteen
Magnetic racks can work well too, if you want wall storage.
One of the best is a plywood rack, with multiple ranks of storage holes. You can avoid drop-through with a stop plate beneath. You might also need to compartmentalise the ranks to stop the chisels tipping and getting stuck down diagonally. My woodturning rack has plywood sheets between ranks, and dowel (the ubiquitous bamboo chopstick) in drilled holes between adjacent holes.
Thanks for the replies, as usual a variety of good suggestions. Nick, the problem with blind holes is the thickness of the timber, 2" x1", with the holes drilled on the 2" face there is simply not enough depth. However with a separate rack of thicker wood this would be perfect. I am going to go with that or Andy's stop plate idea in a small cupboard. Thanks again to all Johno
The things I keep in my blind holes include specialist violin/guitar nut files, truss rod keys, peg reamers etc. I did wonder, if I were doing it again or had different things to store, whether I might turn the 2"x1" through 90deg and drill deeper holes. Good luck with whatever you decide on.
Nick
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