Tool storage.

[Tony]

I've been looking around to find some way of organising my collection of tools and saw this:

impressive storage solution.

[dom]

That really is quite something.

[Roger Mills]

I don't think it's for sale! Anyway, there was nowhere to store the obligatory angle grinder!

Very impressive, and very beautifully made. The problem I have with anything like that is that it is designed to house a specific collection of tools - but my needs are dynamic, and change every time I acquire a new tool or replace an existing one with one of a slightly different size or shape.

[SS]

Really interesting and strangely enough I was thinking about doing something similar, abeit a much lower standard. For the first time I am moving to a house with no garage (last one was heated) and a lot of my `everyday` stuff I dont want to keep in the shed (rust etc) It was my intention to make some sort of cabinet that I could keep in the house and not look out of place.Poer tools will be in the attic as rarely used. So I am now inspired AND ill at ease when I see the quality of that one.

[Matty F]

Very impressive work. However, I have a lot more room to store my tools, so I like to lay them out so I can see them at a glance. I have about 10 metres of wall space, a 7 metre work bench and a 5 metre shelf under that for power tools. But since I do a lot of work away from the workshop, I have some plastic bins, one for plumbing, one for electrical, one for carpentry etc. They can stack on top of each other, and I can put them in my car easily. I once made a toolbox for all my common tools, but it was too heavy to lift.

[GB]

I had a locksmith turn up once, carrying all his tools in a bucket. Seemed to work really well for him.

[jgharston]

Been there!

I seem to remember at one point the first thing you were taught in woodworking was how to make a tool chest. I've got my granddad's home-made workhorse, S-shaped thing for holding wood while sawing it, and mitre block.

JGH

[Jules Richardson]

I'd rather just have something that told me where my stuff is. I've always got items split between workshop, house, garage and in the various vehicles. The sooner all tools come with built-in GPS and a location transmitter, the better ;-)

cheers

Jules

[Owain]

Until the pikeys hack it

Owain

[damduck-egg]

My father reckoned he had two sets of tools,always a full set but the individual items swapped between in use and "lost" quite often. Some disappeared for quite a while. I can remember his delight at finding a slate ripper on a roof, "must have left it up here 30 years ago".

G.Harman