Tool rack for turning tools

[Harlequin]

Hi All

Any interesting links to innovative tool racks for this purpose?
Want to avoid a magnetic one .
What factors to consider - cutting end up or end down?
mobile or fixed?
Please offer your views/experiences
Wish to make rather than buy

Ta

 

[Alie Barnes]

i made an attachement to my bench, a piece of timber with holes drilled through for tools, works pretty well!

 

[jpt]

This is mine



The larger tools are on a board behind the lathe and taken down when needed before turning the lathe on.



john

 

[Harlequin]

like the idea of the cutting edge pointing down so I can't impale myself on it
Quite compact as well
Is finding a tool quickly an issue with having them bunched up like that?

 

[TobyB]

I've got 2 seperate tool racks that seem to work OK for me ... "smaller" spindle gouges/scrapers/parting tools etc are handle-down in a row of 4 cms diameter plastic pipe sections I've gathered together in a frame ... can see the working tips, lie along a wall ... then I've got 4 longer heavier bowl gouges, 2 diameters and 2 grind-angles ... they don't fit on the rack, but used 4 pipe-fitting collars to make loops for them to hang down from the bench ...

Nothing clever or original ... but smaller tools verically makes then easy to pick out ... nice idea for bigger/heavier tools in principle, but in practice hanging down might work out easier ...

 

[Blister]

This is my rack , sorry to frighten you as I am in the photo :shock:

Ply back with MDF shelves with cutouts for the chisels :wink:

 

[Scrums]

8)8) 8)

Blister in the flesh !!



Chris.

 

[Argee]

I have mine edge uppermost, in case they slip from my grasp - at least there's a better chance they might land handle first! They're high enough that I can't stab myself and they don't disappear beneath loads of shavings, like some below-the-lathe-bed racks do.

The tool handles locate at the base of the rack in sockets (made with a suitable Forstner bit), having passed through a hole. The upper part of the tools rest in purpose-made slots, leaning slightly back from vertical. Does for me!

Ray

 

[Blister]

I have mine edge uppermost, in case they slip from my grasp - at least there's a better chance they might land handle first! They're high enough that I can't stab myself and they don't disappear beneath loads of shavings, like some below-the-lathe-bed racks do.

The tool handles locate at the base of the rack in sockets (made with a suitable Forstner bit), having passed through a hole. The upper part of the tools rest in purpose-made slots, leaning slightly back from vertical. Does for me!

Ray

Ray !!

Why does your lathe still look so clean , and not covered in shavings and dust :?

My one is 6" deep in shavings and dust :shock:

Still its clean up time Friday :wink:

 

[Argee]

Why does your lathe still look so clean , and not covered in shavings and dust :?

That's the first day installation picture, Allen!

Ray

 

[Harlequin]

like blisters arrangement and :shock: collection .
some of the tools however look as though they are delicately perched in their slot . I worry I may drop one on its edge - any probs like that blister?
I can almost see you saying "tut, tut Dear boy" non-chalant like

Rays arrangement looks quite practical and simple and appeals to a simpleton like me

useful responses all - ta

 

[Blister]

like blisters arrangement and :shock: collection .
some of the tools however look as though they are delicately perched in their slot . I worry I may drop one on its edge - any probs like that blister?
I can almost see you saying "tut, tut Dear boy" non-chalant like

Rays arrangement looks quite practical and simple and appeals to a simpleton like me

useful responses all - ta

Not had one fall off ( yet ) the slots are quite deep ( 1/2"slot with a 1" hole for the chisel to sit in )

you could make the holes to the size of the ferrules , that way each one would be held firmly , the only way to get them out is to lift up and then slide out :wink:

if that sounds double dutch let me know and I will send a close up photo

"tut, tut Dear boy" non-chalant like

 

[greybeard]

My vote is for hanging down, all in a straight line. And all behind the lathe so to speak (if I drop one - not done it yet but the odds'll get me one day! - it's got to bounce up and over the lathe to assault me.....that's the kind of wild tool fighting odds I prefer!).

I experimented with various types of holding/grip approach, but eventually went for an eye in the handle and a row of hooks under a shelf

1) It keeps them out of the clutter on the bench
2) The 3/8 spindle wotsit always goes back on the same hook (I had to learn that lesson separately, but it doesn't have save time!)
3) The 'system' is flexible, so I can re-order the chisels if it suits....eg to have the most used ones closer to hand...