> On Apr 14, 2020, at 10:12 PM, dks@t... wrote:
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> I was particularly taken by two things
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> .
> 2. the brackets in which Claudio's many chisels are suspended. It appears the
brackets were constructed of many little pieces held together by dowels rather
than the more common arrangement of holes with slots.
>
> So I was wondering if those were his own ideas, and also whether he was happy
with those particular features?
>
> And then I thought it might also be interesting to hear from others about
storage methods/arrangements which they considered successful or unsuccessful -
and why?
I built my hanging tool cabinet about 25 years ago and for the paring chisels
made a rack like Claudio’s. Simple to do and effective. Mine is in Poplar and a
tad shy of 1/2” thick (I was probably working in metric and just didn’t know
it). I have had no problem w/ short grain breakage. On the other door I simply
put holes in the rack and drop the various narrow chisels (1/4, 1/8, skews) and
drawbore pins in.
Cabinet: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49776950156/in/dateposted/
Chisel rack: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49777279357/in
/photostream/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49777279357/in/photos
tream/
Smalls rack: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49776950736/in
/photostream/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49776950736/in/photos
tream/ (OMG, looking at this photo I just found a missing tool!)
The tool cabinet has been shown here before. Here an album of it I made about
ten years ago:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../albums/72157632538860794/wi
th/8386090585/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../albums/7215763253886
0794/with/8386090585/
I used to have a bench w/ a tool tray and I liked having the tool tray to hold
lots of small stuff, but it often got in the way. When I built my new bench, I
missed the tool tray so I made a narrow bench that sits behind me. Easy to reach
back to grab the marking and measuring stuff & etc. Since no work takes place
there, it accumulates lots of detritus. But it also holds a rack of bench
chisels.
Table: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49777279777/in/photostream/
Chisel rack: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49777279642/in
/photostream/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49777279642/in/photos
tream/
For this rack I pierced the board w/ holes then reamed the hols lightly w/ my
tapered reamer to provide a seat for the chisel socket. Then I ripped the board
in half and glued it back together w/ a spacer to gain width at the holes. This
pic gives a good view of the spacer: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7728
0442@N.../49777279542/in/photostream/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.
../49777279542/in/photostream/
At the back of the table is a strip of tool slots to hold various squares and/or
chisels. This rack has projections on the bottom that drop into slots to keep it
from tipping. The projecting bits are on a pivot so that if I want to carry the
rack somehere they can be rotated out of the way and it will sit flat.
Originally it was a single row but as I added chisels to the set (all PEXTO) I
added a second row. This pic just shows the slots: https://www.flickr.c
om/photos/77280442@N.../49777279542/in/photostream/">https://www.flickr.com/phot
os/77280442@N.../49777279542/in/photostream/
My Japanese chisels live in their own separate box: https://www.flickr.
com/photos/77280442@N.../49776492093/in/dateposted/">https://www.flickr.com/phot
os/77280442@N.../49776492093/in/dateposted/
The lid lifts off, rotate 90* and it becomes a mount for the base that puts the
chisels at an angle for easy reach:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49776491903/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../49777354467/in/dateposted/
Bill
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