Then moving some junk I spotted the old stool I had bought four years ago for a project that never happened. Being flexible of mind and cheap of wallet I immediately changed my plans and decided to make a carousel for the tools. The location chosen was going to be at the adjoining corner of my two benches. The central screw of the rotating stool would remain to allow the carousel to swivel but I would need to remove the lower legs to get the rack at a usable height.
A quick bit of surgery with a saw got the job done! An engineers dividers were used to scribe several concentric circles onto the wooden top. Then radiating lines were marked out equally. The intersections would become the location points for drilling holes. The drilling was easy I made sure I used a scrap of wood to test the size of hole for each tool. Some of the tools were just steel shafts, such as hole punches and stamps. These are located in the centre of the plattern as there is a thicker depth of timber here so the holes do not go all the way through.
The outer holes are larger and go all the way through to allow the handle tools to hang through. This also has the benefit that I can easily see what each tool is even though the handles look the same.
I also drilled two 22mm holes onto one of the legs so that I could insert a couple of magnets from the Sugru Magnet Kit. The idea here was to provide a safe secure place to hold my saddlery Round Knife. To ensure the magnets were the correct polarity I used a sharpie to mark a dot onto one face of each after I had checked that they were oriented correctly. This way if I dropped one I would know which way up was right! Sugru is one of my favourite gadgets!
So I used it to fix the magnets into place. Dead simple to use, and once cured the bond is really strong and durable. The carousel has been screwed to the benches to ensure it stays in place securely,and the knife holder is located behind one of the legs making it easy to use but safe enough that you would really have to try hard to get cut! With all the tools in place I finally have a tool carousel that suits the way I want to work. All the tools are close to hand and quick to access. They are also less likely to get damaged as I no longer need to hunt through boxes each time I want one.
Total project time was only a couple of hours but I reckon I will save much more in the long run when using it. Participated in the Portable Workstations Contest. Do you mind me asking what the water based leather dye is that you mentioned on your bag tutorial? The only water based dye I've tried is tandys Eco flow, which is crap! I tend to use Fiebings spirit dyes, but really like the colour you used and want to see if I can get some in the UK.
Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. Great idea! I'm gonna have to reorganize my tool holder now. I especially like what you did with the head knife.
I always set it down next to me and then dull up the edge by it bumping into other stuff. Definitely gonna do something like that with magnets. Thanks Phiske My worry was always burying it under piles of stuff, then losing a finger whilst digging through!
Feels a lot safer now. That too! Now that I finally know how to sharpen it correctly I'm also always worried that my three year old is gonna pull it off my bench. What an elegant solution to clutter. I am inspired by the economical, spontaneous and creative way you dealt with is "problem"! This station has a "footprint" that only takes up about eleven square feet of space. I like to tuck mine in a corner of the shop.
Even so it combines a work center and a convenient storage area that would normally take up much more room. The heart of the work center is a large circular platform that spins around like a carousel. Mounting your benchtop tools to this platform provides quick access to each tool while keeping the others close at hand. The carousel also features plenty of room for storage. Directly underneath each tool isadrawer that's perfect for storing accessories. Between the drawers are open shelves.
And a large rotating turntable in the base provides storage for a number of your portable power tools. Materials : I decided to use MDF medium-density fibeiboard for the large parts of this station, not only because it's easy to work with, hut also because its density will help damp the vibration of the tools mounted to it. If you prefer, you could also use plywood. Hardware : There isn't much special hardware needed for this project.
You will ueed an iron pipe with a flange. These bearings let the turntable and carousel spin smoothly. And it will allow plenty of leg room when working at the tools on the carousel — while still tilting conveniently into a corner of your workshop.
These four pieces are held together with simple bult joints. So lo allow for the joinery in the back corner, the right back is a little wider than the left back. After cutting all the side and back pieces to size, there's one more thing to do before moving on to the top and bottom pieces.
Besides holding the case together, the top and bottom provide a surface for mounting a number of roller bearings see the photo on the opposite page. The roller bearings on the bottom make it easy to spui the turntable around, while those on the top allow you to rotate the carousel smoothly.
Both the top and bottom start out as square pieces. But to create an overhang, the lop is larger than the bottom. With the pieces cut to size, the next step is to cut a large notch in each one so they don't extend into the opening in front of the base. After spacing the rollers evenly around the perimeter of a large circle, they're screwed in place.
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