I was cleaning my shop this morning, and found my set of three nail sets. Rather than lose them again and have to use nails rather than the proper tool, I decided to give them a proper home.
I found a couple small pieces of apple wood, and made one flat so it could be mounted on my boring tools till. I drilled three holes in the other piece, then roughly shaped it to something organic-looking.
I glued and screwed the two pieces together with a #2-⅜ screw, countersunk from behind, so the mounting piece would still sit flat, then finished it with the Beall Wood Buffer, and finally I glued and screwed the mounting piece to the till door. Done and done.
Little projects like this can be pretty satisfying. Two hours and change from idea to finished product, and my shop is (a little) better organized now.
Nice idea, good philosophy to keep tools organized. I should learn from this, keep looking for small tools I know I have, but darned if I know where I put them. Nice work.
Thanks, Ryan! There are a lot of neat chunks from that tree, and I’m trying to strike a balance between using them for pretty things, and saving them for when my skills are better and I can do even cooler things with them.
Thanks, Tom! I generally go with a three strikes rule. The third time I have to put what I’m doing on hold to clean up the shop to find a tool, it’s time to make a permanent home for that tool so I don’t lose it again. Or buy a new one, so I have two of them to lose.
Tony, I need to take a picture of my wood storage one of these days. When you see how many pieces there are talking to me… well, let’s just say my sweetie doesn’t always understand why I sometimes don’t hear her.
Best rack I've seen in a while Dave. Rock of Gibraltar with gunshot holes. haha. I have similar racks with countersinks, brad points and nail sets, but they are on the workbench. Maybe today is the day to struggle to find a small space on the wall and hang them.
