Air Tool Storage

[smooth72]

I am new to this site, I too I'm a garage junkie. I have a 1390 sq. foot garage with a 2500 sq. ft attached house. I will post more pics and details when I get it cleaned out, right now you can't find the floor. This a great site and I hope it grows to help feed my addiction. I hope this was the correct area to post this.

 

[kartracer55]

wow thats a great idea, but how much did you spend on those couplers????????????


nice garage

jim

 

[ChucksCrib]

And yet.........................Another 'Vette

 

[Wile1Coyote]

Nice! How did you make that???

 

[smooth72]

Nice! How did you make that???

I just drill up through the cabinet and then used a US fine thread bolt. Not a perfect fit but buy slightly cross threading them it worked like a lock bolt. I also used lock type on them. I got the quick couplers from Harbor Freight they come in a package of five and they are alot cheaper than the others they have. I will get a part number and price next time that my wife will let me go in there. I got tired of losing my air tools plus now I know when I am missing one.

 

[smooth72]

And yet.........................Another 'Vette

I have got alot of great tips off of corvetteforum, I use the same screen name. smooth72 = "smooth" is from the name of PPG yellow we are painting the 72 vette, a true basket case. Also corvetteforum is how I discovered this great site.

 

[SANDOVAL]

Very clever thanks for the post!

 

[Luckydevil]

That's an awesome idea. Saves tool box space and shows them off at the same time.

<- Adds that to list of projects.

 

[DynoDave]

That's a nice way to hang air tools, and I must admit I never would have thought of it. That's also a nice looking work area, BTW. Oh, and Welcome aboard!

 

[imported_banzaitoyota]

whats wrong with just slotting a sheetmetal angle?

 

[kartracer55]

whats wrong with just slotting a sheetmetal angle?

I had a short piece of 1/8 aluminum angle iron that I had left over, so I drilled a few holes and used a carbide burr to slot them into a U shape. I use it to store the things that can be left outside like the tire chuck and blow gun.

Jim

 

[smooth72]

wow thats a great idea, but how much did you spend on those couplers????????????


nice garage

jim

I got the couplers some cheap coulpers at Harbor Freight they come in a package of 5 for $ 7.99. The ones I got said industrial type, basicaly the same as meltons,
they make so many different version that you have to make sure that you always stay with same type. So basically the cost of the bolt and $1.60 per tool.

Also another thing Iwas thinking about doing was mounting them up-right on top of the work bench at the back when I run out of room under the cabinets.

 

[kartracer55]

Hmm, you might want to just do was we mentioned here instead.... get a peice of 1 1/2 angle iron, and make a U shaped slot in it... slide the tool in and loop it around and will never fall out on you, and its much easier to deal with than the couplers.

Jiust a though. Either way, thats a pretty nice setup ya got there.


Jim