Cordless Drill storage for easy use

[Thumper68]

As part of the shop reorganization I have been doing I needed a way to store the Cordless drills, 1/4 inch impact, 1/2 inch impact and a flashlight.

The criteria was that they be easy to grab, not in a drawer or sitting on the bench.

I had added a section of wall to divide the main metal working area from the sink area, this gave me more wall space that was much needed and a perfect place to store some tools out of the way but easy to hand.

The last part of the design was a request that shows a way to make this with as few specialized tools as possible, and even though I used a few things that a lot of people do not have it could be made with as little as a drill and a angle grinder.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

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[RCsGarage]

Nice...I did something similar but with PVC pipe.

 

[Thumper68]

Nice...I did something similar but with PVC pipe.

Great idea and execution!!

I have a shelf in the basement shop area where that would work well, i might steal it.

 

[LXCam]

Pretty dang cool thumper. I gotta tell ya, you taught me something today I've never considered doing. That being notching the bend like that to make it easier when doing thick material. I've either always fought it or paid to have someone brake it for me cause I don't own a brake large enough to do it. So cheers bud, I'll be using that technic from now on when I can get away with it.

 

[Thumper68]

Pretty dang cool thumper. I gotta tell ya, you taught me something today I've never considered doing. That being notching the bend like that to make it easier when doing thick material. I've either always fought it or paid to have someone brake it for me cause I don't own a brake large enough to do it. So cheers bud, I'll be using that technic from now on when I can get away with it.

Cool glad I could pass that along, That was only 11ga and I could have bent it without the slots but I have always thought it was a cool technique.

I have been able to use that to bend up to 1/4 inch cold and 5/8 inch hot.

 

[Ign]

Pretty dang cool thumper. I gotta tell ya, you taught me something today I've never considered doing. That being notching the bend like that to make it easier when doing thick material. I've either always fought it or paid to have someone brake it for me cause I don't own a brake large enough to do it. So cheers bud, I'll be using that technic from now on when I can get away with it.

You can also just take something like the Milwaukee 8" metal cutting circular and set your DOC to work thickness less 1/16" and "groove" the whole way across, then bend by hand and weld up.

For flat bar (ie less than full sheets of plate) I just let the bandsaw chew on it and then bend and weld up:

 

[nbpt100]

brilliant!

 

[Ign]

I also built my trailer fenders the same way - groove all the way across and weld up. This gives you "Gumby" flat bar to mimic an existing angle or just play around w fit, then fill the groove w weld when you're happy w placement

This is 10"x.188 flat bar:

 

[Thumper68]

You can also just take something like the Milwaukee 8" metal cutting circular and set your DOC to work thickness less 1/16" and "groove" the whole way across, then bend by hand and weld up.

For flat bar (ie less than full sheets of plate) I just let the bandsaw chew on it and then bend and weld up:

I have used that trick in the past too, works well.

If you go back and look at this video.

You can see I did the slots in a different way, I drill 1/4 inch holes at the end of each before slitting, gives a more finished look and makes slitting a bit easier since the end point is pre set.

 

[cheechi]

Check it out and let me know what you think.

I don't like solutions where you have to store them upside down even though I realize it affects nothing to do so. There is nothing wrong with your solution but I don't like it for some reason I can't really translate into the real world. So as a result, good job.

 

[Thumper68]

I don't like solutions where you have to store them upside down even though I realize it affects nothing to do so. There is nothing wrong with your solution but I don't like it for some reason I can't really translate into the real world. So as a result, good job.

I agree the aesthetic leaves something to be desired but in this case function over form wins.

I had another design worked up where the tools would be upright but it used 2x the materials and required welding, and I was trying to design it so the use of specialized tools were not needed by the request of a viewer.