gahrajmahal
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You all might have seen this Image floating around the interwebs:
And thought I should build something like that for my shop. I also followed along with Ryan's Musings for the best tool storage to use in his Hawaii shop.
I wanted to move all of my drill bits into the drill press cart to centralize where they live. Like most of you I have twist drills, Brad point drills, Spade bits, Centering drills, hole saws (lots), Forstener bits, rota-broaches, masonry drills, diamond bits, tile bits, micro and hand drill bits and probably more hiding in various tool boxes. My thought was to have some sort of portability (Like Ryan's use of "Milwaukee Packout" for tool storage), but I just hung this photo in my shop for a few years until recently. I was donating some stuff to "Habitat for Humanity" (did you know they now take electronic waste now in Cincinnati?) and I found a three drawer kitchen base cabinet with a plywood case and smooth heavy slides 24" wide for $40 and I thought, You know?...
So, here it is modified to slide over the drill press base (Delta). I added (4) four nylon garage door rollers so I could easily move it out of the way should I need to drill something very long. (hasn't happened in 26 years). I had some rubber mount feet from our old washing machine that could be used under the toe kick to keep it from rolling out when pulling the drawers open.
I bought (1) One Milwaukee Packout screw sorter box with clear lid, thinking I may adapt three of these to the existing drawers like Ryan's setup. And I have cut out some cardboard to fit up against the wall and drill press post as a pattern. This shelf/table is to catch the chips from drilling so I don't have a big mess behind the mobile base that needs constant cleaning.
As I said, it's a work in progress and I have to move the big Chrysler out of the way to organize all of those drill bit cases and to finish the "Chip shelf". I haven't had any recent drilling projects to motivate me to complete it. So far I have picked up the drill press vise off of the floor and put it into the top drawer. Whew! I need to take a break!
And thought I should build something like that for my shop. I also followed along with Ryan's Musings for the best tool storage to use in his Hawaii shop.
I wanted to move all of my drill bits into the drill press cart to centralize where they live. Like most of you I have twist drills, Brad point drills, Spade bits, Centering drills, hole saws (lots), Forstener bits, rota-broaches, masonry drills, diamond bits, tile bits, micro and hand drill bits and probably more hiding in various tool boxes. My thought was to have some sort of portability (Like Ryan's use of "Milwaukee Packout" for tool storage), but I just hung this photo in my shop for a few years until recently. I was donating some stuff to "Habitat for Humanity" (did you know they now take electronic waste now in Cincinnati?) and I found a three drawer kitchen base cabinet with a plywood case and smooth heavy slides 24" wide for $40 and I thought, You know?...
So, here it is modified to slide over the drill press base (Delta). I added (4) four nylon garage door rollers so I could easily move it out of the way should I need to drill something very long. (hasn't happened in 26 years). I had some rubber mount feet from our old washing machine that could be used under the toe kick to keep it from rolling out when pulling the drawers open.
I bought (1) One Milwaukee Packout screw sorter box with clear lid, thinking I may adapt three of these to the existing drawers like Ryan's setup. And I have cut out some cardboard to fit up against the wall and drill press post as a pattern. This shelf/table is to catch the chips from drilling so I don't have a big mess behind the mobile base that needs constant cleaning.
As I said, it's a work in progress and I have to move the big Chrysler out of the way to organize all of those drill bit cases and to finish the "Chip shelf". I haven't had any recent drilling projects to motivate me to complete it. So far I have picked up the drill press vise off of the floor and put it into the top drawer. Whew! I need to take a break!
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