Hanging Hammer or Plier Storage

[Cudajas]

So anyone have any interesting wall mounted storage racks for hammers or pliers / vice grips.

I am jonesing to build something and I have some scrap wood to use up. I would like to get my hammers and pliers out of my tool boxes, so any ideas.

Jason

 

[VersionOne]

I'd suggest youtube for ideas. Not only will they show you the finished product, usually they'll do a step by step so that anyone can copy their design. Majority of them are fairly simple as well.

 

[moparfreak]

Couple ideas I have seen on hammer storage, will implement one of them once I start setting up my shop:

The other idea I had is long lag bolts sleeved w/ 1/2" PVC tube, two of them next to each other, so you can put a line of 4-6 hammers together. I had an image of this but can't find it. I think it came out of Family Handyman magazine.

Thanks,
Adam

 

[moparfreak]

Here it is, they show it holding sports equipment but I think it'd work well for hammers.

http://www.familyhandyman.com/garag...olutions-one-weekend-wall-of-storage/view-all

Thanks,
Adam

 

[sberry]

This is something I am going to fuss over a bit. It is actually a problem as we use about 2x as many as I made space for. I cut some pipe recently and am going to go back and re do the spacing to get way more in.

 

[sberry]

A lot of that has been remodeled a couple of times. I never did fix the hammer hangers though, its on my list.

 

[Hpozzuoli]

Hammers. Obviously I bought this, but you can fab up a similar cabinet.

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

Counter / work bench surface space is always at a premium, as is wall space, but I hadn't considered welding up a hanger. I bet rebar would be excellent for this. Hmm.

I don't need more ideas!

 

[Cudajas]

Thanks guys, there are a couple of ideas I can use in there.

Jason

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

My next project is on this thread.... somewhere.... Having a couple of Kennedy drawers or peg board hooks full of hammers simply doesn't work well..

 

[Sleepr66]

After reading this thread, I've gotta get more hammers!

 

[Cudajas]

After reading this thread, I've gotta get more hammers!

boy ain't that the truth!!!

 

[minimowog]

here's my hammer storage rack. pretty easy to make 2 round metal tubes with a taper to hold the smaller hammers to the biggest hammers



looks like I don't have enough hammers or time to polish them

 

[Carves]

My hammers are consigned to a large drawer until they go on wall hooks.

Plier storage,

... this is not wall mounted ... and certainly not interesting ..

... but Ive found it to be way better, than a tangled pile of pliers in a drawer, or trying to use so called, pegboard plier holders etc.,

No reason it couldnt go on a wall I suppose ?? sideways with the smaller stuff in the front row .. ?

I might jam it in a filing cabinet drawer as time goes on ... but constantly opening drawers looking for regular use items annoys me.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Here is a thread on my hammer rack.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89762

 

[Schwartzint1]

I only have a few hammers, but I use a magnetic block type of a thing. I believe it was initially intended for kitchen knives, but now holds hammers and pry bars.

 

[404]

here's my hammer storage rack. pretty easy to make 2 round metal tubes with a taper to hold the smaller hammers to the biggest hammers



looks like I don't have enough hammers or time to polish them

The taper of the space between the tubes is genius.. I am stealing that idea.


Regards,
404

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Here is a thread on my hammer rack.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89762

Nice....now I need to buy a box and pan brake...

 

[carcajou]

My hammers are consigned to a large drawer until they go on wall hooks.

Plier storage,

... this is not wall mounted ... and certainly not interesting ..

... but Ive found it to be way better, than a tangled pile of pliers in a drawer, or trying to use so called, pegboard plier holders etc.,

No reason it couldnt go on a wall I suppose ?? sideways with the smaller stuff in the front row .. ?

I might jam it in a filing cabinet drawer as time goes on ... but constantly opening drawers looking for regular use items annoys me.

I really like the looks of your pliers rack. I'm a big fan of vertical storage myself.

 

[1950mercury]

I drill a hole in the wood handle at the bottom and use a finish nail to hang it. Vise grips i lock closed and use a finish nail

 

[BJ42LX]

Mmmmm. Hammers...

 

[Jarhead0408]

... but constantly opening drawers looking for regular use items annoys me.

I'm lovin all three of these. And for the bold part: AMEN! I've got 3 different drawers for pliers. i need to pair them down and make a rack like this for my most used ones. I could absolutely see doing this with Channellocks.

 

[Jack Olsen]

I don't have a particularly good set of hammers. But I will say that I hate having to fish hammers out of a drawer. I have mine up on wall -- pegboard style, but without pegboard.

 

[jc5205]

That's a whole bunch of hammers

 

[OccupantRJ]

Here is a thread of various tool racks I have designed and built for my shop, several rack threads have been linked inside this one to cover a lot of my designs in one place.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54643

 

[Justanoldguy]

All of my hammers have a hole drilled near the end and they just hang on nails.

 

[bobbyu]

My hammers are consigned to a large drawer until they go on wall hooks.

Plier storage,

... this is not wall mounted ... and certainly not interesting ..

... but Ive found it to be way better, than a tangled pile of pliers in a drawer, or trying to use so called, pegboard plier holders etc.,

No reason it couldnt go on a wall I suppose ?? sideways with the smaller stuff in the front row .. ?

I might jam it in a filing cabinet drawer as time goes on ... but constantly opening drawers looking for regular use items annoys me.

Where did you get this rack?

 

[Jim C.]

I'm staring in awe... What a GREAT collection of body hammers! I'm also really impressed with the way they're stored and displayed. Easy to access, easy to find. Well done. Wow!

Jim C.

 

[BJ42LX]

I'm staring in awe... What a GREAT collection of body hammers! I'm also really impressed with the way they're stored and displayed. Easy to access, easy to find. Well done. Wow!

Jim C.

This is the source. Click through the photos. The guy has an impressive shop and dose some impressive work:

http://www.hermansilver.com/shop10.htm

 

[404]

I don't have a particularly good set of hammers. But I will say that I hate having to fish hammers out of a drawer. I have mine up on wall -- pegboard style, but without pegboard.

Your shop is always so clean and perfect.. Do you have another shop where you do actual work and have a giant mess, while this shop is the show shop?

Anyway, nice hammer rack.

 

[shanny19]

Your shop is always so clean and perfect.. .

+1. It just looks like a fun place to be. Nicely done.

 

[Galvonzo]

Came here expecting to see this. Tom Lipton has got quite the hammer collection and rack, which is similar to the Herman Silver one shown above.

 

[TOOL FANATIK]

I really like laying my pliers down vs vertical storage on wall or workbench...it uses more space but It's quickest and easiest access.,plus looks the best IMO.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Your shop is always so clean and perfect.. Do you have another shop where you do actual work and have a giant mess, while this shop is the show shop?

Anyway, nice hammer rack.

It's been awhile but I've been to Jack's place a couple times. He really does use it, gets it dirty but unlike me he cleans it up when he's done.

Somewhere in this thread there's a picture of it a mess, others with the 911 on the lift and the engine pulled out, etc. It's definteiy, a "for real" shop. And that may be the nicest thing about it!

 

[tim.bergfeld]

I only have five hammers I guess I am not fully hammered

 

[TOOL FANATIK]

Where I keep the few hammers I do have. I usually have the go-to hammer for a given job and don't go for anything else...

 

[Carves]

Where did you get this rack?

Its just the racks out of a coupla those little bar fridges. They seem to have bigger spacings than usual.

Wirebrushed the cracked and peeling plastic off, gave 'em a lick of paint and stuck the ends in some offcuts.

 

[ych]

Not many hammers in my Toolroom ..... for now!
Pliers are a real pain ..... still looking for a better way to hang them.

 

[404]

It's been awhile but I've been to Jack's place a couple times. He really does use it, gets it dirty but unlike me he cleans it up when he's done.

Somewhere in this thread there's a picture of it a mess, others with the 911 on the lift and the engine pulled out, etc. It's definteiy, a "for real" shop. And that may be the nicest thing about it!

What is this "he cleans it up when he's done" you speak of?

It implies finishing projects as well as cleaning. In my case I have unfinished projects everywhere and it is hard to move around enough to put things away.

The niceness of Jack's shop makes me want to look into the concept.

 

[KinzeMech]

I know it's sacrilege to say this, but I'll do it anyway.

I have one drawer in my toolbox dedicated to hammers. I have one special made hook on the side of my toolbox for my favorite hammer (4lb sledge), and the rest go in the drawer.

If I were unable to fit them all in that drawer, I would consider myself as having too many hammers.