Turning Tools Storage Ideas. Priority on Easy Cleanup, Organization, and Access.
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- Storing turning tools, especially gouges and chucks, is hard. I've tried several techniques in the past as has my father. There are issues with all. And cleanup in a turning shop.... ya tools are shavings magnets. I discuss all this while trying some new ideas as I reorganize and remodel my workshop.
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You said at the end that you are stupid, some might see it that way, but I do not. I think you are an intelligent wood worker and I have learned all of my wood turning from you you also teach in such a way that you make it understandable and easy to follow. I think the worst teachers are the ones who do things just by music and dont even show their faces. As long as you make vids, I will watch them.
I could have written that. Best ever has been "Four Cuts".
I'm new to turning (long time watcher, first time turner) with just a beginner set of traditional tools and a carbide interchangeable set. They each came with a box, but I've already given up on using those while turning. I'll definitely keep your new setup ideas in mind for the future, but for right now I think your "holes in a stool" method is actually going to be perfect for my traditional tools, especially since they currently tend to land on my shop stool while I'm turning anyway.
Since they have identical handles, I'm also going to paint the shape of each tip on the butt ends so I can grab the one I want on my first try.
Interesting ideas. I would not want my tools above the table because opening the shoulder joint everytime I reach for a tool would break it and require cortisone put in it and days of sick leave. This started when I was 20, not sure what it is in english but has arthritis type of contition. So I have learned that storing everything up to a height of the shoulder is ergonomic. Above that I store things that I need occasionally. So goes without saying that what is ergonomic is different for everyone, and great to explore alternative ideas. I am still figuring out my workshop organization, but I have been having gouges on a tool wall and take the ones I am going to use at the lathe, actually storing them in a table with holes on top. Just like you.😅
I fully expected your dad to bust in at the end and say something about you moving all his tools lol
I have a rack for my tools and a curtain in front of it. That helps with the shavings when I´m turning.
The idea with the PVC pipes looks nice but with all the sharp cutting edges pointing upwards and outwards, I´d stab or cut myself in my small workshop.
Your stand for the turning tools looks good. I´ll keep that idea in mind.
Thank you for sharing your video. I am trying to organize my shop and this is going to give me a lot to think about.
I think this is a realy nice way to store your tools. None of this is stupid. And abselutly not you!
if you had seen my shop layout you would laught at me and call me an idiot.
I have been tryning different things to organise my tools over several years and i still have not found a way that says to me "this is it"
But i think the part of hanging them over the lathe (and over my head) on an angle with a downworth slope to the back of the lathe. But maybe with a box of wood around some pvc piping with holes right thru them might work. of course with a stopper so the tool dont slide right thru them. Then the piping wouldent be filled with shaving and i just blow the dust right thru them with a airgun when im cleaning.
And maybe on the bottom of the "cabinet" its a good place to hang some lights 🤷♂
Thanks for sharing your process for a easyer and better shop layout. (And of course for sharing everything else you share)
Thomas
1. I’d wrap that dowel with some sort of rubbery tape to reduce any sliding. Probably the back shelf as well.
2. Actually instead of the dowel, you should turn a piece to go there that has some texture to keep the tips from sliding side to side. I’d still do the rubber too tho
3. For the shorter tools you can extend the shelf at the back outward, so the points line up with the others but the handles don’t go back as far.
I like your rolling table idea. I think I'll make a rolling cabinet with drawers below the tools to store the abrasive pads for the bowl sander and finishes et al.
My current setup does an excellent job of catching shavings.
Thanks that is a huge collection and yall have the 2 best brand lathes out there .
I drill the smallest hole for my rack in the appropriate pattern for the tools I'm storing then enlarge each hole for each tool with an electricians sheet metal bit ( looks like an ice cream cone) and enlarge each to fit the tool in that spot. Keeps me to two bits.
Awesomeness! I'm inspired ✨️ thanks for the great ideas.
thanks
Please do not call yourself stupid. And those that do call you stupid, just are calling out their own limitations. I have learned a great deal from watching your videos. And will continue to watch them. You don't just tell people, "here is how to do it." You are always really good at sharing your thought process and how and why you have decided to do a particular thing the way you decided to do it. I really appreciate that because you are helping us all think. Instead of the dowel, probably would have taken a 2x4 and drilled overlapping holes down the middle, then split it in half and use one half for the back and hang one from the front like you did. But your way works very well and is a great way to go. Thank you so much for sharing!
Really like what you did with your dad’s workstation. Personal preference, I’d want to figure out something different than having all the bowl gouges up top/so high. I’m 5’11”, but just prefer things down where I can see and easily access them. My setup is more like yours, without the extent of your pop’s tool collection…so I keep them all on a rolling table right next to me, just like you. 👍 In any case, I enjoy your videos.
Video freeing up the now empty wall would be amazing. Any of the most used turning chisels may be put in a new easy-access holder on the wall or even closer to the lathe. I'm a big fan of the simple lean on the butt with half-circle cut-outs. Most basic lathe tool till.
tool rack looks good. Little scary but if you think its stable, then Im sure it is. My only concern would be that if there's any tools that are really infrequently used, dust'll settle on them and they'll rust up way faster than they would if stored vertically. But if you use all of em with some frequency its not gonna be an issue.
Have you considered converting a vending machine to a tool storage? You punch in the code, the machine delivers the tool. Everything is nice and clean and free of shavings.
Ya, but then I'd need to carry quarters as such. Better solution would be to yell at the apprentice to bring you what you want.
I think it's easier to put the places in order when there is a building with solid walls and a floor. My wall is in an old caravan and measures about 7*7'. I modeled a tool stand similar as yours about 3 years ago when I started turning. It has worked well. However, it is always full of chips, there is no space to place it smartly. Too much stuff has already accumulated in a small space, so it's time to start the year by organizing the workspace. As soon as these -50°F temperatures get a little warmer🥶🥶🥶
I made a three-level, 16" dia. carousel, supported by a lazy susan It stands to the left and behind me at the 8 -9 o'clock position. It holds about 24 chisels, the drive & live centers, several tool rests, and 2 chucks.
Like some of the commentors concern with sharp edges, I would think removing equipment, etc from the top shelf may be dangerous - poking, cutting, what ever when reaching over the cutting edges.
Like the idea abiut texturing the dowel with rubber or another oroduct to prevent the tools from moving side to side.
I had to stop watching at 6:30. Sharp gouges above one’s head!!! That just gives gravity one more chance to injure me! No thanks.
Just an opinion, but your Dad has a lot of tools with removeable tips. Maybe put the handles lower, and the chisels separate. I have used metal plumbing pipe stand offs from an orange store to hold the chisels
what do you think of Taylor tool works? I can't believe I spent their prices, and think I got a good deal!
Had dinner with owner at an event. Don’t know about individual tools. Got impression he was import/exporter.
i am in Canada and its them or lee valley online if i want to order and both have good sales with reasonable shipping.
3:40 - Once in a while one is gonna cut himself using this rack. I like the first one much more - maybe a transparent cover can be made for it... And it's indeed useful to have one rack with "frequently used" tools and another for the rest.
Yes, good idea, a long strip of lexan to keep fingers away. Maybe a strip of wood over the top to keep dust off, attach the lexan and bend it with heat so it’s see-thru but no pokey pokey
But really, not being a woodworker myself, I don't understand why wood dust on these tools bothers them so much... Rather than bothering with covers, I'd come weekly with a duster and dust them off all at once, if it's so important @@twestgard2
9:44 i think i'd lower them about 6"-9" inches over all. its a bit of a high reach, and while your dad is good right now reaching way up, maybe in 5 years its going to be a pain-in-the-butt
Edge up , I’m not smart enough for that! Dumb it down (edge ) is the way foe me thanks
Storeing anything below sharp tools, as u want, is not the best idea ever. Don´t ask why I know 🤫
Too many tools..