As a wood worker, I pride myself on inovative ways to make my own storage/organizers for my tools and accessories. But, in reality, all that I use really are a form of something someone else has already made and posted online or in a magazine or in one of the 300 books I seem to have.
Now that I have made the plunge into turning, I find I have a lot of much smaller items thast seem to opose all kinds of new problems. For example:
- Bushings, bushings, bushings and then some more bushings
- Special sized drill bits for pens, etc
- Pen mandrels
- Pen Parts
- 14 gouges and chisels (with more to come, I am sure)
- Chucks
- Centers
And whatever I don't yet have that will fall into these catagories.
Any pictures, ideas, drawings, vauge foggy images of how you old timers (in experience I mean) are doing this?
I have spent a LOT of time on Darrel Fetlmates site, great help to me, but even he doesn't have much in the way of storage. Maybe turners are not as obsessed with storage and organization, but I don't think that is the case.
I did find a nice set of plans for a tool rack that attached to the end of th4e lathe bed on a movable swing arm that looks interesting. I have a min so I would probably do it off of my bench but it would server the same purpose. I also though about someting similar to a Router Bit drawer for the bushings, but instead of holes for the shafts, I could go pegs for the bushing sets?
What do you think?
Thanks again, Neil Larson