Can you show me your tool storage? Tool chests? Wall Cabinets?
I was looking at my Takeo Nakano kanna sitting inside a husky carryall that I got from a friend.
While I don't have a Stan-quality collection (or a quarter of his skills), I feel like I'm insulting my tools.
As part of my reorganizing my workshop (and building my own furniture), I'd really like to make a good home for my tools.
Can you guys share your tool storage, and comment on what works for you (as well as what you'd change)?
Currently, I'm using systainers...but they don't feel right.
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Single degree of separation
Hey Matt,
Here's mine. I have most of my tools on a tool wall, my regular user planes in a till, and a few vintage stanley planes above the till. The joinery planes are all in a small case. I recently built a sharpening bench where I keep all my stones etc.
I tried going the tool chest route but found I always reached for the tools that were readily available outside the chest, and also disliked bending over everytime I wanted to retrieve or put away a tool (and I'm not even 30...)
So as for your question about what works and what doesn't - I like to keep everything within a single degree of separation, so every tool has it's own space that it does not share with any other, is easily accessible without bending, and does not require me to move anything out of the way to access. These are my tool storage principles that I find work best for me. I still keep the chest to store stuff in if I'm leaving for a while. I live in a very dry, cold climate, so rust isn't a big concern in my basement shop.
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