[Woodcarver] Tool Storage

[Joe Dillett]

  I would  like to find a method to

> easily transport a variety of palm  tools, knives, and a few long handled 

> tools

> that will keep them sharp but  readily available.  I am using a large tool 

> box

> at this time but the tools  are loose and get dull from banging around in 

> the

> box.  Any suggestions  will be very much appreciated.

>

> Thanks

>

> Jim Williams

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Hi Jim,

You may view my tool holder if you click on my Webshots link below. Open my 
first album titled (Carvings, misc.). On the second page of that album you 
will see a photo 'Workbench, cart'.

My tools are inserted on holes in a block. Each tool has it own hole so the 
tools never touch together. The tools seat in the block against the handle 
so the blade is not jamed into the dirt at the bottom of the hole. The holes 
are drilled all the way through so the dirt falls through. I have 27 tools 
in that 3-1/4 X 12-inch long X 10-1/2 inch high (with tools), with is almost 
smaller than a tool roll. The block fits in the tray that slides across the 
whole front of the bench. It only takes a minute to put the tools away by 
lifting the block with tools outr of the tray and put the whole thing in a 
tool box.

There are many advantages to using this block method especially if you 
always put the tools back into the same holes. (It takes very little time to 
memorize which tools go in what holes.) I never spend time looking for a 
tool because I always know exactly where it is. I can tell at a glance if 
any tool is missing. With the blades covered I'm protected as well as people 
who watch me at shows can't touch the sharp tools. When I leave my booth it 
only takes a minute to put the whole block in my tool box. My tools are 
never dulled by hitting together. I don't need a large area on my bench to 
lay out my tools.

I developed this holding method over 20 years ago and never found one that I 
would like better for safety, ease of packing and unpacking, ease of keeping 
the tools organized and knowing if one was missing, and ease of using them 
where they are always just were I need them. The bench always goes with me 
when I show. It is easy to load and roll in and out of shows. Kind of like 
taking my shop with me every place I go.

Joe Dillett
The Carving Shop
645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3
Somonauk, IL. 60552
(815) 498-9290 phone
(815) 498-9249 fax
http://www.thecarvingshop.com
jdillett at thecarvingshop.com
http://www.carvingmagazine.com Carving Magazine web site and Readers Forum
http://www.carvingmagazine.com/chat/chat.shtml Live Chat for Carving 
Magazine.
http://community.webshots.com/user/joe_dillett
http://www.citizenactions.org
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>I have been carving for about 14 years and I still am not happy with the 

>way

> I store and transport my carving tools.  So I am asking the list  members 

> to

> let me know of the different methods that each of you might be using  for

> storing and/or transporting carving tools.  I would  like to find a method 

> to

> easily transport a variety of palm  tools, knives, and a few long handled 

> tools

> that will keep them sharp but  readily available.  I am using a large tool 

> box

> at this time but the tools  are loose and get dull from banging around in 

> the

> box.  Any suggestions  will be very much appreciated.

>

> Thanks

>

> Jim Williams

>



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