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Wanted to build a cabinet above the bench but i kept trying to overdesign and couldnt come up with anything solid yet.

I got this quick, easy, design from an older issue of Popular Woodworking. I found it listed under thier I Can Do That series as well. They are free plans, or at least measured drawings you can build from. I added a bearer under top shelf for a bit more strength.

It should do the job for a while, until i get more time to design and build some kinda cabinet. I have already modded from original form and I am sure it will constantly change as i use it and find what works for me.

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Pretty cool! I just finished off my last project on my list last weekend so that I could spend the next few weekends doing just what you did. Thanks for the inspiration. :)
 

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Organization where you need it. Good job on the rack.
 

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The tools are off the bench and right there on the wall where you can see them. Job well done!!
 

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Good job!

I faced the same consternation you had. I needed to get my tools out of the tool chest and up on the wall for easy access. I too played with different designs, until I came across Steve Branam's Wall-o-Tools (thanks Steve). Individual sections that hang on a common wall cleat solved my problems. Some can have cabinets, with or without doors, or just a series of tool racks.



Inevitably, once we glue that last joint, do we realize we have outgrown our tool cabinet … maddening! This method, I think, solves that problem.

Keep adding on!
 

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Terrible. Tools should be strewn everywhere and hard to find.
 

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Terrible. Tools should be strewn everywhere and hard to find.

- gargey
LOL! I agree … except when arranged in the cabinet for pretty pictures …
 

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My work table was so messy the other day my drill was sitting right in front of me and I looked and looked and couldn't find it.
They need to quit using these camouflage colors, ya right that's the problem.

O! really great wall work.
 

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