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I decided when i set up my shop to have a tool wall that was more substantial than pegboard, shearching the internet for ideas i came across this slat system in http://www.woodshopics.com/html/tool_rack_0.html.
I ripped pine boards to 1 5/8”x 8’ spacing of 7/8” and made tool holder to suit, they are held in place by sliding blocks and can be easily moved if needed. I can tell at a glance if a tool is misplaced and now I spend less time looking for a screw driver, saw, spade bit, chisel, hammer or clamp. This was featured on the cover of American Woodworker October/November 2008
-- jerset
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razor524
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#1 posted 860 days ago
Nice looking system!
TomFran
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#2 posted 860 days ago
Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
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BillyJ
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#3 posted 860 days ago
That sure is better than peg board. Thanks for sharing.
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#4 posted 860 days ago
Great system – thanks for putting this up!
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#5 posted 860 days ago
I think I squeeked like a girl a little when I saw that. Very nice! :)
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#6 posted 860 days ago
That looks great. I foresee one of these in my future. Thanks for sharing.
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RexMcKinnon
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#7 posted 860 days ago
Nice system, some great ideas in there.
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#8 posted 854 days ago
Nice system.
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hambonez
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#9 posted 813 days ago
Looks good. I have that issue sitting on my workbench. It’s project #2 for my little shop build. Glad to see it executed in the real world. Thanks for the link as well, more pictures there than in the article.
Nice touch with the dowels for hanging, I don’t think they were mentioned in the article. One thing that was in the article and I didn’t see in the online version was the holders for the planes, it’s basically the dadoed shelf with a thin nosing that extend up, so it’s not flush with the top, making a nice little lip to hold your planes from falling off.
Did you mill the slats down to 1/2” or did you just stick with 1x stock like I was planing on doing.
jerset
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#10 posted 807 days ago
Slats are 1x=3/4” i use a separate shelf for planes.
-- jerset
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