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I have been reorganizing my shop this summer. One of the goals was to organize my corded tools. All of them used to reside behind a door in the bottom of a cabinet. Disentangling cords to actually remove a tool and use it was painful.
I designed this cabinet to make all the tools easily accessible and organize the cords so they didn’t get tangled. You’ll notice 6 corded hand drills. Most of them I inherited over the years. I am particularly happy with the way they work in the organizer. Grab the handle, pull out the drill and then pull the cord from its cubby-hole.
Construction was simple: 3/4” plywood for the sides and shelves, dadoed, glued and nailed. The cord cubby-holes are all separated by 1/4” plywood, dadoed into the shelves and glued. I added a 1/2” plywood back in rabbets and screwed it directly to the open studs in my garage.
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AL53
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#1 posted 236 days ago
Great design, especially the cord storage. Hopefully my shop will have something similar in the next few weeks, Thanks.
Bricofleur
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#2 posted 236 days ago
Great, that’s the kind of organizer I like! Soon I’ll come back with my own! Thanks for posting. By the way, is the left drill on the lower an old B&D? I’d say yes.
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Dennisgrosen
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#3 posted 236 days ago
like the cubbyholes design
Dennis
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#4 posted 235 days ago
I’m going to have to do something like this for my garage. Nice and neat, and looks professional too.
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steamfab
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#5 posted 235 days ago
Now, the shop is clean! Good one!
EEngineer
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#6 posted 235 days ago
Bricofleur -
Yep! That’s the one, noted particularly for the silly 1 foot cord it came with. I’ve been cleaning up the cabling on them all (note the 3rd drill from the left, an old Porter Cable, that cord is dangerous!) and the old B&D is going to get a good 6 or 8 foot cord!
steamfab -
Now, the shop is clean! Well, now, I wouldn’t go that far… but it is closer!
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#7 posted 232 days ago
Nice organizer!
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