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| I dislike having to open my toolbox to search for a tool I need. I want them organized in front of me where I can grab them without having to push up a lid or open a drawer. Using my instructors set ups on their benches at the front of the lab rooms, I came up with a design with which I was comfortable. |
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| My former china cabinet my now ex-wife and I purchased to hold the wedding china, etc. I'm single again. I don't need china displayed. It had to be repurposed. |
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Going to use the wine rack to create a holder for instruction manuals, notebooks and parts/tools catalogues.
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| My disassembled china cabinet in my basement. |
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| My workshop area in my basement where my bench tool holder was created |
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| Ta Dah! |
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| I discovered a little bit about furniture construction when I disassemble the china cabinet. The parts that people used the most or viewed the most were solid. Structural sections were laminated plywood. I use two of the facings from pull drawers to fashion a handle. Just used my imagination and an orbital sander. |
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| The handle you see the blue tape hanging on has a twin on the opposite side of the tool holder so that one can lift the entire assembly and move it without removing the tools. |
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| Here is the converted wine rack |
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| Using another facing from a pull drawer and a few purchased poplar dowels, I fashioned an instrument holder to hold clarinets and flute body parts. I added felt feet to level the platform to most bench surfaces. I may add rubber feet if more grip is needed. |
