Shop Cart Build

Welcome to the first post on the build log! (and the hopefully first of many!)

I received my tools some months ago from Alan Carlisle in Redcliffe, who recently finished a very nice orange -14, and who had some great advice.

A large box arrived via courier, which lots of new tools to me. The problem was, where to keep them! My current toolbox was pretty full (a standard mechanics style toolbox), plus i didn't want all the build tools getting mixed up with the 'normal' ones...

So i decided a shop cart was in order - the prime design behind it being that it fit the parts boxes that were available at Bunnings for a reasonable price. It was designed in 3D in sketchup, then parts lists printed and the table saw whipped out. Construction was mostly 16mm melamine chipboard, with 12/6mm ply drawers. I left a space under the drawers for future expansion - likely will take a shelf with a smaller parts container i purchased to fit the remaining drill bits.

 

The rails for the parts containers gave me a chance to use the bandsaw, do some forming, and use the scotchbrite wheel for the first time (what a smashing bit of kit that thing is for aluminium!). 

 

 

I realised that the air tools took up way to much space in the drawers due to the awkward size, so i made up a tool hangar out of PVC. I didn't like the alu ones i have seen people make which left the air lines upward and open to the sky, just waiting for some swarf to make its way in. 

I also made up a bit of an organisation board for the most common drill bits / sets, and i will do this also with the dies i have, as well as the countersinks.

Here is some shots of it mostly all loaded up:

Time to get onto the practice kits!