An easy-to-build tool rack.As I was cleaning up the workshop the other day, I noticed the wide variety of tools needed on the homestead. Since I like to go to auctions and buy used tools (who can pass up a good shovel for a dollar?), I usually just lean them against the wall -- where they soon stack up stack n. 1. A large, usually conical pile of straw or fodder arranged for outdoor storage. 2. An orderly pile, especially one arranged in layers. See Synonyms at heap. 3. . When I wanted to get to that board that was hidden behind a wall of shovels, spades and rakes -- and after moving just enough of them to yank Yank steamship stoker vainly tries to climb the social ladder, then fails in attempt to avenge himself on society. [Am. Drama: O’Neill The Hairy Ape in Sobel, 339] See : Failure (jargon) yank the board out (with tools falling all over the place) -- I decided there has to be a better way to store them. I took a trip to the lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to pile to see what I had on hand and spied spied v. Past tense and past participle of spy. some old woven A woven is a cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the Bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic. Woven cloth usually frays at the edges, unless measures are taken to counter this, such as the use of pinking shears or hemming. wire with 2x4-inch holes. Then some 2x2s, 1x4s and 2x6s jumped out at me. I built a 20x20- inch box out of the 2x6s for the bottom and did the same with the 1x4s for the top. I cut the four 2x2's at 24 inches and screwed them in the corners of each box, then cut the wire to fit on top of each box and stapled the wire down. Presto! A tool holder that keeps everything within easy reach. Now if I could only figure out a way to store those mismatched boards.... If you have any time/energy saving tips, send them to: Countryside Workshop, W11564 Hwy. 64, Withee, WI 54498. |
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