tool holder

tool holder photo

There's no such thing as too much shop organization. The stuff I have out tends to expand to fill the available surfaces, and the solution is to make the tools as easy to put away as possible, while also keeping them close enough to use at a moment's notice. This is my solution: a bunch of 1" and 2" square tubes, welded together, to hold tools upright and just at the back of the bench.

This may have just been a little side-project to try to bring some order to the welding bench, but it also was doing double duty. I didn't need to weld out the entire length of the tubes, but I did need to practice TIG techniques before completing the bicycle frame I'm working on, and the best way to learn is to burn some rods.

tool holder photo