I have a thing for tool organization. When I need a tool, I want to be able to put my hands right on it and not have to go digging around on a shelf or in a drawer and HOPE it got put back after the last use. I have my main toolbox shadowed in and have a hanging tool board on the machine/auto-shop side of the garage where 90+% of the tools I need on a regular basis hang at the ready. My underground lair has expanded rapidly and I felt that it was time to do something similar in terms of tool organization. After shadowing in the toolbox, I decided to install a medium-sized hanging tool board to hold leather working tools, a few mallets, printing press accessories, small hand tools like my collection of awesome Wiha German drivers, WD-40, calipers, canned air, and various other bits & bobs.
I built the board itself out of scrap birch plywood, a single stick of leftover outside corner trim, and used leftover stain & paint. It is 48” wide and 30” tall. I either found printable tool holders online (mostly Thingyverse) or designed them myself before printing them out and installing. The tool holders are fastened with either #6-3/4” or #8-1” wood screws and all the holes were pre-drilled. There was a little bit of rearranging from my initial concept drawing, but not much. I will continue to add to the board as I add need or tools that I can’t live without while plotting world domination.
A list of links for the various tool holders is below: Wrench/Crescent Wrench
- Hex/Allen Key Holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:334…
- 8-Position Wiha/Small screw Driver Holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:118…
- 7-Position Wiha/Small screw Driver Holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:159…
- Universal Tool Holder (I printed one full size version and one 65% scaled version): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154784
- Combination Wrench Holder (I printed one full size version and one 60% scaled version): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:280…
- Rasp/File Tool Rack: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:219…
- Letterpress Roller Height Gauge Holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:340…
- Hammer Hangers: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:337…
- Bottle Cage/Can Mount: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:123…
- Driver Bit Holders: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:167…
- File Holders: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:337…