Today’s project the Tool Rack was a project that has been a long time coming. I have been planning on building this project for a while and finally got around to it. Previously, I was storing my tools in a cabinet and my batteries either in the cabinet or on the charger in another part of the shop. That was not a good strategy. And after battling this bad strategy for several years, I did it and built this Tool Rack.
Since I used a lot of scrap wood, I made a lot more cuts that you will need to. The final width for all the parts (except the back piece) is 8” wide. You could start off ripping your boards to the final width of 8” on the table saw, then move to the miter saw to cut them all to final length. Since this is a shop project, you should consider using scraps as well to clean out some of the scrap wood you have accumulated.
Once I cut out all of the boards I need for this project it was simply following the directions (mostly) to put this together. Weather you saw me do it in the video or not, I drilled, countersank, glued, and screwed all the boards together. I did use a few brad nails on a few parts, but after, I put screws in those joints too. I did not use any pocket hole screws, but if you have a pocket hole jig, then this would be a great opportunity to put it to use. Since this was a shop project, I had no problem with the screw showing on the finished project.
After you get all you parts cut you can start making quick work of assembling this project. The first 3 steps will be putting C to F, D to E, and then you will need to put all 5 parts of B to A together. Now that these 3 steps are done, you will start assembling the actual body of the project.
In my opinion, the easiest way to assemble this is to use your 3.5” spacer and attach E to I. You can use parts B & A that you assembled earlier joints, since you will probably be gluing some end grain. to help support your piece While you attach E to I.
For my tools, I determined that 3.25” was a good spacing amount between each section. You should make sure this spacing amount will work for your tools. Once you determine that that spacing will work, then you will attached all of the B&As to I. This is where the 3.25” spacers will come in handy. I used these spacers between each tool section all the way down. You can make quick work out of this. Make sure you add plenty of glue to these joints.
Moving right along, it is time to attached F to I. Again use the 3.25” spacers. You’re not done with F yet, because now you need to attach H to F. Now you can attach G to I & H. You will need to make sure that you square up each corner.
Next you will need to add J to the center of I. This does not have to be the exact center, just fairly close.
Step 11 is where you will need the other I that you cut earlier. You will need to attach it to G, J & E. This will finish up the frame and most of the project. The only thing left to do is to attach the back (K) to the entire frame. I screwed and glued this.
Now in my shop, I found 2 wall studs and put 6 screws directly into the wall studs to attach it firmly to the wall.
This will finish up the project. One tip, I gave the glue overnight to dry before I attached it to the wall. Since this project is a little heavier and you will be adding more weight with your tools, it might be a good idea to let yours dry as well. Besides, if you are just now building this for yourself, why not wait an extra day to make sure the glue is good and dry.
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