KR Wilson Tool Storage ~ Shop Tool board storage
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Bruce Lancaster
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There are a number of pictures of KRW stations in the '32-7 Service bulletins, various boards, cabinets, and rolling devices. Don't have them here, but I believe you will see some good ideas there.
If I were designing the world, I think I would make up something like the 1930 cabinet shown above mounted on a rolling workbench...
Here in the real world, I am so disorganized I own some KRW tools I have not seen in 30 years.
If I were designing the world, I think I would make up something like the 1930 cabinet shown above mounted on a rolling workbench...
Here in the real world, I am so disorganized I own some KRW tools I have not seen in 30 years.
Maybe this might help. most used items put at arms lenth center of the board. So this would require the board to be split by verticle lines. Its kind of like the grocery store that puts the best selling items at head level for easy access. engine/trans/ac-heating/suspension-steering/brakes/electrical/drivalilty/axle-differencial-transfer case/interior-exterior trim/ This is how our Ford dealership catagorizes tools might work for you.
BRENT in 10-uh-C
Well-known member
Wow, this is one straight from the moth balls!!
I finally got my wall built but I am not necessarily happy with the layout, ...but again, it is more about aestethics than anything. Pretty much every tool or item get used about once during a complete restoration so for me personally I would have trouble determining which tool should be located in the middle of the board. I guess why we hung the heavier tools closer to the floor so they don't chip the concrete when they get accidently knocked off the peg.
Tom from Drippin'
Senior Member
I sure hope you are bracing the "free" corner (upper left, in photo) of the tool wall.
If not it will be real shakey!
If not it will be real shakey!
BRENT in 10-uh-C
Well-known member
Actually it isn't as bad as you might think Tom. If I recall correctly (since we built that wall over a year and a half ago!!), we used Liquid Nails between the concrete floor and the plate, and between the stud and the cinder blocks, and if I recall correctly James Rogers brought his anchor gun that shoots 22 bullets to drive the concrete nails. Then the plywood was glued onto the studs using the same Liquid Nails, and after it set up and dried, it really doesn't move. I'm sure if someone backed a car into it, or leaned a ladder against it then it might be a little shakey but for the time being it seems OK. Maybe it is about time for you to come up for a visit, and when you do you can test it to see if it passes the muster!