Standing in the ongoing mess/project that is my workshop today and looking at the very decent Clarke HD PLus mobile tool cabinet (it's the higher quality stronger version) i bought to store my engineering tools next door http://www.clarkeinternational.com/shop ... ol-cabinet i couldn't (heresy!!!! ) help thinking why not buy another to store my woodworking tools.
Thoughts of all the usual peg board and wall mounted cabinet solutions have been rattling around in my mind, but in the end (a) i'm short of wall space, and (b) need to get earning ASAP and the £240 or so it would cost to buy another starts to feel like a good deal. Not to mention (c) it'd be mobile.
Another big advantage is that it would leave my woodworking tools readily available during the shop set up process - right now when i need something i have to tramp off upstairs and rummage around in cardboard boxes for what i want.
It seems to me that many of the DIY approaches are about having time but not much money, and tradition. But that if i was to buy some 19mm polyethylene foam sheet and cut out tool nests in it, and drop it over the drawer bottom linings that i'd have a very nice home for my hand tools.
Do any of you more experienced guys have a view on this. especially - are there solid technical or functional reasons (as opposed to traditional) why you don't often see this done?
Thoughts of all the usual peg board and wall mounted cabinet solutions have been rattling around in my mind, but in the end (a) i'm short of wall space, and (b) need to get earning ASAP and the £240 or so it would cost to buy another starts to feel like a good deal. Not to mention (c) it'd be mobile.
Another big advantage is that it would leave my woodworking tools readily available during the shop set up process - right now when i need something i have to tramp off upstairs and rummage around in cardboard boxes for what i want.
It seems to me that many of the DIY approaches are about having time but not much money, and tradition. But that if i was to buy some 19mm polyethylene foam sheet and cut out tool nests in it, and drop it over the drawer bottom linings that i'd have a very nice home for my hand tools.
Do any of you more experienced guys have a view on this. especially - are there solid technical or functional reasons (as opposed to traditional) why you don't often see this done?