I made this pretty cool tool rack for a client. I think i'm gonna make one for myself too.

 

Nice rack Adam, I LIKE it! I'm thinking a little rim around the top to keep roly, round things from rolling off might be good. The pic looks like it's vertical on the back side so it'll stand flush with the wall or a bench. Yes?

 

All in all well done, a good tool.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

how bout a sketch for us ?   would like to build one for my self some day ;)

Nice, love the angled hammer rack. That's gonna get heavy, fast!

Great looking tool rack. 

instead of the fairly fine expanded metal, I'd for with some say 1-1.15" square hole heavy hardware cloth that you could place hardy tools shank down in.

great idea ,good place to hold scrap stock

BTW for a quick and dirty tong rack find a scrapped basketball hoop and mount it to a wall/post/postvise stand/innocent bystander/???

Nice project. I like the angle of the hammer racks. I am in need of additional hammer storage now, and could add angled holders of that type below the 2nd shelf of my existing table.

It is vertical on the back. I don't know if anyone noticed but below the hammer racks, there is a slot all the way across the front

for 1" hardy tools. It's an excellent design and very adaptable.

 

I can't take credit for the design, the customer brought in the drawings. I think the guys name was Ron Nichols who designed it.
I don't want to put up any plans because i don't know if the customer bought them..etc. I will say that the hammer racks are tilted

at a 28 degree angle.  ;)

Another pic.

Adam 9, thanks for the nice compliments about the tool cart. My plans for the cart were in the AACB (Appalachian Area Chapter of Blacksmiths) newsletter several months back. You are welcome to pass along the plans, and I would love to see if anyone recommends any improvements to the cart. It is actually covered on the ends and top with 14-gauge sheet steel, and there is also a divider down the middle separating the shelves from the hammer racks. On top, I keep a regular toolbox with drawers holding chisels and specialty tools. I'm hoping I've attached a picture of mine - maybe it will help some folks. I will also try to post the plans as well.

Slowpoke (Ron)

Ron - your tool rack looks well organized.

I'm thinking I might put this together to help with my overly filled garage limited work space.

Things on wheels make the constant rearranging much easier.

Only thing I might change (or add) is to put tong racks on each end of the cart.

weld a basketball hoop on for tongs. I find them at the scrapyard on a regular basis. I also use a lot of garden racks to hold my files and rasps as I use golf balls for the handles and they fit on a rake head very nicely. For ones that move a lot I sometimes heat the rake tines and curl them up a bit more.

That's the last thing I want on a cart like that is basketball hoops hanging off the ends, adding another 36"-40" to the length of the cart.....  No thanks.

A simple tong rack that runs the width on each end is more compact and organized.

a well mounted loop makes a nice place to grab it to move it; but it does add length.

a well mounted loop makes a nice place to grab it to move it; but it does add length.

 

.....and you can shoot a few baskets if you get bored and need some entertainment!!

Yep, those were the plans.  :)