tool storage

[dtaylor15]

Beginning to acquire a few tools, and attend a local carving meeting once a week, getting the tools there and back as become a bit of a challenge for me, can anyone recommend a good means of transportation for the tools, the rolls don't look like they carry all the extra items, just tools, figured maybe a tool box?...Dennis

[hi ho sliver]

Well I have a large plastic tackle box...it works pretty good

[Claude]

I use an old faux-leather briefcase that's too worn for more "formal" use. My knives all have a wine bottle cork stuck on them to protect the blade; the chisels I use are Flexcut, so I just leve them in the little wood box. Plenty of room for a pattern book or two, a few pieces of 1.5 x 1.5 and 2x2 basswood, my Flexcut honing goody and a small hard arkansas stone, a pencil, a few sheets of paper, etc.

Claude

[MDWine]

I bought one of the large tool boxes from Home Depot. It has large storage under the tray that sits on top. Has a couple of small storage boxes attached to the lid... works for me, as I keep all my carving tools mobile!

[whitecree]

I'd just wrap them in a large piece of moose hide, alternating blade-handle so as not to bang the edges around.

If I ever bothered with taking my tools anywhere, that is.


I tried that, but the dadblamed moose kept walking off with my knives....and you know how hard it is to find a moose in Arizona?

[Claude]

Ah, but Whitecree: in order to have moose hide, one must have meese in the vicinity. Here in Virginia, near the Washington, DC, metroplex, they're in short supply...



Claude

[watercarving]

I bought a lazy susan type device that fits in a five gallon bucket. My tools suspend in the lazy susan. I can take it out and rotate it around to get my tools and seal it up when I'm done.

[millhoused]

For a large selection I use a Plano Tackle box Model 737.

For the carving club I use a Harbor Freight Nail Bag. That holds a number of knives and palm tools as well as my strop glove and thumb protector. It is light and compact for travel.

Just my 2 cents