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Step 28Tool Bucket

Tool Bucket
I've spent my adult life working in shared workshops.
No one ever puts tools back where they came from.
If tools are kept in drawers, get ready to look in every drawer every time you need a tool.

It's good to keep all the tools in one place so you don't have to walk so far before sending the "who stole the tools" emails.

The tool bucket works well in a shared workshop.
Not for any solid theoretical reason, but in practice it works well.
You can fit lots of tools in a small space and move it to where the project is.
You can look at it from above and find the tool you need.
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3 comments
May 1, 2011. 11:56 AMDorthyBlueBird says:
I imagine that a corn-cob would be great for removing cruft from your saw blades, files and other cruft-prone tools.
Oct 10, 2009. 9:59 AMtadpole1 says:
I bet that corn cob is for "emergencies".
May 30, 2008. 2:22 PMGuyj says:
Is that a corn cob I see being used as a file handle in the middle right side of picture. Never thought of it but it seems like it would make a nice grip.

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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