Shadowboard for mechanists files
To improve the organization of my tools in my small workshop, I've bought a tool trolley from the german company BGS. The type of the trolley is 4103, a model with 11 drawers. The size of the drawers is 569 mm * 470 mm. Ten of the drawers have a height of 54 mm, the 11th of 170 mm. I plan to produce shadowboards for all the shallow drawers by shaping the corresponding shape of the tools in 30 mm two-colored PE rigid foam inlays. Here I show you my shadowboard for files.
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Files Included (1)
Shadowboard Feilen V5.svg
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Materials
30 mm PE rigid foam
Shaper tape
Tools
Shaper Origin
self made jig for the foam inlays
8 mm router bit
Instructions
The first step is to make a jig for the foam inlays in the size you need for your drawers. The height of the jig should be the same as of your foam inlays. You can shape the cutout with the Shaper Origin. I've added rounded cutouts in the corners, so you can easily insert and remove the foam in and out, and additionally create the grid for the Origin by probing the workpiece edges. In my case I've used a 8 mm spiral router bit with two positive and two negative flutes at the speed of 5. I've avoided to cut deeper than 4-5 mm in one step. For longer cutting sessions I also recommend to clean the bit from time to time. This shadowboard contains the follwing files (from left to right): - Pferd PF 1112, flat, 250 mm, H1 / cut 1 - Pferd PF 1112, flat, 250 mm, H2 / cut 2 - Pferd PF 1112, flat, 250 mm, H3 / cut 3 - Pferd PF 1132, three square, 250 mm, H1 / cut 1 - Pferd PF 1132, three square, 250 mm, H2 / cut 2 - Pferd PF 1162, round, 250 mm, H1 / cut1 - Pferd PF 1162, round, 250 mm, H2 / cut2 - Pferd PF 1162, round, 250 mm, H3 / cut3 - Pferd PF 1142, square, 250 mm, H1 / cut 1 - Pferd PF 1142, square, 250 mm, H2 / cut 2 - Pferd PF 1152 SP, half-round pointed, 250 mm, H1 / cut 1 - Pferd PF 1152 SP, half-round pointed, 250 mm, H2 / cut 2 - Pferd PF 1152 SP, half-round pointed, 250 mm, H3 / cut 3