Shadowboard for wrenches
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 wrenches.
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Storage & Organization
Files Included (1)
Shadowboard Maul- und Ringschlüssel V8.svg
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Materials
30 mm PE rigid foam
Shaper tape
Tools
Shaper Origin
self made jig for the foam inlays
3 mm router bit
6 mm router bit
8 mm router bit
engraving 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 SO's 3mm router bit, a 6 mm spiral router bit with a positive and a negative flute, an 8 mm spiral router bit with two positive and two negative flutes at the speed from 4.5 to 6. I've avoided to cut deeper than 3 mm with the 3 mm and 6 mm router bit and 4-5 mm with the 8 mm router bit in one step. For longer cutting sessions I also recommend to clean the bit from time to time. For the labelling I've used SO's engraving router bit with a cutting depth of 0.5 mm to 1 mm depending of the font size. This shadowboard contains the follwing wrench sets: upper left section: - Wera 6000 Joker 8 Imperial Set 1 (05020012001), containing 8 Imperial ratcheting combination wrenches, size AF 5/16" to AF 3/4" upper right section: - Gedore Double Ended Ring Wrench Set (R01105008), containing 8 ring wrenches, size AF 6 mm to AF 22 mm lower left section: - Wera 6000 Joker 11 Set 1 (05020013001), containing 11 ratcheting combination wrenches, size AF 8 mm to AF 19 mm lower mid section (newly added to updated version), left to right: - Wera 6003 Joker combination wrench, size 5.5 mm - Wera 6003 Joker combination wrench, size 6 mm - Wera 6003 Joker combination wrench, size 7 mm - Wera 6003 Joker combination wrench, size 8 mm - Wera 6003 Joker combination wrench, size 9 mm lower right section: - Carolus Open Ended Ratchet Wrench Set (0590.0010), containing 10 open ended ratcheting wrenches, size AF 10 mm to AF 19 mm