Shadowboard for Pliers, Pliers Wrenches & Spanners
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 pliers and pliers wrenches.
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Materials
30 mm PE rigid foam
Shaper tape
Tools
Shaper Origin
self made jig for the foam inlays
6 mm router bit
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 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. This shadowboard contains the follwing tools: upper row: - left: Knipex 81 13 250 Siphon and Connector Pliers - right: Lux Monkey Wrench, 250 mm mid section: - Knipex 87 05 250 Cobra Hightech Water Pump Pliers lower row, left section: - 1st: Knipex 86 05 250 Pliers Wrench Pliers - 2nd: Knipex 86 05 180 Pliers Wrench - 3rd: Knipex 86 05 150 Pliers Wrench lower row, right section, from right: - 1st: Wera 6004 Joker XXL self-setting spanner (05020102001) - 2nd: Wera 6004 Joker XL self-setting spanner (05020104001) - 3rd: Wera 6004 Joker L self-setting spanner (05020101001) - 4th: Wera 6004 Joker M self-setting spanner (05020103001) - 5th: Wera 6004 Joker S self-setting spanner (05020100001) - 6th: Wera 6004 Joker XS self-setting spanner (05020099001)