BXA Toolholder rack brackets

[ChrisAttebery]

Ever since I bought my latest lathe I've had the toolholders sitting in the chip pan. I'm tired of cleaning way oil and chips off of them so I decided to make a rack for them. I have a piece of 1010 rail for the rack, so I just needed to make some toolholder brackets. I drew these up in Fusion 360 and milled them on my CNC converted G0704 mill. I made 20 of them even though I only have 10 toolholders at the moment. It's always easier to make a few extra the first time than to have to redo the set ups later.

 

[Bamban]

Nicely done. Please consider selling me the extra ones.

 

[Karl_T]

You did it fancier than mine. I cut a whole bunch of plates to fit and then welded on a tall rack at 45 degrees. It goes to the ceiling

 

[Silverbullet]

You may have an eBay seller there, I bet.

 

[jdedmon91]

I have my tools mounted 2 ways. One is on studs on the chip guard and on a shelf behind the lathe

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[BGHansen]

Have mine stored on the back splash also. Mine are held with bent pieces of 1/8" aluminum sheared to width and bent to a right angle (resemble the OP's brackets). These 'L' brackets are attached to a couple of horizontal lengths of Unistrut which in turn is supported by two vertical lengths of Unistrut.

Bruce

 

[Cheeseking]

I keep only 1 or 2 right at the lathe on an 80/20 rig that doubles as a wrench and chuck key holder and DRO mount. Used existing holes in the headstock with longer screws to attach.

I keep the rest on pegboard at bench behind where I work on the lathe all out of range of flying chips and oil.
Some brackets I made out of 1/4” hdpe sheet, some from .060 aluminum bent in L shape similar to BH

 

[ChrisAttebery]

Sometimes things just get pushed back to the end of the list and get forgotten. Apparently my tool rack was one of those things.

I finally got back around to it this weekend. I machined the mounting brackets, cut a 30” section of 8020 1010 rail and got the tool rack installed on my backsplash.

 

[Cheeseking]

Nice work on the custom end brackets.
What lathe do you have? That paint color and primer underneath look very familiar

 

[fixit]

I have my tools mounted 2 ways. One is on studs on the chip guard and on a shelf behind the lathe

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Now that looks like a well used shop! I hate to see everything as if it just came out of the box on Xmas morning.