Grinder tooling arm storage?

KCGGBC

KCGGBC

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My collection of arms and attachments has been growing and has become a real storage issue. I have a some what small room that serves as my grinding room and I'm curious how my fellow makers work out this problem.

So what does everyone do for keeping arms and wheels out of the way?
 
Nothing fancy here. Just welded some tubing to a piece of steel and painted it. It's effective enough.

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i bought the tooling arm holder from beaumont metalworks (KMG). it holds 3 arms with attachments.
 
I bought the tool arm tree from Beaumont, and made one myself too. I have lot's of tool arms:

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The tooling arm storage issue used to drive me nuts, always looking for them when I needed
them. I think this was from an old idea I had for a power hammer frame at one time. Works slick
being left handed-- cause they're right there. Ken.
 
Thanks for the replies guys. Looks like the tree system is the way to go.
Time to order some material and get to work.

Thanks again. :thumbup:
 
I welded up a tree of tubes at an angle to hold my tooling arms, but I really like Kens horizontal approach much better. It looks like it will provide an easier in and out, and the spacing should prevent different tools from getting in each others way.
Building one like that is on my list now! Thanks for sharing Ken.
 
i store mine similar to kc, accept i staggered mine to fit more of them. i welded stands for both my grinders and used this method. kicks ass!! ill take a pic later,
 
i4Marc said:
This arrangement helps to free up valuable floor space.

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This looks like the way to go for me. Super cheap and simple. I'm curious, how is the surface grinder attachment held on on the bottom? Is it the bolt at the top/front of the square tube? Are those steel tool arms? If so, I bet that tree weighs a lot. What size bolt are you using through the top, affixing it to the rafter? Is it just attached to the rafter or is it anchored to the wall as well?

Thanks for posting this up. It's probably gonna be the way I go.
 
Josh Rider said:
Do you sell or buy knives for how much the steel is worth?
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No, I'm mostly paying for labor, which you won't find in that tool holder.

I've just bought a bunch of mild steel lately and that thin wall tube here I could get for less than $10. That is quite a mark up. Even the KMG tool holder is $84. Which I still personally think is high, but come on, there is more time waiting on a saw to cut the parts than labor in welding or drilling the holes in the foot. Which if I were producing would be drilling or welding while waiting on the bandsaw. You can't compare making a knife to making that tool holder, there are hours upon hours of labor in making a knife. There is less than an hour combined cutting, drilling, welding and in that. There is nothing to it. Don't get me wrong, I want to get paid for my time as anyone else would and I'm not trying to put down anyone's work, I just think $159 plus $30 shipping is kinda high for the end product. Can't necessarily get around the shipping part, but having almost $200 in it by the time it's at your door is kinda high for $10 material and very little labor. Just like I wouldn't expect to pay $300 for a full tag knife with no scales basically just ground, heat treated, sharpened and nothing else. I'm not trying to put the guy down, I just think he's shooting a little high with his price tag for what in it, labor included.
 
I stopped by Walmart the other day and happened to pass by the exercise equipment section and found this thing:








It's not custom made or anything but it's holding the toolarms pretty well. It's solid and was only $40. Figured I'd pass on the info.
 
JG CMW,

Maybe this will help a bit. The rack is attached to the rafter with a single bolt. There are no bolts into the wall. There is a thin piece of wood tacked to the back side of the rack to keep any tooling arms from going far enough to be scratched by the cinder block wall. All bolts are probably 5/16" or 3/8". The construction is just 1X12's or 1X10's for the sides, I forget which, and 2X4's. I used a scrap piece of 2X2" lumber which is actually 1.5X1.5" (the tooling arms are 1.25" square) as a spacer when positioning the 2X4's. The surface grinder attachment tooling arm has a hole in the end (that's what looks like a bolt in the photo). That is what I used to hang the SGA on the bolt at the bottom of the diagram. I slipped a piece of clear plastic tubing over the exposed threads on the bolt to protect the tooling arm. All the tooling arms for the TW-90 are aluminum with the exception of the SGA which is steel. The rafter seems to be dealing with the weight without any issues. If I were to build another i would use 2X6's instead of 2X4's to allow a bit more space between the tools.



 
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