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   William John | Mar 29, 2006 12:38am | #1

   It is a good idea to have an open shelf about elbow high below the lathe bed.

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   Bailey | Mar 29, 2006 05:27pm | #5

   William John: The shelf below the bed is a good idea. I will incorporate that. How do you store your chisels when you aren't turning?

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   William John | Mar 31, 2006 04:26am | #7

   I generaly leave my home made special scraping tools on the shelf under the lathe bed.

   Gouges and skew chisels and parting tool in their case in the cupboard built under the lathe.

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   Bailey | Apr 01, 2006 04:35pm | #8

   Thank you!

   Bailey

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   Patto | Apr 10, 2006 06:31am | #9

   I have a shadow board, It has two strips of 19*40mm hardwood attached. The top une is bored right through and the lower one halfway with a 30mm hole (forstner bit). Simply slide the chisels up into the top rail and nest the end of the handle in the bottom. This allows vertical storage, but they do need to be up on the wall.

   Dave.

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   BG | Mar 29, 2006 12:44am | #2

   Bailey,
   I bought a Craftsman cast iron table top lathe and then built a rather large workbench to accomodate the lathe and a grinder. I built nested drawers under the workbench and built/attached a raised panel cabinet with boxed doors to store the chisels. This has my chisels at eye level and the lathe on a super heavy solid base. The doors hold the tapers, chucks, etc.
   Maybe I got carried away....

   
   

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   Edited 3/28/2006 5:45 pm ET by BG

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   Bailey | Mar 29, 2006 04:43pm | #3

   BG: How do you hold the chisels in place? Are the vertical, and if so, what holds them in place?

   Bailey

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   BG | Mar 29, 2006 04:57pm | #4

   Bailey,
   Yes, vertical. I took two strips of wood and dadoed both. One strip is attached to the base of the cabinet and accepts the end of the handle. The chisel then lays back and the business end lays in the other dado. Hope this is understandable...

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   Bailey | Mar 29, 2006 05:31pm | #6

   BG: I gather from your desciption that the top strip of dadoed wood is set back relative to the bottom, so the tops of the chisels lean back, relying on gravity to keep them from tipping forward and falling out. Your solution is quick, easy, and convenient!

   Thanks!