Wood Chisel Rack

Project: Wood Chisel Rack
Purpose: Free up my drawers and make them more easily accessible

This one is nothing special, just a necessary adjustment to help continue to move my most useful tools out of drawers and off of shelves into the French cleat system I built. My chisels are new, but I have already found them extremely helpful when cleaning up inner corner joints and squaring off channels. Although this is the first Workshop Log I am posting, there have been tons of completed workshop projects since I moved into the new house back in November (2020). I did not really consider making Workshop Logs until recently. I do have some pictures of the other projects, so I may post them as a single post, once I figure out a format that works.

All of the wood I used are scrap pieces leftover from my previous projects. This is a cut-off from a 3/4” sheet of Red Oak ply. Here I measured and marked center points for where the chisels will mount, and spaced them 3” evenly apart.

Used the miter saw to cut two even pieces, so I will have two rows of 4 chisels.

I am using magnets to secure the chisels in place. Each piece of cut ply will house 4 countersunk magnets. Here I measured the width of the magnet so I know how deep my holes need to be, set my drill press stop to the measured 3/16”, then drilled the holes.

Next I ripped two thin sheets off of a 1”x4” Red Oak plank. I used these to cover the magnets.

Tested the strength of the hold after attaching the cover. The larger chisels held fine but the smaller ones were a little weaker than I liked. Sanded the covers down a little and tested until it felt like they were strong enough to hold if the rack was moved.

Another scrap piece that came in handy. It was just long enough to fit everything comfortably.

Again, more scrap pieces. This was a cut-off from the French cleat wall that I kept. The length was not exactly perfect, but it was good enough for me.

Apologies for the messy workspace.