Well today must be rack day. I made a a router bit rack, the router bits and collets were taking over one of the panels on the router and I was running out of room to set them, and just bought 5 more in the last few days. So............
Not as pretty as Toolmaster's but functional. I made it out of 3/4 MDF. And there it is screwed to the particleboard spoil board on the router table.
I went through with a drill routine and spotted the screw holes after putting a couple of screws in an area that would not be cut just to hold it in position. Then screwed the work to the spoil board using the assembly screw holes so it's anchored for the next operations.
I learned a lesson. The other day I bought a 1/4 inch down cut bit. Even though it looks to be center cutting, it don't plunge worth a darn. As you can see things got a little warm.
Changed over to a normal bit and life was good again.
All done with a 1/4 inch bit except the hex shapes where I needed a smaller radius in the corners. That was done with a 3/16 bit. You can see where things got a little warm before I caught it. The corners are relieved to allow assembly later.
Then the top piece goes over to the router table for a little edge rounding. Note the Enco dust hood
This is what the cutouts and tabs are for. Goes together like an erector set. A little tap with a hammer, and put in a screw. Way too easy, and everything lines up.
And the bottom is assembled. I wanted the bits to set pretty deep, and the material is 3/4 inch thick, so make the top out of two pieces. I pocketed the same hole pattern 0.250 deep in the bottom piece and through the top piece so now the bits set an inch deep. You can see the relief for the corners of the tabs in the top piece.
And the top piece screwed in place and starting to fill up with bits and collets
