Collet storage

[tjb]

Very nice! What kind/size lathe is it?

Regards,
Terry

 

[Mtnmac]

Very nice! What kind/size lathe is it?

Regards,
Terry

Enco 12 x 36

 

[tjb]

Enco 12 x 36

Beautiful job! You made it look factory.

Regards

 

[Mtnmac]

Beautiful job! You made it look factory.

Regards

When I bought the lathe, it came with no back to it. I made one out of the same plywood, 5/8 AC. Then I took one of the doors off and had the hardware store match the paint. Used the same paint on the collet storage, it looks nice with the matching paint.

 

[tjb]

"...it looks nice with the matching paint."

Yes, it does! Your hardware store did a great job of matching the paint.

Good job.

Regards

 

[firemaker76]

Not exactly tooling, but storage for tooling. With a small shop, every inch counts. I needed a place to store my 5C collets and noticed the space under the lathe was unused... So ordered a set of ball bearing slides from Mcmaster Carr, scrounged up some plywood and came up with a nice storage area for collets.

Excellent idea! I have a small shop too, so I understand your dilemma. I've only re-organized my shop 10 times LOL ;-)

-Mitch H.

 

[mksj]

Similar idea due to space limitations, but I put mine on the end cabinet on my 1340GT and subsequently they are on the side of one of my tool cabinets.

 

[jwmelvin]

My approach is similar to the OP’s:

 

[Brento]

Oh i love that @jwmelvin

 

[jwmelvin]

Oh i love that @jwmelvin

Thank you. The prior owner had shelves, which I got with the lathe and cut down to make the cart, so all the holes were there and labeled. It worked out pretty well and the vinyl covers keep everything clean.