discussion Punch holder

[Guest]

After I’d bought a second RP Toolz punch and die set a few months ago, I needed a more convenient way to store the punches than in the box and bag they came in. My initial plan was to drill holes into a block of wood, but I couldn’t find a suitable one and didn’t have a good place in my hobby room to put it. This afternoon I hit upon the idea of using PVC pipe instead, so with help from my father and his shed full of tools, we knocked up a wall-mounted holder for 22 punches and two hammers:

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That’s 22 lengths of PVC pipe, 2.5 cm long with an outer diameter of about 15 mm, glued together into strips of five and six that I then glued together staggered so they slope rather than lie horizontally, with a back plate made from a big, square-section PVC tube. Everything is now within easy reach

 

[Jim R]

Very good Jakko. That's a clever idea, far better than my "system" of having them rolling about in a drawer :rolling:
Jim

 

[Guest]

Thanks, having them roll about was the last thing I wanted — if you’ve seen the photos of my workbench I posted the other day, I’m sure you’ll understand why