Shelf, drawer collet holding thing

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I needed something near the mill to hold the collets and wrenches, so. I sketched up a couple ideas and came up with this simple and functional design. The front of the drawer is laid back 30 degrees for easy viewing of collet sizes and all the metal is scrap from other projects. I splurged $50 for drawer slides, rubber grommets, hooks, ribbed shelf liner and a rattle can of moss green paint. Attached Images
Reply:two more pics... the close ups Attached Images
Reply:Very cool and well done!  My collets and cutters are laying in a drawer that is so overloaded it won't move and I can't find anything in it.Miller Syncrowave 350Millermatic 252/ 30A spoolgunMiller Bobcat 225g w/ 3545 spoolgunLincoln PowerArc4000Lincoln 175 Mig  Lincoln 135 Mig Everlast 250EX TigCentury ac/dc 230 amp stickVictor O/AHypertherm 1000 plasma
Reply:Don't you smack your knuckles on the wrenches when reaching for something on that shelf?  And what's the story on that rotating punch thing?  That looks handy.And a suggestion.....Maybe add a divider behind the collets so something in the drawer doesn't try to push them out.  A collet hitting the floor from that height is not good.My name's not Jim....
Reply:The 2 punches I picked up a couple years ago at an auction; paid $400 for the pair of them. In fact, I used the 18 position turret to punch the 1.5" holes for this project. The turret has 1/8" up to 1.5" punches loaded in it.I like your suggestion of putting something behind the collets to keep  them from getting knocked out; I hadn't considered that while building it. I put a "strong back" to stiffen the 16 gauge so I'll "Tee" off it with something to put a backing in there.If you noticed in the above pics, the 3/4" collet is coincidentally absent because I dropped it a couple weeks ago from a height lower than this new shelf  Attached Images
Reply:Clean and orginized...nice.
Reply:Looks good and very organized,good job!Millermatic 252Syncrowave 200Cutmaster 42