Check out my adjustable router bit rack!

[@StumpyNubs]

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[@66scotty73]

Since a lot of us don't use a lot of our router bits frequently, how about making a second set of "holders" on which the profile of the router bit could be routed so you can see what shape a router bit will give you. These blocks might lead to stand a little taller and stick out of the holder little farther, but it might be a fairly simple way for those with a little less experience in figuring out what router bit or bits we need to get the intended result.

[@Hello-qd3uy]

This is absolutely excellent in every single way. The video itself is so informative and to the point. One of the best videos I’ve seen on KZbin and better than most things on TV - not to mention the rack itself. Absolute class.

[@revtmyers1]

So far this is my favorite solution for router bits. Love everything being on display, easy access and adjustable.

[@mgwood558]

Finally a perfectly adjustable rack. Thanks

[@Bob_H_in_Lincoln]

I just finished up with the storage rack. Fun build. I did use #6 trim head on the front side for the rails. I pre drilled and then just put them in by hand and had no problems of splitting . I went this route because the rail moved just enough when I was fastening them from the back so I ended up with loose fits. I also kept the sides full dimension panels and added cabinet doors. I was surprised when I finally put all of my bits in one place of how many I really hand. Makes finding the correct one much easier. One thing I made sure was to make about 20 extra blocks. I didn't drill any holes in them yet but I'm all ready when I get a new bit. I also made a couple of long blanks. They are about 3 blocks wide for any kit (like a rabbit bit with multiple bushings) so I can store them all on one block. Some snowy afternoon I'll go through and put descriptors on the back of the blocks.

[@johnnielsen7413]

Simply awesome. I'm going to use different types of woods for the holding blocks to denote function. Ex. all round over = walnut.

[@oakoliver7183]

These plans are now in my collection. I thought I would downsize it but after looking around my shop I also could use it to store my plug cutters, 1/4" impact drivers, centering bits and on and on. I also purchase from Whiteside exclusively. Excellent products. Thanks for another woodworking lesson.

[@StumpyNubs]

Forstner bits too :)

[@geoffsemon7411]

Great idea. I don't have the wall space but this would work just as well in a couple of drawers

[@David-hm9ic]

While I like the router bit storage, I REALLY appreciate you steering me to Whiteside bits. After a few purchases they're my go-to brand of router bits.

[@georgekabacinski]

Nice design. It looks very versatile.

[@garsta1]

I ordered your plans and built mine mainly out of repurposed oak. Great detail, pictures, and instructions. The drill press jig is genius. Made short order out of drilling the holes. I'm glad you didn't understate the importance of consistent spacing of the rails. The pin nails held well enough to make sure everything fit. However, even after measuring carefully and pre-drilling, I found adding screws from the back moved mine out of line just enough to cause spacing problems. Instead, I decided to used 1 1/4" 18 gauge brad nails from the front. I don't mind the fact that I see the brad nails and it holds everything in place just fine. Finally have a way to organize and store my growing collection of router bits. Thanks!

[@KastaRules]

Simple yet Brilliant. Brimple, or Simpliant.

[@keithclark1863]

Hi James from down under, I love your router bit holder project. It is so good to see a project that can evolve when you purchase new bits. It's on my list to make after we move house (down sizing at 77 years). Love your utube sessions. I watch all of them. Thanks, I really appreciate you taking the time to educate and inform. Thanks mate. kmdc from Aus

[@martylts]

If I ever work out of a shop again instead of a trailer, this rack will be on the to do list.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Nicely done, Mr Stumpy! Great idea and concept... you've 'solved' the bit size variation dilemma quite elegantly... kudos! Best, Matt

[@-ZIO]

this is the most customizable bit storage solution I have ever seen. Its great because you can build to any need and add at any time. And the bits are all out front and easy to see therefore easy to find. And the French cleat means I can move it all to another wall or across town if I need. It really is a good design.

[@brettd.cotten9987]

Another great video... Love the projects and tips

[@lewisprentice243]

Once again, you're the man Nubs.

[@kentneil7100]

Very impressive bit holder..... Another great video James and the team.

[@richiethebartender]

This is a fantastic channel! The content, production style and value hit exactly the right note! For someone just dipping their toes into fine woodworking or moving on from the limited selection of skills of a functional hobbiest to some more serious projects, your videos include the precise amount of detail to inspire and educate with useful tips that I actually remember and- dare I say it - push me into buying some of your plans!! A fine example of what KZbin is all about! Keep up the good work!

[@williamshaffer2562]

Very very nice job. Great way to view all bits. Jimmy my boy you've done it again.

[@richardclowes6123]

Awesome rack design and such a clever evolving idea as it can grow to suit. Looks good too.

[@mlubecke]

Nubs....... awesome design.

[@mechanoid5739]

Now that is an awesome router bit storage unit! Love the functionality of being able to move bits around!

[@edwardwilson990]

That just may be the best designed router bit cabinet I've ever seen. Well done!!!!

[@robertstigter9195]

Brilliant idea Mr. Nubs. Thanks for sharing this. Rgds and Stay safe, Robert.

[@edparagonpc]

Great, just the storage system I've been looking for.

[@donbrowning689]

Quite a collection my friend

[@ccadama]

@Stumpy Nubs. Thanks James for the build and storage idea. I'm surprised that some woodworkers store their router bits in a way where they can bump into each other and possibly nick or chip the cutting edges. That can't be good. Hope you, your staff, and your families stay safe and well.

[@johnprellwitz9004]

Your content is beyond exceptional. Thank you for the effort that you put into these videos.

[@markkoons7488]

Great idea, Stump.

[@manny.u1958]

Deam; Everytime I see your videos. My pockets get full of jealousy, just to see your shop and all those toys you got. I'm not a pro carpenter but I make my own furniture, ¡and your videos have helped me allot, in every aspect! Cheers from Tijuana, stay safe, and god bless you.

[@Webendowed]

Not that this means anything to anybody but me, but I approve! This is a great idea!!

[@markbryan9989]

That is a very thoughtful design. My collection is considerably smaller but growing. The cabinet I made 3 years ago is not full. Also, this design could work with some drill bits if the hole was made on an angle. Just a thought. Thanks James!

[@raydriver7300]

James, you are talented and brilliant. My old bits are stored upright in hardwood and my new ones are in the original box, most still in their protective coating.

[@TrevorDennis100]

Ray, I suspect very few wood workers have every bit they own. I am reasonably sure that more than half of my bits have never been used, but sets are an economic way to buy them.

[@briannelson605]

Very clever design

[@isaacplaysbass8568]

Pure genius, and beautifully crafted.

[@LarryCoates1948]

i love this design! The one thing i would do for myself, other than a smaller version of this, it this... I would make the blocks that have 1/4 inch holes a different color from the ones with 1/2 holes, perhaps just a dark stain on the blocks. That way you can quickly distinguish the difference between bit that have the larger of smaller bits even before you walk over to the router bit rack!

[@kenerickson4923]

I recommend using a label maker to add bit descriptions onto your block. Quick and easy to find what you want. Some are obvious, but others are more difficult to determine.

[@66scotty73]

Well thought out and executed

[@johnbeeck2540]

Great solution!

[@timothywhite6532]

Pure Genius, thank you for sharing!!

[@MrMarkpeggy]

Thanks for the great video James! Awesome idea. 👍

[@SteveC38]

That's an Awesome Cabinet James!

[@tazmane3]

Great video! Still looking forward to that air compressor cart video too!

[@chrisnash2154]

I love this idea! Thank You!

[@onecarwood]

This is the best project yet!

[@Yawles]

I love the looks of your project. I'm building a router table, with two tall, narrow drawers on either side of the router lift compartment. I was thinking of slanted shelves with a lip on the lower edge of each shelf. And display my bits on 2"x2"x.75" MDF blocks. My final "Hamilton-worthy" touch will be to mill each edge with that bit at various heights. My dear, patient wife is wanting to make stuff as well and is hesitant regarding the router. It is my hope being able to see what each bit could do will help her visualize easier. I call this idea my "would James approve" creation. Congratulations, Sensei Master! I love your cabinet.

[@603storm]

That is a great idea. You can also make a flat one to sit inside of a drawer if you have a cabinet style router table like I have. Hmmmm.....new project.

[@mmitron3196]

like most of your projects it's literally awesome and always super well explained thanks

[@dominicdiclemente8877]

Seems like the wall the bad guy at the end of the movie is thrown against to finally die.

[@toootankhamooon]

:))))))

[@alanr745]

That’s hilarious...and accurate.

[@jamartin1]

Super nice!!💜

[@fernandokhoshaba9718]

Great idea Nubs

[@simonmurray2002]

Have you been in my shop? I broke the perspex lid on my box for bits yesterday. I was trying to come up with a new solution and bam in jubs stumpy to my subscription notifications. Thanks man, i know what im doing this weekend

[@rowlandprinsloo7287]

Brilliant!

[@BaconDanish]

Put me in your ‘Will’ 🤫😁 That is a nice collection you have there. 😍🤩 And I thought I had many. 🙈😱🤓

[@brothertheo2677]

Awesome design!

[@kamleo1685]

James, that's one lovely storage rack. I wish that I had wall space to hold one. I'm hogging a two-car garage. I would love to see a more space-friendly solution.

[@StumpyNubs]

Make it smaller.

[@kamleo1685]

@@StumpyNubs Might as well keep the bits stored in a box or drawer.

[@robertbamford8266]

Great cabinet idea! I may have missed it, but I would enjoy seeing a video of how you planned the cuts for that molding. How you analyzed the contours and picked the bits.

[@StumpyNubs]

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[@robertbamford8266]

Stumpy Nubs Thank you!

[@larrystrayer8336]

Excellent idea. I made a rack using T slot channel works but yours is better because u have keep the block with the bit. Protecting Carbide edge, not many things as disgusting as seeing a great sharp bit roll off the bench. Lol

[@timhockersmith3934]

What a great idea! Thanks so much.

[@abdelkadernechadi7497]

I've seen this sort of rack in Shopnotes magazine ! ! !

[@rickteeden8656]

Great idea!

[@johnmanning4577]

This one's keeper!!

[@davidkelly256]

I'm just getting started into woodworking and I love this design, its clean and extremely versatile. Thanks for the idea and will most likely buy that plan.

[@roypage5659]

Loved the idea. Is there some way to display the profile cut by the bit as part of the storage?

[@someguyfromky]

Can I please come work at your shop? That is such an awesome idea. I made a holder for my bits long ago. Your idea is top notch.

[@MagSun]

Nice idea! Maybe a bit oversized for my needs, but a great system to start from 👍

[@gsilcoful]

Very cool.

[@SarcastSempervirens]

It would be great to add maybe a glass sliding door to keep the dust out, especially if one stores them oiled or the like.

[@KushXIII]

Freakin awesome! Well done!

[@dpbjlee83]

great idea - Thanks

[@samuelmuise5633]

you could also just cut a square out of a sheet of MDF slatboard and then make the blocks out of 2 pieces, 1 dovetail block to slide, and 1 hole block glued on top. Don't know about you James but I think this is way easier to accomplish then you methods, but to each their own. Definitely looks quite pretty though.

[@StumpyNubs]

I did consider making them in two layers, but it wasn't any easier. The two tongues still must be chamfered to work properly, so you will still have to run it twice through a router table. You do save the two passes over the dado set, but you have extra glue-up to do. And 200 holes through MDF is murder on a forstner bit.

[@xoxo2008oxox]

I looked at the bit holders and was like, Wow, so simple and yet elegant! Then I thought, version 2.0 could have rare earth magnets epoxied in each hole to never allow bits to easily fall out. Or make back with metal sheet and let the magnets be on the back of hole, to hold on the metal... you can bit one can get carried away! BTW- my bits are so damn sharp, I need HD gloves to remove from case. Make sure folks don't have those holes too snug. Oh damn, the magnets would mean effort is needed and ... back to version 1.0 :)

[@MCsCreations]

Beautiful work, dude! It really looks fantastic! 😃 Some day I get there as well! 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@janetburrows137]

What a cracking way of storage. Top job. 🙏💖

[@caneycreekwoodcarver]

Very cool idea. The person that stored his or her bits in the drawers banging into each other, and dulling them, needs to just send them to me I'll make one of your racks or something like it to save them from the drawer monsters.

[@StumpyNubs]

That was the late Charles Neil's shop. The finest woodworker I have ever known, but he sure needed a bit rack! :)

[@michaell7877]

Great vid James. I lease my house. My shop is in my basement. Concrete walls. I am not allowed to drill into the walls. So, everything I make has to be stand alone, or mobile. Most of your vids are for people who have permanent shops. That being said, what do you suggest when watching your do your projects? Tyvm....

[@gizmogremlin1872]

Hey awsome, great timing one of my next projects for organizing my tools is sorting my router bits and this looks better than what I was tentatively planning.

[@davecurda2350]

Very cool rack

[@sibat777]

Love this design. Hope you don’t mind 1 improvement suggestion and 1 alternate solution. Improvement - glue small strip of white plastic to bit holder to write the bit type/description on. Alternate solution - make simple bit holder blocks with flat sides and white plastic label, make a jig so that the hole is drilled at a slight downward angle in the block, glue Neodymium Magnets to the bottom of each block (there are cheep thin ones like small washers available anywhere). Stick a sheet of metal on the wall or use the side/door of a metal cabinet. Stick (magnetically) the bit/holders to the metal plate or cabinet in any order you want. Apologies for suggesting metal on a woodworking channel but this solution requires less tools to complete. I still like the elegance of your design though👍👍👍👍

[@DavesShed]

Yes I like your general idea. Thank you for suggesting it.

[@eddieagha5851]

Thanks for the idea. What stops the bits from being knocked out of their holes? Thanks.

[@StumpyNubs]

Friction.

[@2hornscrest761]

Great idea... a thin french cleat system for the blocks would work as well ...right...?

[@StumpyNubs]

French cleats are not secure unless you have something heavy on them. You would find yourself bumping one bit as you reached for another and it would fall off and hit the floor.

[@2hornscrest761]

Stumpy Nubs good point... thanks

[@mykalimba]

See if Whiteside will provide you with a Stumpy Nubs discount code. I used the Ridge Carbide discount code recently (thank you for that!), and I would most certainly use one at Whiteside. I've not purchased directly from Whiteside (I don't think they have an online store on their website), but I think they can take orders over the phone? And, like I said, I would use the heck out of discount code.

[@TrevorDennis100]

It's a project I have had on my to-do list for a while now, and making the rack adjustable is a great idea. Does your design have provision for the extras and accessories like spanners for table and palm routers, and height adjusting crank, and step down collet etc.?

[@thetoolman3]

This is a fantastic design. But i have questions. In my experience, leaving the bit shanks inserted into a piece of wood causes them to rust. How are you preventing that? Also, how are you getting a sliding fit on the shanks? If I drill a 1/2" hole for a 1/2" shank bit, it ends up too tight and gets stuck.

[@StumpyNubs]

No rust after three years. Some do fit tightly. A little sanding, as needed, fixes that.

[@tonybaggett1984]

I a bit late to the party but due to the finicky nature of the rail spacing and "difficult" shaping of the rails I was wondering why not just use a French cleat system instead? A lot more forgiving and just as adjustable. BTW I purchased the plans for this but now I'm wondering if I should just go French cleat since it'd be so much easier.

[@StumpyNubs]

You will end up knocking bits off the rack all the time with a French cleat system

[@tonybaggett1984]

@@StumpyNubs Thanks. I didn't think of that. This is why I like your channel you engage your audience. I'm going to push my luck and throw another question out there . I was going to enclose the rack in a cabinet with a door what's the minimum depth that you would make the cabinet to fit bits in it?

[@petergamache5368]

All those bits bouncing around against each other in the drawers at 0:45 ... that's heartbreaking. All those cutting edges are getting dinged up. Ouch! Having a good bit storage system isn't just about staying organized - it's also how you protect your investment in tooling!

[@johnslaughter5475]

I absolutely cringed when you showed those 2 drawers full of bits just laying around helter-skelter. How many chipped edges will there be?

[@MichaeltheCrank]

That'll do.

[@jdhannan]

I thought this was a rack for adjustable router bits!

[@Grumpycat0405]

Amazing rack!

[@isaacmaxwell256]

What type of glue do you use details please

[@StumpyNubs]

Titebond

[@mark3476745837]

Looks great. Unfortunately the link to the plans is dead

[@StumpyNubs]

www.stumpynubs.com/product/adjustable-router-bit-rack/

[@olbilldoor]

the latest Whiteside bits I bought they covered up the "made in the USA" with tiny white stickers (bought at Woodcraft)

[@yootoob7048]

Curious thing, moving holes.

[@AlainPilon]

Is this made out of white oak?

[@StumpyNubs]

Ash

[@AlainPilon]

@@StumpyNubs What kind of finish are you using? Or it is because of the video color grading? My ash never looked that good (love the tone at 1:36).

[@StumpyNubs]

It's just a wiping poly. The camera does tend to saturate the color a little, but it looks good in real life too :)

[@janetburrows137]

I’m not sure how to get hold of you, to ask about a build??? So I hope this way is ok????? I need to make a back gate. It’s something like 6” by 2” tung and grove?? I’m a baker, my dad was the joiner. And advise would be great 👍. Thanks 🙏 for your time. The gate is about 6ft. Thanks again, any advice would be appreciated. This is when I really start to miss my dad. 🙏😇💖❤️👍

[@DavesShed]

A wooden gate is easy to make but heavy to install. It requires a very strongly rooted post for the hinges, so that the post will not lean over as time passes. The key thing to remember is that the diagonal cross brace(s) needs to transfer some of the load from top open (latch) corner to bottom hinge corner. Google "wooden gate cross brace" to see what I mean.

[@P010010010100101]

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