How to make router bit storage trays

[@ianvicedomini2648]

Space is one thing I don't have an abundance of. I really do like seeing a workshop that uses space to the access and making tools accessible to the full. Great video mate 👍🏽 👌 👏

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Space is a premium in everyones shop i reckon. got to make the most of it

[@heriberthuber54]

I like your style of videos. No distracting comedy or music, no unnecessary information, straight to the point without frills. Thanks for sharing!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks for that feedback mate. Glad you like it.

Hello my friend, I'm making a table for the router these days. And I need to make a storage bin for the router bits too. A detailed explanation gave me an idea. Thank you for sharing. Always keep doing good work. See you. Big greetings. I wish you have a nice weekend. Best regards. Mehmet.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Hi Mehmet, so glad that my video was able to help you out. Good luck with the router table build

[@JesperMakes]

Good inspiration, I'm currently building drawers for all my stuff in my workshop, so this came in handy!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

That's great to hear Jesper. All the best with it mate

[@IsaKocoglu]

Bloody beautiful! Great job Vic!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks very much Isa.

[@stevecollins9450]

Nice design and build, Vic.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks very much Steve.

[@twotone3070]

Nice attention to detail and videography even on this simple task.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks mate, i appreciate the feedback.

[@Ibaneddie76]

That came out great mate, thanks for not using finger joints or dove tail joinery, I see people do that and it makes no sense for something that holds tools not your grammy's doll collection. Keep up the great work I dig your building style.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks Eddie, glad you enjoyed it and i totally agree

[@michaellinahan7740]

Hi, I had something similar on an old wood work site many moons ago before YT and was criticised for using, like you did, MDF as the board as they said it would encourage the shanks to go rusty in the humid conditions we get in Aus so I remade them using commercial size cutting boards. The beauty was that they were small enough to remove and have on the router table but big enough to have a selection on each board. I then colour coded with blue for straight, yellow for round overs and chamfers and green for specials such as lock mitre bits etc. Each tray was the runner as well so simply slid back into place when done.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Michael Linahan Thanks for that Michael. I can see how the MDF could cause rust so I’ll be keeping my eye on that.

[@kevinjohnson007]

Great job! Hello from US South Carolina

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Many thanks Kevin from Sydney Australia.

[@FixitFingers]

It did work well! Love these sorts of space 'plugging' exercises. Bit storage is another project on my to do list, but will probably have to wait until I build my new mitre station first as I might work the drawers into that. Top stuff.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

A mitre station is a great opportunity for abundant storage options. Thanks James.

[@JimN5QL]

I get so much pleasure watching your projects! Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to your next video.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thank you very much Jim, happy to hear that.

[@patrickmahoney1056]

Great idea and is a good way to use some plywood and MDF laying around.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Absolutely Patrick, its good to use material you already have.

[@sumosprojects]

You’ve gotta be happy with that mate, this year I’m searching for best workshop solutions 👍

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Yes, very happy mate. Good luck with your search Dirk.

[@commonsense7754]

I made a similar rack for storing Dremel bits. Drilled holes in MDF 0.5mm oversized to the shafts. Backed with it another piece of MDF. Dropped a small amount of superglue then a rare earth magnet into the holes. Hangs vertically and takes up no space on my custom made carving bench. :) There's are photo of it on my handmade timber fishing lure pages (Havok Custom Lures). Made in Australia :) great to see a maker from Aus producing KZbin videos.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks Al. I like the idea of the vertical storage, sounds great.

[@DavesShed]

Thanks for the video. I don't have that many router bits but I've found you don't need to have that many to be left wondering where you should store them, rather than using up bench space.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

No worries Dave and very true what you say about trying to maintain clear bench space. An ongoing battle.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

That's a lot of router bits!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Yeah, maybe but they look good in those trays, right? Cheers mate.

[@BuiltByChris]

As if I didn’t have enough to do in my workshop, now I have to make a router bit shelf. Thanks Victor. 🤨😜 Top build, by the way. 👍👍

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Ha, thanks Chris. i'm surprised you don't already have one seeing how you seem so organised

[@BuiltByChris]

DownUnderWoodWorks “seem” being the operative word. 🤨👍

[@markbryan9989]

Nice use of space. I am about to redesign my outfeed table/workbench and intend on using the underneath for this type of storage. Nice video. Thanks Vic!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

No worries Mark, good luck with it all.

[@oojagapivy]

Cool little addition.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

oojagapivy Thanks Damo

[@SMee67]

Great use of otherwise dead space. 👌🏽 Nice build, good work, mate. 👍🏽

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks very much Bill

[@jbb5470]

Great video and build! I too could use a place to store my router bits. I liked the point you made about drilling MDF from both sides to help with blow out. Thinking ahead, I like it!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks Jb. Yeah, MDF is a great material for certain applications but you have to treat it right

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thank you. Good design.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Glad you liked it Glen. Thanks!

[@benyork3895]

So good to see you don't wrap power tool cords tightly around the tool for storage... man I hate that! Good build too!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks Ben. Being a sparky puts that sort of thing front of mind i think

[@hansborgdesing]

Nice, usefull and well done !!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thank you Palle

[@paulkelly1702]

Well done!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thank you Paul.

[@americanwoodworkingtrickss6543]

Great job...!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thank you Stolarskie

[@BenHollist]

Well Done Vick mate :)

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Ben Hollist Hey, thanks Ben.

[@BenHollist]

@@DownUnderWoodWorks No worries, I will upload some vids soon :P

[@garrisjr]

What type of wood is your vise made out of? It looks like a piece of wood I have but don't know what it is. What I have is hard and heavy. Thanks, you do great work..

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

The base is Merbau, most commonly used for decking. I dont know what wood the jaws are made of, sorry.

[@ange1vega]

AWESOME WORK MATE! NEW SUB'D!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thank you very much and thanks for the sub!

[@grahamparsons6620]

That turned out pretty good mate, like a lot of other people it reminds me that I have to do something similar to my new router table which is just a big empty space under the router 👍👍🤔🤔

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks Graham. I'm sure if most looked under their router tables or other benches they'd see empty spaces.

[@mickellis8747]

That reminds me, I need to make a storage tray for all my driver bits.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Glad to be your reminder mate. Cheers.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Nice details in that simple design. I'll have to take a look at my setup, though one tray will do for my collection of router bits. Can you give us a little on wood glue? We (Australia and perhaps NZ) seem to get a different brand and range than in north America where so many wood work channels I follow originate, so its difficult to know which ones to use for different jobs down under.

[@DavesShed]

Good idea. I have mostly used Titebond because that is what I've seen by North American youTubers. However when I have used local clear PVA it has worked really well.

[@catey62]

I agree too..so many channels on here are US/ Canada based and use products you just cant get here in Oz.

[@DavesShed]

@@catey62 Yes. It's also frustrating when things being discussed are not in metric. That is one reason I created my channel.There are a few Australian and NZ woodworker channels and most of them promote each other. Vic here at DUWW has been great at doing that. Hence it's up to us to create a bit of a sub community.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Hey guys, great to see the discussion below. I have been using Titebond since i starting my Channel about 4 years ago. it is a superior glue but i can't compare it to local PVAs because i simply don't use them. I buy my Titebond from Carbatec here in Sydney and if you search for it you'll find other retailers that sell it. I buy the big 1 Gallon (approx 4 Lt) bottle and it lasts me about a year.i'm happy with its strength and the price i pay so i haven't seen the need to try anything else.

[@catey62]

I need to build myself a multi purpose mobile workbench that has enough storage for all my power tools and has places on the top I can quickly screw / bolt them down on the top for things like my drill press, router etc.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Great stuff Catey, sounds like a few YT videos coming up?

[@catey62]

@@DownUnderWoodWorks I would like to do that one day...might just be the inspiration I need.

[@catey62]

@@DownUnderWoodWorks I would like to, I need to get my tiny garage sorted in such a way I can use it for projects I'd like to do as well as still keeping my car in it. need to get a bit more serious about it.

[@MikMech]

5:33 That's a nice little 'pro tip' you didn't mention .... Haha

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

I'm glad you picked that up mate and found it useful mate.

[@vulcanville]

Nice work my friend. MDF is surprisingly good stuff. Thanks for the nice video. Not enough views (yet) but at least I'm one. Greetings again from Canada where it's -20 C. :-) Take care. Enjoy your work.

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Thanks Robert. MDF is a great material for certain applications and only the snobs will say otherwise. Keep warm mate.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

I started building router bit storage about 4 years ago and gave up half way through because I got real busy all of a sudden

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

One Man Band Woodworks Put down those lamington chips and get onto it mate 🤣

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

@@DownUnderWoodWorks lol spell check

[@FixitFingers]

@@DownUnderWoodWorks mmmm lamination chips... 🤢

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

One Man Band Woodworks What are you guys going on about?

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

@@DownUnderWoodWorks I think I'm going cross eyed

[@woodworkservice-com]

I'm a little ittle bit disappointed :-( When you tested those two trays early in the video I expected to see a "thumbs up", but alas it wasn't to be. Other than that glaring oversight, great vid...☺☺☺

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Haha, thanks Stephen. I'll be sure to put one in in the future just for you.

[@francoisfouche2568]

Vic, I should just unsubscribe from your channel ... you just make so much work for me !! I have quite a "compact" workshop and this video caused some serious re-evaluation of what I realized was wasted space ... do you know how many ideas flew around in my head during this video ? This, what you called a utilitarian video just blew me away ... here I sit at 2:24 am, on night-shift, planning what I can move to where in my shop !! Great video mate !!

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Ha, your 'dilemma' brought a smile to my face. I know how you feel Francois. Happy rearranging mate.