I’ll Never Misplace My Lathe Accessories Again

In this video, I'll be showing you how I created a custom storage system for my lathe accessories. As a woodturner, I have a storage rack for my lathe tools, but I needed a designated place for my grinders, sander, chucks, tool rests, and faceplates.
To solve this issue, I decided to build a custom storage system using pinewood. First, I built a rack system off of a French cleat on the wall next to my lathe, where I could easily hang my grinders and sander.
Next, I added a shelf to hold my tool rests, which I drilled holes in to hold the stems on the tool rest. Below that, I hung some shelves where I could put the lathe chucks and faceplates.
The end result is an organized storage system that keeps all of my lathe accessories close at hand, making it easy to swap out accessories as I need to while woodturning. I made the entire system out of pinewood that I had been using lately in the shop, and I attached everything with finish nails and glue.
If you're a woodturner in need of a storage solution for your lathe accessories, I hope this video provides you with some inspiration and a great DIY solution that you can easily customize to meet your specific needs.
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0:00 (introduction)
0:05 (design)
1:29 (making parts)
4:45 (putting it together)
7:47 (conclusion)

[@orvsr4me2]

And along with everything else, Frank's Foley skills are always entertaining. Plus, It's like roulette waiting for Homer's "bed goes up/down". Thank you Frank.

[@ernie5229]

More of Homer's "bed goes up/down", please!

[@ryannickles3218]

I love that you're still putting stop-motion sequences in your videos. Your work and videos are already incredible, but I think they're the most unique aspect of your videos and I love them.

[@scottsorby7966]

Sometimes it's more about enjoying your work area and the associated work flow than it is about creating beautiful things, nicely thought out and executed Frank

[@theodoranorton4779]

I am hopelessly addicted to your video, but cannot shed the conviction that if you were ever to design a barn, it would be Robin Hood"s Barn. But please don't stop.

[@richbuilds_com]

Only Frank can make a fancy shipping pallet and hang it on his wall as art! ;-) Great build. Love to see folks upgrading their workshops.

[@frankmakes]

Haha I had the same thought when I was putting this together. Omg I'm just making a pallet.

[@LostWhits]

If only he'd reclaimed the timber from a coffee table. Then it would have been perfect.

[@philengelgau8454]

Love the hand drawn elements in the intro. They’re full of charm

[@AsaTaylor]

I'm very lucky to be able to watch such a fun woodworking channel. Thank you for all the delightful little touches you put into your videos and woodwork.

[@danaowen9014]

It's a very functional shelf, well organized.

[@AvengerDK]

Hi Frank! Simple and no-nonsense solution to a storage problem. Great work!

[@Kust0r]

watching your videos is always a pleasure. I find astonishing that u even find the time to do the animations. And these get better every time!

[@turnerscorner9516]

As always a beautiful and well planned project. Top job.

[@ryanneumann5165]

What a teacher!! Thx Frank!!

[@stefanitadio6236]

Such an elegant solution, as is all your storage! Excellent video skills too. Well done!

[@mclas11]

Perfection in everything he does. Brilliant 👍

[@Zukini28]

It’s my tool philosophy that everything is mounted in the open, not in drawers or behind doors. Seeing all my tools displayed opens up so many different approaches to a new project. Cordless blowers are my go to for blowing dust and chips off the tool walls.

[@nielstenbrink]

It just always makes me happy to find a new one of your videos having been uploaded. Thank you for making KZbin a better place 😊.

[@plainnpretty]

Simple clever thanks Frank

[@mitzibud6908]

Another awesome video!! Thank you!!

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic work, Frank! It looks great there! 😃 Really awesome design! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@kitesquid]

Great video. Very relaxing!!!!!

[@Agatacreates]

Thank you for the video, Frank!

[@peterl9097]

The amount of detail that go in all of your videos are amazing! still amazed every time I watch your videos!

[@benjaminjonholman]

That's a really nice pallet, Frank!

[@droko9]

I'd love an update on your rain collection system, wondering how it's working

[@antraxxslingshots]

Finally bought a House...next to all the Stuff that is left to do i am setting up my first own Shop in a Cellarroom...also useful to have, since there is a lot of stuff left to do around and in the House. Man, the appreciation seeig a Shop like yours now, when setting up one myself, is through the roof :D Seeing that you are still organazing stuff/tools after all those years helps me breathe :P Have a nice Weekend. Love your Vids.

[@frankmakes]

My first two shops were in basements. And yes it never ends

[@larrybud]

I was going to mention the chips until you did. One of my first shop projects 20 years ago was an open cabinet with a bunch of cubby holes for my tools. The top surface of the cabinet was level with my table saw to extend the work surface. It really became a pain and I finally (20 years later, lol), built drawers. It doubled the amount of area because I could finally get to the back of the cabinet as well as got rid of the dust problem. I will never make anything open again.

[@triphopchill]

I love this new style of animations!

[@frankmakes]

Thanks. I've been learning grease, pencil in Blender.

[@glencrandall7051]

Never enough storage. This helps.🙂🙂

[@duaneheadworth6275]

I love it. I have to find more room on the walls for more of my lathe accessories. My shop is kind of cozy. Lots of challenges because some of the walls are lath covered with textured mortar and curved in some areas. Your design is helpful for me in concept. Maybe I will be able to adapt some of my existing area more like yours to add efficiency. Thanks for sharing .

[@frankmakes]

That's great to hear!

[@TrevorDennis100]

I loved that you went to the trouble of making the trammel to perfectly mark the ark of the cabinet door. You might have tripped up and got the tolerance so tight that the door rubs on rainy days.😉

[@charlesmanuel1878]

beau travail !

[@imaginationingrained]

If you are worried about wood chips and dust getting all over you shelves and tools, you could always have a rolled up piece of drop cloth or plastic mounted above it that you could drop over it when the lathe is in use

[@larrybud]

That's a nice simple idea that would work after the fact for sure!

[@docolemnsx]

Having stuff at the ready on the wall is great: I took most of my cabinets out of my small shop a few weeks ago and started building wall mounts for all my most used tools and accessories. It's not all done yet, but it's noticeable how my work flow improved by just reaching for the tool and grabbing it, instead of having to rummage through cabinets and drawers for every single thing I need. But the main considerent when I started doing this was to reclaim more floor space for the new planer/jointer machine and bandsaw that arrived a couple months ago. It worked so well that I'd even mount those to the walls if they weren't 8mm OSB.

[@frankmakes]

That sounds great. Yeah I think the more something is used the easier it should be to find and grab

[@woodturner1954]

Knowing it's a lot of work I still love the animated piece assembly you create. Don't stop. As for shavings all over the rack, you probably a an air line to blow off the lathe. Just blow of the rack and lathe, windows sill, etc.

[@frankmakes]

I have some compressed air I drag over from the CNC area. And I should probably have something closer and dedicated for the lathe

[@sydneymcconnaughhay5947]

Nice vid . Although your vids are always my favorite.

[@kenc2257]

Nice storage rack! I think it'll be a breeze to sweep for lathe debris (using your dust collection vacuum hose, or just brushing everything on the floor, and using a broom).

[@sshuggi]

For that cabinet door, I would have just flipped the opening direction and/or swapped to hanging hinges so you can just lift the door up and off if you need to really get in that corner. Of course, the solution you can readily achieve is the right one, so you're probably good.

[@cobberpete1]

Nice to have everything to hand. I made a cart to hold my tools. And yes, it gets covered in chips and dust, but a small price for having everything close by. Nice job as always

[@frankmakes]

I'm figuring it won't be too hard to clean up. Thanks!

[@derschwartzadder]

Two words: cloth cover. All you need is something you can roll up easily, but falls down over the tools to keep the bulk of the chips off.

[@LoriGriffiths]

I love how you've added the animations along with the stop motion. Your videos are never boring and I appreciate how much work those added details are. Could I ask what you're using for the animations? I know you've been using Blender for things, is this grease pencil? Are you compositing in Blender or DaVinci or some other program? Thanks for sharing.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 A simple solution to the wood chips would be a material cover like canvas or blanket.

[@MRrwmac]

Frank, Nice to have all the lathe tools neabyby. Surprised to see you still have and remember how to use a handsaw..haha

[@frankmakes]

Ha. I have half a dozen of them and I don't use them very often

[@richbuilds_com]

I think you could attach a drape or similar that covers it. You aren't changing stuff while your producing sawdust so there's no need for it to be open to the air when you are producing sawdust.

[@mannyfilmsinc]

I am wondering how long does it take you to make this video.. awesome video, thanks

[@dangoras9152]

Awesome project brother... I made my grinder and wd40 mounts on the cnc hits easier to do on the cnc when u have 80+ cans of wd40 and 10 grinders... I have watched u for a long time and I think I can blame u for me wanting a cnc .... 😂 keep it up brother....

[@idontthinkso666]

I think I would watch a video of Frank organizing his sock drawer.

[@philshock3805]

First thing I thought was, "man, everything is going to be covered in chips"! You might just want to invoke the leaf blower method instead of sucking them up. lol I built an enclosed cabinet with drawers for my midi lathe for that very reason. You're much more of a prolific turner than I am though ... and you can't argue the convenience of tools at the ready! (even if that means an extra step of mouth blowing first. 🙂 )

[@frankmakes]

I have in fact run the leaf blower around the shop a few times.😁

[@dpmeyer4867]

nice

[@ScottHaun]

alternate title: frank makes a fancy vertical pallet lol

[@mr.dovahkiin5335]

How’s the tank system holding up.

[@wcline06]

I know cutting the corner off of the storage system fixed the problem but wouldn’t flipping the hinge to the wall side also fix the problem and make it more accessible when opening the cabnet

[@pierdolio]

How about all the open space under the lathe?

[@NBCRGraphicDesign]

How do you plan to store chuck jaws? I have quite a few sets and have not found an easy way to keep them accessible and secure.

[@frankmakes]

Right now they're in the small drawers in the cabinet with the door I had to cut a space for. It works but it's not the best. What I would really like is to have enough chucks for all of the different jaws but that would get expensive

[@BobBlarneystone]

Funny, I've been revamping my lathe station too. Aside from accessory storage, I'm making an enclosure with enhanced dust collection and a polycarbonate shield so that I don't need to wear a helmet. But I'll wear a mask until I can determine if the dust collection is adequate.

[@frankmakes]

You have to move a lot of air to make the dust collection work. But it sounds very interesting

[@510cas]

Frank what was the animating tool you used for those delightful graphics?

[@frankmakes]

I've been learning grease pencil in Blender. It's been a learning curve, but it works well

[@jackknows6509]

Nice rack for the needs you have. At about the 9 min mark, in reference to the door swinging into the rack, why not reverse the door to swing from the wall side?

[@frankmakes]

That's a good idea. I guess I didn't want to get into another project that much. lol

[@sape778]

👍👍

[@williamellis8993]

Don't you love it when a plan comes together? Bill

[@bowboysam]

A pull-down blind fixed above the rack would stop most of the wood chip/dust problem and make it look tidy😁

[@cmdraftbrn]

or a welding curtain

[@udrh2o]

Anyone else notice that there are 17 options for electricity in that opening scene?

[@Kishoru24]

Frank, For a system like this, is there ever a worry about the weight of what you hang from the cleat? Could the tools or chucks (sp) be too heavy? Thanks.

[@frankmakes]

I wondered about this too. I think the cleat is plenty strong. I have no worries about that. The rest of the structure will have to wait and see. I think it will be okay though.

[@Thzinou]

😊

[@jacobmiller2008]

I always wondered why he pulls on the radial arm saw like that. To someone with little to no experience it seems like the blade is dull, am I missing something?

[@music-jn3wn]

It is what is called a climb cut.. the blade is pulling towards him.. what he is doing is pushing it back against the motor to stop it from pulling itself into the wood and jamming. Radial arm saws have really dropped off the map because it is incredably easy to get injured as it pulls its way through the wood and jumps at you. Many many fingers have been lost to these machines.

[@heikovanderlaar3780]

Didn't you build a closed cabinet for exactly that spot some time ago to avoid the wood chip issue? And now back to open? I don't get it.

[@terminalpsychosis8022]

If you want things out int the open, easy access, they need to be up higher. Even if the vaccum works, that's a drag every time. Those tools are going to constantly be covered in a tsunami of chips and dust. I believe that's why the cabinets were built in the first place.

[@virtualfather]

How much weight is on there?

[@clementclarisseclemen3d708]

The beginning of the video look a bit like Fireballtool ones

[@DropbearWoodworks]

Come to my place and help me organise my shop will ya? Lol.

[@ernie5229]

You should repost the "add on" to the cabinet video. I watched it and it is not there.

[@kaspervanderploeg]

That last door should turn te other way

[@OzDeaDMeaT]

I have been watching your content for years, but I have one question that has always been in the back of my mind. How much sawdust / wood gets into your mouth when you use power tools. I also have my mouth open or my tongue out when doing similar kinds of work and if I had a dollar for every bit of wood I've ingested I wouldn't need to work anymore. Do you have a secret or is it a case of just sucking it up?

[@frankmakes]

It's more breathing the saddest in then ingesting it that I'm worried about. I haven't had too much problem with the letter

[@OzDeaDMeaT]

@@frankmakes I think I understand. You don't seem sad when working though.

[@monophoto1]

"I’ll Never Misplace My Lathe Accessories Again" - wanna bet? The concept is great, but it only works if you always put things back into their designated place when you are done with them. Otherwise, they still get lost, you buy a replacement only to find the one your lost, and then need to have additional storage because you have multiple versions of the same thing. DAMHIKT

[@frankmakes]

Very true!

[@sdspivey]

If its on the "wrong" side of the lathe, you won't place things on it properly. So you'll still misplace things.

[@Dave-zj1zj]

Shower curtain on a rod that pivots

[@danproposkanovovski]

I wonder whether you could get these cords to automatically wind up. They sort of look like a trip hazard.

[@frankmakes]

I like that idea. It could even be simpler where the courts are just held back in place.