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I was doing some research on a cordless drill storage unit that also holds the batterys and chargers as well as some bits. I want a design that is quick and not a cabinet where i have to open a door.[External image (s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com), not copied]
That’s a pretty cool idea but I think I’m gonna need a longer one. Nice find man!
Yep would definitely need more bit storage as well
That’s cool, looks really nice. My method was to cannibalize old batteries and use them as mounts under the cabinet. Keeps the tools out of the way and easy to get to. Also saves space and kept me from having to screw around making something out of wood or other materials. A spot for the batteries was easy, took a hole saw and cut holes in wood, then mounted it to the shelf.
Your biggest mistake though is that there’s only one Ryobi tool, better get over to Home Depot and remedy that!
Funny…reminds me of the episode of Family Guy when Stewie gets “placed” in that family with kids from different ethnicities! Dewalt, Bosch, Ryobi etc etc etc 😉
well i know what my next project is 😀
Neat concept. Great for a shop.
The only problem I see with it (especially with this group of tool degenerates) is I would need to figure out some way to make it ‘modular’…. ’cause we’re always getting new toys… err, tools..
Really cool, otherwise!
Most people around here have seen these already, but here’s a shot of my battery rack and how the tools are hung. Currently I think I have 9 or 10 tools hung under the cabinet. The only problem with my method is that you need old batteries to use as mounts, and unless you’re batteries suck as much as the old Ryobi NiCads did you’ll be waiting a while for batteries to use…
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Garage 024 by Ed Durbin (Katodog), on Flickr
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Garage 027 by Ed Durbin (Katodog), on Flickr
Kato wrote:
Most people around here have seen these already, but here’s a shot of my battery rack and how the tools are hung. Currently I think I have 9 or 10 tools hung under the cabinet. The only problem with my method is that you need old batteries to use as mounts, and unless you’re batteries suck as much as the old Ryobi NiCads did you’ll be waiting a while for batteries to use…
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Garage 024 by Ed Durbin (Katodog), on Flickr
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Garage 027 by Ed Durbin (Katodog), on Flickr
if i had a 3d printer i could print out mounts that fit where the battery goes
Nice set up Kato how long did that take u to do?
This is the project that I’m going to do once Christmas is over.
http://www.toolboxbuzz.com/cordless-tools/drilldriver/quick-drill-storage-solution/
Bigmikez wrote:
Nice set up Kato how long did that take u to do?
All in all it probably took about an hour or so. I slowly made my way to the end result while spending some months rebuilding “my side” of the garage. A little here, a little there. Kept revamping things and swapping stuff…always trying to make things work better in there. The battery rack didn’t take long, cut a piece of wood, bored holes in it, then mounted it. It used to be longer (originally had 10 holes) but I cut it down after killing some of the batteries. The tools hanging under the cabinet slowly went from four to 9, just kept adding one every time I decided it was time for the timely demise of another crappy NiCad. Stripping out the battery cells and mounting the shell to the cabinet takes a couple of minutes, but since I did all of this while working on other stuff the time stretched out pretty far.
Holy smokes Kato, that is really impressive! Are you a DiY hobbyist like me or,do you use those tools at work?
im currently using gladiator garageworks hooks to hang mine up,not the cheapest route but they are nice.[External image (i74.photobucket.com), not copied][External image (i74.photobucket.com), not copied]
What ive got started in the last few months of buying our first house, next project is a work bench.
Just an Fyi Kato HD has 2 packs of Ryobi 4.0ah lithium batteries for 89 dollars plus 20 dollars off if you buy any two Ryobi one+ tools or batteries. You just have to sign up for the Ryobi club on their webpage.
I wouldn’t spend the time organizing batteries as Michigan winters will kill them, so I bring all my battery packs in for the winter in to a heated area aka the basement. My garage isn’t heated or insulated.
ChrisK1970 wrote:
Holy smokes Kato, that is really impressive! Are you a DiY hobbyist like me or,do you use those tools at work?
I used to use them at work, every day, never had a problem using Ryobi for heavy-duty stuff. Now with the new job I keep my own tools at home where they belong. I use them a lot at home though, probably in the garage screwing with stuff almost every day. I built a bunch of stuff around here while I was out of work, full-length kitchen drawers, pallet coffee table, stuff like that. But now that I’m working again the time for the home projects is cut down to weekends only. I love to tinker, repair stuff, build stuff, but the amount of time I was out of work gave me enough time to do everything that needed to be done around here. Now I basically sit around and stare and the ceiling, dreaming of new projects to do.
And since it’s Christmas season, my DIY stuff has pretty much been fixing all of the crappy x-mas lights and stuff like that. Plus it’s hard to work in the garage with x-mas boxes and shit all over the place.
The boss likes Dewalt so that’s what we use at work, plus being an O’Reilly Auto distribution center we get the luxury of grabbing tools from the guys in returns…you’d piss yourself if you knew what they throw out over there. As an example, we’ve got a 1/2″ deep-well socket set in a nice case, beautiful set, and the only thing “wrong” with it was that the customer ordered the wrong thing and sent it back.
DR99 wrote:
Just an Fyi Kato HD has 2 packs of Ryobi 4.0ah lithium batteries for 89 dollars plus 20 dollars off if you buy any two Ryobi one+ tools or batteries. You just have to sign up for the Ryobi club on their webpage.
I keep me eye on those types of deals, gotta get it so it’s timed right. It has to be at a time where I can basically beg the wife to buy me new stuff. Sadly, since the garage is filled with tools it gets harder and harder to convince her I “need” something. The battery deal is something they do quite often, usually it’s $99 for two of the 4.0Ah batteries. I’ve seen it a lot this year, probably 4 or 5 times. So far the compacts I own have been splendid so there’s no need to get new batteries.
ya all my batteries are kept indoors during winter too…..
There may be a market in making slides and the tops of batteries for mounting tools. Incorporate a thumb release rather than the OE release from manufacturer to manufacturer to allow for one hand release.
Anyone have a dead 20v pack? I’m thinking I could do a mould and make 20v under cabinet mounts.
why not 2 sided tape a thin steel plate on bottom of battery and have earth magnet on under counter shelf……slide on slide off….
I’d be worried what the magnet would do to the battery.
It’s pretty easy to press the release buttons on the battery shell and release the tool one-handed.
Kato wrote:
I keep me eye on those types of deals, gotta get it so it’s timed right. It has to be at a time where I can basically beg the wife to buy me new stuff. Sadly, since the garage is filled with tools it gets harder and harder to convince her I “need” something. The battery deal is something they do quite often, usually it’s $99 for two of the 4.0Ah batteries. I’ve seen it a lot this year, probably 4 or 5 times. So far the compacts I own have been splendid so there’s no need to get new batteries.
Just wanted to let you know in case you needed some new packs. Plus at $89 its the cheapest I have ever seen them they might possibly mark them down more after the holidays if they can’t sell them. Well its good thing you don’t need any new batteries they are less fun to buy than tools.
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the info. I spend way too much time looking at HD’s site, it’s a curse
comp56 wrote:
ya all my batteries are kept indoors during winter too…..
My batteries are spoiled to.
That is so good, gotta show my cousin, he will love this!
I know what u mean those nicads seem to last me six months tops, that’s why I evevtually switched over to dewalt.
Never thought about batteries and cold weather here in California but last night it got down to 25 degrees here in the Inland Empire, Damn that global warming.
we had 6inches of snow + 25degrees too – first snow since 5 years lol
its quite a bit cold in the garage atm, so all my batteries are in the office right now
I made a quick built charging station for all of my chargers but wouldn’t you know it? My Dewalt doesn’t have wall mount screw holes. I had to zip tie it to the board. Additionally, I just read about some poor guy setting his house afire from a bad charging strip and a battery charger! NEVER leave those guys unattended!!!!
nordraw wrote:
Never thought about batteries and cold weather here in California but last night it got down to 25 degrees here in the Inland Empire, Damn that global warming.
Nordraw, I will say it’s cold here about 8 months out of the year and I remember doing some volunteer work at a farm and using my M18 batteries outside for three or four hours. It started to snow and was that “dead” cold we get. My batteries were the first generation of the Milwaukee M18 XC packs and they didn’t give me a problem. But they were in my house prior to use.