Comments on: Screwdriver Rack

By: Inkjet Colors vs. Time « The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning

Inkjet Colors vs. Time « The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:00:15 +0000

[...] them up a floor joist over my workbench, directly below a fluorescent shop light. Having just hung those screwdrivers where the pictures used to be, it’s time to see what’s [...]

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:37:36 +0000

blue chunk of metal with the posts in it

It's a commercial wire bending jig that I've had forever. It has a low duty cycle, but when you need it, you need it bad.

is the coat hanger wire springy enough to rebound

Pretty much. The inward-pointing bends in the arms just barely touch the handle's waist, so they're not deforming much at all. The arms don't deflect with the screwdriver in place: it rests in the broad section near the mounting screw.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:09:28 +0000

Two questions – first, from whence did the blue chunk of metal with the posts in it come from? Scarp that you drilled some post holes in?
Second, is the coat hanger wire springy enough to rebound after several repetitions or are you going to have to push it back a bit each time to hold.

Also, that DIWire bender is awesome! Want!

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:22:34 +0000

That’s what I should have done to point the arms outward: make a flat shape, then clamp the base in the vise and bend the arms down at a right angle.

Ah, well, maybe next time…

By: Bill Rutiser

Bill Rutiser — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:52:22 +0000

_required their 3D bender_

I have found a lot of 3D coat-hanger projects can be bent in 2D then raised to 3D by torquing the wire between adjacent bends.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:32:08 +0000

an old-style 4-prong phone outlet

Got it in one!

This place was a maze of Original Bell System Beige Wiring; the original owner ran a VHF repeater biz with, I think, a phone patch system. I bypassed nearly all of that, but never got around to ripping out the last of the (firmly nailed) cables and jacks.

And, yes, that’s some sort of heavy-duty chain drive over on the right that I couldn’t bear to recycle: it’s up there just for pretty…

By: madbodger

madbodger — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:40:03 +0000

Interestingly, my house came with a corrugated sheet metal strip along the back of the workbench, apparently intended to hold screwdrivers and the like: http://www.vitriol.com/images/house/workbench1.jpg

Also, is that an old-style 4-prong phone outlet on your joist in the picture?