Bringing the space around you in no matter how noticeable order is a noble and even heroic thing - all attempts of this kind, in practice, bring the desired result for a very short time, then everything creeps back, striving for primordial chaos. Nevertheless, we periodically undertake this Sisyphus labor and the Augean stables.
From the category of structuring and organizing - and the task of storage and organization of the workplace. Generally speaking, storage is an area of being no less worthy than production or manufacture. In fact, “archiving” objects that are not necessary, right now, to a minimum volume, given their specifics, is not an easy task. The equipment of the workplace for sedentary small work, in this sense, is closely adjacent to ergonomics - the applied science of convenience and comfort, especially when working.
Organizing this place for small stained glass works, faced with the need for convenient storage of a small, often necessary tool. Of course, there are boxes and boxes, finally, tin cans or cups from which all kinds of things stick out, in the manner of ikebana, but - all this requires a precious horizontal surface, which is not rubber and it is always small. Again, there’s a lot of small things in one box - you have to dig and fetch what you need, shake off the hooked, often with one hand, in a word, it’s logical to transfer the storage of some of the tools to another coordinate - on a vertical plane.
The well-known solution, in its simplest form, looks like a carnation on the wall on which peacefully rest, say pliers. Between two studs driven in a row, you can already insert a screwdriver or hang a hammer. As an development of an idea, there is a certain group vertical storage place in the form of a plank fixed to a wall or a block or the same block with drilled holes.
Distribution of plastic pipes for household communications, provides excellent material for this kind of "box office", reminiscent of a pan flute. The assortment of types of pipes and their possible diameters is considerable, it is quite possible to choose the right one.Perhaps, polyethylene pipes are best suited - the material is well processed, both manually and mechanically, softer than base metals - the stored is not scratched, is viscous enough - it is not prone to cracking during processing and accidental impacts during operation, including at low temperatures . Again - cheap and affordable.
What was required for the manufacture.
Tools, equipment.
It is very convenient to use a face “pendulum” saw for straight and angular cutting of pipes, but a miter box with a fine-tooth saw is also suitable. Again, for drilling it is better to use a drilling machine, but a hand drill, screwdriver, with a set of drills is also suitable. You will definitely need a marking tool - a square, a tape measure, a pencil, an alcohol felt-tip pen.
Materials
Actually, the workpiece itself is a plastic pipe of a suitable diameter, and short self-tapping screws.
Let's get started.
We decide on the length of the cell - too long, you should not do it, unless, for some special tool. For running glands, convenient, it should be recognized as a length of 120 ... 150 mm.
We determine the number of cells. This primarily depends on the availability of free space on the wall. A convenient distance between the cell axes was about 50 mm. For use - “a lot of little things in one pocket”, when the tool sits in a cell like a boy on a fence, climbed to shave apples - literally, one leg is “there”, the other is “here” (tweezers, small nippers, duckbills and the like), distance between cells it is better to slightly increase.
The marking with a black alcohol felt-tip pen, on the pipe, more than the aspirations, is clearly visible.
Of course, the cut made mechanically - with an end saw, is even and beautiful, except that this process is quick and not laborious. However, a good musician, as you know, will play on one string. Again - a piece of manual work.
Having cut the desired number of smooth blanks, we proceed to organize the possibility of their fastening. There are two options - a bevel that exposes a little of the back wall so that a screw is screwed into it or an opening in the front wall is of such a size that a screw passes through it together with a hat. The first option, with a bevel, is simple and convenient, the second allows you to leave a flat edge of the tube.
So - we fix the lower edge through the bevel, the upper through the hole.
We cut at an angle of 45 ° on the same saw (the same miter box). On the exposed part of the back wall, we drill a hole for a self-tapping screw, stepping back from the edge of 15 ... 20 mm and, in fact, the lower attachment point is ready.
For the top point, a drill for self-tapping, drill a pipe through. When drilling with a hand tool, the second, lower hole is likely to be offset, it is better to mark and drill separately, on the other side of the workpiece. Also, it should be remembered that gizmos of this kind - many-identical-elements, look neatly only when the elements are of the same type. The lower hole with the black head of the self-tapping screw will be almost imperceptible, but the upper "hole" attracts attention - their marking and drilling should be exactly the same.
The upper hole, we drill for the passage of the cap of a short self-tapping screw. For running, black "drywall" screws, its holes, diameter 9 mm.
Well, for dessert - the countersink of the internal holes. It can be made with the same drill ø9 mm, and better with a hand tool. A screwdriver is quite convenient. When countersinking on a drilling machine, the drilling site is seen worse, the applied force is felt less - with our thin wall of the workpiece and the softness of the material, there is a great chance to drill through. When countersinking, you should not hold the workpiece in your hands - it is better to lean it, while the chances of drilling through are also reduced. A countersink, generally speaking, can be omitted, but practice shows that the tool placed in the cell sometimes clings to the protruding edges of the hats, it is really bad if these are delicate blades of incisors or chisels on wood.
It remains only to mark the places of fixtures on a piece of wood and install the elements. The markup should also be thorough, uniform. Yes, adapters and screwdrivers with interchangeable tips do not fit in the upper mounting hole - you should take care of either a sufficiently long tip or a regular, textured screwdriver.
Conclusions, applications, development of ideas.
The storage method is very convenient, looks elegant, cheap and not laborious to manufacture. When storing a cutting tool, such as turning tools, plastic cells can be made longer, then hidden blades eliminate the risk of accidental cuts. In addition to the mentioned instruments, such a Pan flute may well be used for convenient storage of any long trifle - pen-pencils, brushes, medium and large drills, and so on. For this, it is necessary to equip the “flute” with a common conditional bottom (option B). At the same time, do not close the tubular elements tightly - an open slot at the bottom will help remove debris, a short object will be visible, like a cartridge in a machine gun.
Tools can be protected from dust or water droplets from above (IP31) and falling at an angle of 15 ° from the vertical (IP32) during outdoor installation. To do this, it will be necessary to equip the storage with a folding canopy (option B), for the dust there will be enough dense fabric, tarpaulin, on the street, you can use thin linoleum, a thin rubber sheet.