need advice/ chisel rack

Quickest way is go to Harbor Freight and get one of those magnetic tool bars for $3 or whatever. Boom, done.

no you dont need hf,just make a simple rack like i did.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

no magnet bar I want wood not metal I’m a wood kinda guy. I can’t have a face mounting rack because I don’t have a face to mount it on

All I did was, take a 3/4” board, or piece of plywood, and cut it to about 3” and as long as I needed for a given group of chisels or carving knives. Then I drilled holes big enough to allow the shaft to fit through. Last, I cut into the holes so the chisels could slip in and rest in the hole.

It’s late or I’d shoot a photo.

The rack in the wall cabinet, well one of them.

-- Lifting one end of the plank.

Andre’s photo is, exactly, what I attempted to describe.

thanks for the pic Andre that will work even better than what planed

@Karda I think this is what you are looking for. I also have one that is a bit rougher in my projects. The magnetic holder is awful as I kept knocking them off it. I also like to see the blades when selecting what I want.

Well, the OP originally wanted the chisels facing up, in which Rob Cosman uses magnets inset into wood, but whatever. Yeah the down facing is the more traditional

SMP I want what works, I could also use a block like a knife block and slant it out. you he used magnets that what I want to know I could not see it clearly that why I asked of those who new more and were more experienced. How many times during a project do you change your mind. Its simple My option was not the best. Live with it I am

I keep mine in a tray each chisel separated with a piece of lexan. Have a strip with half round cutouts sized and positioned at the ferrule that limits forward movement to protect the tips. A sliding lexan lid covers all. Makes a good carry case as well as bench storage.

Use 1/4” stock and 3/32” lexan. Needs a thin kerf blade for the lexan dados to prevent rattles.

-- The hump with the stump and the pump!

Doesn’t need to be complicated, this is knocked together out of scrap contruction lumber.

But essentially the same as Andre’s and Pottz’s, just a set of holes to fit the tools in.

Holes drilled with a stepped bit, channels cut to slide the tool in from the side.
Base added as it was going above some other tools and I’d have cut myself without them because I am a clumsy sod.

-- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Sorry, just re-read the request, As near as I can tell Rob Cosman’s is essentially a shelf with a magnetic tool bar (well, a wooden batten with magnets inserted) above to hold the chisel in place.

Doesn’t need to be slanted, rare earth magnets will hold the chisel straight up with no problems.

-- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

thanks for the picture they are a great help. i have a hard time imagining something as I want it but if I have a picture then I can do something. I feel stupid having to ask but sometimes my mind just won’t go there

Hi, I want to build a chisel rack but am design challenged, I don t have a picture of what I want, I saw it in a Rob Cossman video. In the back tool rack he has his chisel in a rack handle down. I couldn t see detail or for a very long period.

- Karda

I Googled Rob Crossman chisel rack and got this image.
Is it what you saw?
It does look to use little magnets to secure the blades.

-- John