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debrown
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Router Storage Cabinet

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I am building a router storage cabinet. My own design, nothing fancy, mostly free pine from a friend. :D 75 boards actual measured 1 by 7 1/4 by 42 and about a third of them 49 inches. I have been wanting a storage cabinet and decided now is the time.

I have the cabinet done and am working on the bit storage. I plan to use pine again but would prefer not to have my collection of router bit in direct contact with the pine because of moisture of course. I have used plastic tubing in a similar cabinet (Dremel) and for my forstner bits. Spell the previous as cheap.

What I am looking for are inserts that can be interchanges between 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch router bits. I am sure I have seen them in somebody's catalog and referenced in a wood working mag or two.. But my OFD (Old F.... Disease) has assisted in my failure to find these.:(

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
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debrown wrote:I am building a router storage cabinet. My own design, nothing fancy, mostly free pine from a friend. :D 75 boards actual measured 1 by 7 1/4 by 42 and about a third of them 49 inches. I have been wanting a storage cabinet and decided now is the time.

I have the cabinet done and am working on the bit storage. I plan to use pine again but would prefer not to have my collection of router bit in direct contact with the pine because of moisture of course. I have used plastic tubing in a similar cabinet (Dremel) and for my forstner bits. Spell the previous as cheap.

What I am looking for are inserts that can be interchanges between 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch router bits. I am sure I have seen them in somebody's catalog and referenced in a wood working mag or two.. But my OFD (Old F.... Disease) has assisted in my failure to find these.:(

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

1/2" and 1/4" sch 40 pvc pipe will work and the 1/4" will slip into the 1/2".

The fits will be a bit sloppy(they will not get stuck).
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The brass ones are purty .. like Reddog's workbench. As for plastic, I think JPG's solution is highly practical.

Are the symptoms of OFD similar to those of EOCBFD (Early Onset Chronic Brain F__t Disease), from which I often suffer?
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Here's a favorite of mine. The pad can be trimmed to fit any container.
http://www.amazon.com/FOAM-ROUTER-TRAY- ... r+bit+tray
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Thanks guys. I am not gonna comment on the brass ones. Ahh to be young again :D .
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