MDLR Works Reorganisation

[MDLR]

The Works (AKA the Shed) is a semi-permanent tip - mainly because my tools never get put away, because if I DO put them away, I can never find them again! I resolved to do something about it, and the result arrived today.................



It's a Moore & Wright engineers' tool cabinet.............



............... with green baize lined drawers.............



............... and the all-important trade mark on the back.



Gawd knows who owned it before - I found THIS in it (a Field Marshall Diesel tractor starting cartridge).............



............... together with this delightful set of little brass signs.............



........... and these dinky little spark plugs - I suspect for model aircraft.



So far, it's been sanded down, the drawers have been washed out and the baize removed, the knobs have all been taken off (as has the lock) and the front planed down so it'll shut properly.

Tomorrow: stain & varnish! I don't know whether the baize will go back in - antbody got some (or some old snooker table cloth)?

[Narrow Minded]

antbody got some (or some old snooker table cloth)?

Funny you should ask.................

I have some somewhere, not sure if I'll have enough green - will blue do?

[MDLR]

Yes - that'll do nicely!

[TonyW]

Very nice Brian, and even better that has got some "provenance".

The absolute best investment I have made in my workshop was for three magnetic tool strips from Lidl, at about £3 each IIRC. They have saved me loads of time that was wasted hunting for lost tools.

[MDLR]

OK - an update! Having removed all the remaining knobs from the front of the drawers, I got vicious with the sander and removed all the varnish..................... (God, how I HATE the "palm" sander I had to buy because I can't get sander sheets for my older, bigger one..........

........ then I decided to give the interior of the drawers and cabinet a wash (which "released" the used-to-be green baize from the drawers and got me into trouble for using The Wrong Thing for wiping 'em dry)..............

Once all was dry, a coat of Walnut wood stain, followed by a couple of coats of satin varnish was followed by cutting out green baize, fitting the same to the drawer interiors with Spray Mount ("don't you DARE get that all over my work surface" "No, Dear.............") and refitting the knobs.

The result??



I have a problem - I need 4 more of these..............



............. which as you can see are very small. In the interim, I'll adopt the "Standard Workshop Practice" of putting nuts and bolts through the holes................

[LMS-Jools]

Luvvly

[MDLR]

It's given me a LOT more room in the workshop, AND I'm putting my tools away properly, because I can get at them all!

[MDLR]

....... and finqlly.....................

Steve Thompson of Hog Hill Works came up with the goods - some old terminal knurled nuts "(Hey mister...... have you ever had YOUR nuts knurled?") to replace the missing drawer knobs. They are in keeping, if not a match.

So, here we are, job done!

[garratt100]

What a superb job Brian!

I think i may have a few jobs here in the workshop that you might be handy with...

Chris Moody
Loco-Boxes...

[MDLR]

Talk to me nicely in April........................