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| Pete W.:
Hi there, all, I've mentioned elsewhere that I'm doing a few improvements to my workshop. One of these is to mount some commonly used tools and lathe accessories on the workshop wall behing the lathe. I have a couple of Wesco pump oil-cans and I'm sure that the Wesco product range used to include wall-mounting clips for their oil-cans. A Google search for those clips didn't get any hits. I don't want to use Terry-style tool-clips for the oil-cans. Has anyone seen any of these clips recently? |
| awemawson:
Rare Earth magnets are remarkably useful for such things. You can get them with a countersunk hole in the middle making mounting easy. Two in a vertical line work best for oil cans: ebay abounds with them. |
| flutedchamber:
I use conduit hangers. They come in all sizes, up to 6 inch or more. There is quite a range of adjustment so you can tailor it to your oil can size. I even use them to hold my grease guns. Any decent electrical supply store should have them for not much money. |
| Eugene:
Pete, I hesitate to comment because I'm very much a novice at all this, but would there not be a hazard in reaching for tools or oil cans behind the lathe? You'd have to be very punctilious about stopping it before doing so. I had just this in mind when I was building my own tool storage cabinet(s), which are indeed on the rear wall but well to the side. Eug |
| garym:
Hi Pete, Screwfix do the spring clips: http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/hose-tool-clips/cat840130 One of the first and best things I did when converting garage to workshop was to mount commonly used tools on the wall behind the bench. edit: sorry I read it as "I want to use Terry clips......" Gary |
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