I was working with some PVC tubing on a project for my wife when the demon of stupid sat on my shoulder and said, “hey you could use some of your scrap PVC tubing to make an organizer for your tools and stuff.” The second mistake was agreeing. So off I went. I gathered up my 1/2”, 1”,2”, and a 4” coupler and threw them together to make an organizer. The short ones are cut 4” tall, taller ones are 6”, and there are two 1/2” pipes I made 8” tall that tower above the rest. Also, there is a single piece of 2” PVC on the side that is only 2” tall—made it to put pencil sharpeners.
The goal was to create a myriad of widths and heights to stuff my supplies and tools someplace. I thought about some of my tools as I put it together, making sure tall ones had a place that would support them, and small things could be reached in shorter tubes. I arranged them all, then carefully took sections apart and used PVC cement to glue them each place they touched each other. When finished, it became a solid block.
I knew I needed some hangers for things like Estes tubing cutter guides, my small cutting mat, masking tapes, paper clip full of sanding sheets and the like. To add hangers, I cut some 1/2”x 1/2” square dowels I had. Cut them 4” long, then sanded the back to shape and glued them on the side of PVC pipe with medium CA. Once they set, I drilled a 1/8” hole in them so I could insert a 1/8” metal rod. I can bend the rods to make the hangers any height or length I choose. They can be removed and moved around. I put 7 of these dowels with holes around the organizer.
The base of the organizer is 1/4” luan board. I laid the organizer on the sheet, traced around it with a pencil and started cutting with a jigsaw. Base doesn’t have to be a perfect fit-it can hang over a little and be fine. Base was glued to the PVC pieces using medium CA. The handle is a piece of rope, glued into two pockets between tubes on opposite sides of the 4” coupler in the center. I poured epoxy in the pocket, stuffed in the rope then added more epoxy.
The goal was to create a myriad of widths and heights to stuff my supplies and tools someplace. I thought about some of my tools as I put it together, making sure tall ones had a place that would support them, and small things could be reached in shorter tubes. I arranged them all, then carefully took sections apart and used PVC cement to glue them each place they touched each other. When finished, it became a solid block.
I knew I needed some hangers for things like Estes tubing cutter guides, my small cutting mat, masking tapes, paper clip full of sanding sheets and the like. To add hangers, I cut some 1/2”x 1/2” square dowels I had. Cut them 4” long, then sanded the back to shape and glued them on the side of PVC pipe with medium CA. Once they set, I drilled a 1/8” hole in them so I could insert a 1/8” metal rod. I can bend the rods to make the hangers any height or length I choose. They can be removed and moved around. I put 7 of these dowels with holes around the organizer.
The base of the organizer is 1/4” luan board. I laid the organizer on the sheet, traced around it with a pencil and started cutting with a jigsaw. Base doesn’t have to be a perfect fit-it can hang over a little and be fine. Base was glued to the PVC pieces using medium CA. The handle is a piece of rope, glued into two pockets between tubes on opposite sides of the 4” coupler in the center. I poured epoxy in the pocket, stuffed in the rope then added more epoxy.
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