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Giant Lazy Susan Makes Tools Easy To Find
Stephen Bashista has an organizer idea for the “not so perfect farm shop.” His four-sided Lazy Susan makes it easier to find the assorted wrenches and sockets he has collected over the years.
It spins for easy access because of the tandem axle manure spreader wheel and hub he set up as the base. Beefe
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Giant Lazy Susan Makes Tools Easy To Find FARM SHOP Miscellaneous Stephen Bashista has an organizer idea for the “not so perfect farm shop ” His four-sided Lazy Susan makes it easier to find the assorted wrenches and sockets he has collected over the years
It spins for easy access because of the tandem axle manure spreader wheel and hub he set up as the base Beefed up with plates welded to the shaft and metal sides to create a 48-in tall A-frame it’s durable and heavy With a handle on the top Bashista can move it anywhere using a loader with a chain or forks
“I usually stick it in a corner of the shop It turns so the tools come to me ” explains the Southampton Mass farmer
The two 3/16-in steel plate sides have wrench cups - 2 1/2 to 3-in thin wall square tubing cut 3 1/2 to 10-in long to hold various size 1/8-in wrenches - with troughs between to hold 1/16-in wrenches Slotted shelves hold socket wrenches
“I left an open space at the bottom of each cup about 3/8 in wide to let out the dirt and welded the top and part of the sides ” Bashista notes
The other two sides are made of 32-in tall by 20-in pieces of 3/4-in plywood on 1-in angle iron bases One side is for metric sockets and the other is for SAE sockets
“I pre-drilled it at 15 degrees for 16D finish nails for small sockets The pegs for larger sockets are Timberloc screws with cutoff heads at 7 in with a small flat area ground onto the shank side for the drill chuck to grab ” Bashista says
To make it easier to find the right size tool he organized them by size from small to large
“I built this in 2016 because I didn’t have a good toolbox setup ” Bashista says “I had odd stuff around and it was a mess to find them and sockets were all over the place ”
When he needs to he can move it outside to work on equipment in the yard he says
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Stephen Bashista 61 Pleasant St Southampton Mass 01073 ph 413 527-4104
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