My wife drags me around every charity shop she spots in a high street. A recent one was well worth the visit. I found an IKEASOMMARLEK teapot warmer (Article no: 602.789.38) and it makes a great storage rack for MT2 taper tools, photo 1. It costs £3.00 when new and has 35 holes in the top. These holes are dead on size (17.00mm) for MT2 taper tools. I got mine for £2.00 for two in the charity shop! The height of the thing is just a little short to accommodate the full length of the morse taper shank so a little modification is necessary. Here's what I did. I cut the sides and determined what angle I wanted the top face to be. 20 Degrees seemed reasonable. Then I cut a piece of sheet material to the angle required and fixed the top along the edge at the desired slope. I used M3.5 nuts and screws. A few pop rivets would do the job just as well. Here is the finished result, photo 2, it beats buying storage racks at £20.00 or £30.00 a pop.
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