Lathe Tool Storage [QCTP Holder Storage]

An Idea Notebook on ways to organize your metal lathe tools, especially QCTP holders.

Here's a 3D Printed QCTP Rack:

A 3D-printed rack with six blue and black QCP holders mounted on a pegboard in a workshop or machine shop setting.

How about a Lazy Susan to organize your QCTP tooling:

Metal parts and tools on a wooden workbench in a machine shop setting.

Lazy Susan toolholder rack by Stan on HMEM makes for a very efficient use of space...

Black metal tool holder with four square tools on a wooden table.

I'd need a double decker version!

Metal tooling components arranged on wooden boards.

Pins work too!

It's Just Some Welded Angle Iron that Bolts Right Onto the Lathe...

Yellow metalworking machine with attached tools.

From an HSM thread on these things...

Metal parts on a wall in a machine shop setting.

DocNickel's QCTP hangers are just welded from some stock. Very clean and simple!

A cluttered workshop with a lathe, mill, and other machinery.

Ultimate Lathe tooling Lazy Susan by Macona...

Large red lathe with various tools and equipment in a workshop setting.

An earlier Macona inspiration above the lathe tailstock...

Lathe in a workshop setting.

Nice accessory mounting on the lathe backsplash...

Metal objects arranged on light-colored background: conical black metal, red plastic/metal, and white boxes.

Storage for Frank Ford's Hardinge tooling is in roll around tool cabinets near each machine...

Metal tools in a drawer on a dark background.

Close-up of a tool holder with multiple slots.

Mine are in a drawer too, but I don't have this many!

Large metal lathe tool carousel with multiple tools, each with a white handle, arranged in a vertical column.

Another carousel/Lazy Susan style holder...

Metal tool holder with black plastic attachment and flat base.

Here's a nice one a friend found on eBay. Kind of expensive when it's so easy to fab one up...

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