The Woodshop Shed

Tote for My Dremel

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


When I bought my Dremel, it came with a plastic case and a small box plus other features to organize accessories. Over the years, I realized that I really don't like the plastic cases that come with most handheld power tools. In addition, it didn't have a way to organize my ever-growing collection of bits nor did it keep the other accessories from jostling around in the box. After a while, I got rid of the plastic case and kept all the stuff in a tool chest. This was better than the case, but it felt too “packed away”.Fortunately, last year, I made a rather simple tote for my woodcarving tools, which has worked well. It's made my carving tools more accessible, so I found myself carving more. The basic tote design is simple and rather versatile, so I made a similar one for my Dremel and accessories.The tote build was simple, so if you would like details, then check out the project page for the woodcarving tote.A few notes on the features unique to the Dremel tote…The tote includes a tray for the Dremel for easy access. This tray has a couple of runners underneath so it can slide from one end to the other in case I need to access something in the main tray and, of course, so it doesn't fall off.I have a few different attachments for the end of the Dremel. These would jostle around in the plastic case and would get on my nerves when packing away the tool. To solve this, I stuck a few dowels as posts into a small board as posts, some perpendicular to the board, others at an angle to match the accessory. The posts help keep the accessories in one place.If you're a heavy Dremel user like me, you likely have a lot of bits, wrenches, and consumables like cutoff disks and sanding cylinders.To help organize the million sanding cylinders I bought from Amazon and other miscellaneous items, I made a simple tray with dividers. There's nothing unique about the design except that I made one compartment of this tray specific for the tiny Dremel drill bit set.I'm most proud of the organizer for the bits simply because I was able to make what seemed like a million holes in a grid pattern and they ended up being aligned! This organizer was made from two pine boards, final thickness of 1-3/8”, glued together. The holes for the bits were 1/4” while the holes for the collets were slightly larger. I made spaces for the cutoff disks with a forstner bit. These spaces were a bit close to the edge of the organizer, so one side was flimsy. I ended up breaking part of one of the sides well after the organizer was done. All holes were drilled using a drill press.Thanks for checking out my post!

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