Cordless Drill wall unit

[sailor55330]

Ok, so after really trying to learn the art of woodworking, I had given it up due to frustration and lack of increasing skill. The tools were packed for over a year. For some reason, I decided to try again. The project is about as simple as it gets, but I guess one step at a time. I needed a place to store my cordless drills. The unit is 1/2" oak ply with a 3/4" top shelf to which french cleats are screwed in for mounting on the wall. Construction is just basic butt joints, glue and brads, but seems plenty strong. Finish is 3 coats of wipe on poly. I rounded the front edges to keep from banging body parts on it. The chargers are just sitting on top for now, but I may secure them and plan to add a 4-plug power strip. The second shelf is for extra batteries and accessories. The drills themselves are held by gravity in slots that I drilled with a 1-7/8" forstner bit and then cut the slot on the bandsaw. The design came as a hybrid after looking at many images on google. Thank you to anyone who posted and gave me some inspiration.

Not much but at least it hasn't fallen apart--yet. Thank you for taking time to look. Hopefully the pics work
The shop is in the basement, hence the unfinished stud walls--please forgive that.

[sailor55330]

Second picture--had to resize

[leehljp]

I like it and I need one in my shop. My drill and impact driver don't have a home, but sure need one! Thanks for posting it!

[jussi]

I like it. It's on my long to do list.

[LCHIEN]

Hey, that's nice.
One suggestion would be to mount the chargers on the back wall so you can see the charge state indicators. I imagine the chargers have a key hole mounting hole on the bottom. Other wise they are high up and the LEDs point up and you can't see them.

[Bill in Buena Park]

Well designed. Looks great. Gives me some thoughts on building one of my own. Thanks for posting.

[JoeyGee]

Nicely done. Very handy, I need to build one.

I love open stud walls. Very easy to put shelves into.

[capncarl]

Very nice! Adding to LCHIEN 's suggestion, add a timer to cut off power to the Chargers. After having a charger meltdown it seems like a good idea.
capncarl

[sailor55330]

Thanks all. Believe it or not, the Chargers don't have a keyhole! I usually turn off the power bar when I'm not in the shop, but a timer isn't a bad idea.

[LCHIEN]

i just looked, mine has 2 keyhole things for mounting.

A timer's not a bad idea... you shouldn't need it but it would be safer.
If you have fast Lithium chargers you could put a time on to charge for 3 hours and then shut off, That would top off batteries of any state of charge and then cut off all charging even if the sensing of the charger failed.