Router Bit Storage

[cabinetman]

I use 3/4" material with holes drilled to place router bits. The trays are about a foot square. I use that size as its easy to handle and it fits a toolbox to take on the job.

If you have a drawer in the shop that can be used to store bits, here is an idea that may provide easy access to your router bits and get some use out of wasted height openings, or drawer depths.

The pictures below are ones I took of a kitchen drawer renovation I did for silverware. Instead of silverware, use trays with the holes drilled in them and place trays on the bottom and the top. All the trays could be removable or switched around as desired.

Actually, this setup could be used for many different tools.
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This is the drawer with the tray moved to the rear.
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This is the drawer with the tray moved to the front.
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[leehljp]

Sliding sections in a drawer - Great idea. But I do have a question on that - what are the length of your bits? For mine, that would require at least a 5 inch deep drawer to be double stacked on the shorter ones, wouldn't it?

The drawers on my router table are 4 inches high and that just covers the big ones. The sliding sections would be helpful for the shorter ones and a 5 inch drawer for my setup. Below is a picture of about half of my bits, with several larger ones missing from the left drawer. (The other half are in the States.)

[pelligrini]

Good idea. One would probably want to put the less frequently accessed bits on the bottom back. I've been in a friend's kitchen with the double sliding drawers and they had frequently needed stuff in the bottom back. I found it to be a pain at times. Their rollers weren't moving very smoothly either though.