keeeping your tools organized and handy

I watch glass artists all the time, stop in the middle of simething and go on a frantic search in the piles of rod ends and color ends, as well as all their tools all in one big jumbled mess under or in front of their torches, it saddens me that they loose so much of their talented and valuable time hunting for tools when keeping them all right at fingertips reach is so simple. give it a try, it is nice to not have to seach around.

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[I8pikachu]

Why not magnets? Magnets are great.

[acroduster]

you know, aim kilns engineers (in this case I think I use the term very lightly, as in they did no real engineering by our standards.) used magnets to hold the lower bead and rod door open, what they did not fully consider is that natural magents loose their magnetism as the heat of their surrounding increases, as in, by the time my kiln is at full soak temp, the door will no longer be held open by the magnet that has gotten hot enough to not be as magnetic. see, planning is important.-)

[ramanglass544]

I used to have a rule of never keeping more than 5 tools on my bench at one time

broke that rule real fast ;)

[I8pikachu]

Very interesting. However, once those hooks get hot enough, they will melt and bend and stop functioning as well. I think the real problem here is the heat. Have you considered removing the torch from the situation? I believe without heat, the work bench will function much more efficiently.