"Lazy Susan" Tool Cart

"Lazy Susan" Tool Cart FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 26-2-39 No matter what tool Jan Parker needs it doesn't take long to find it, thanks to his "Lazy Susan" tool cart. "It's much faster and easier than digging through a tool chest, looking for a wrench or socket that might not even be in there," says the Reedsville, Ohio, farmer. The cart measures 4 by 5 ft. and carries a 7-ft. high, 4-ft. wide steel frame that holds the "Lazy Susan" - four panels of plywood with all eight sides fitted with tools. The plywood panels attach to a metal shaft that runs vertically down the middle of the frame. The bottom end of the rod rotates on a bearing installed in the floor. He hangs tools by category on all eight sides, with wrenches on one side, sockets on another side, screwdrivers on a third side, etc. "I arrange the tools so the smallest one is on the left and the largest on the right," says Parker. "If I'm working on a tractor or other equipment where I need to use several different tools, I just pull the cart over there with me instead of having to walk back and forth all the time. I mounted 500-watt Quartz lights and electrical receptacles on top of the Lazy Susan's frame so no matter where I'm working I'll always have plenty of light. I had been using a rolling tool chest, but I got tired of sorting through the drawers looking for what I needed. "On some panels I just drive nails to hold tools. I attached 2 by 6's sideways to some panels and bored holes in them for hanging screwdrivers, chisels, pliers, etc." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jan A. Parker, Box 41484 St. Rt. 7, Reedsville, Ohio 45772 (ph 740 667-3881).

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