There are those that say I have too much “stuff” - on the other hand there are those - me included - that say I just don’t have enough room! Now my workshop has a sort of 1930's ceiling, a “Donkey Breakfast” board with ½” x 2” battens nailed to the joists. Over the years I have used screw hooks into the battens to hang “stuff” (all other space having been used up). I finally ran out of space on the battens and had nowhere else to go but I still had more “stuff” to store. Then, I had a flash of inspiration – by making a sort of merry-go-round, I could increase the amount of “stuff” hung in a given length of batten by three times (I can do sums with the best of them). A quick search amongst the other “stuff” already hanging around I found a drive pulley from a tumble drier, 10” in diameter. A series of threaded hooks made from 1/8” welding rod screwed into the circumference of the pulley, a length of 3/8” rod threaded both ends, a disc to screw to the ceiling batten and another to hold the pulley on the rod and that’s about it.

All my small saws hanging just above my head, now I don’t even have to get off the stool to reach them.

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