Make a wooden board for the bits, clamps and measuring tools you reach for most. Explore finished trays and organizers, then copy a shared design and fit the pockets to your tools.
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Start from a blank workpiece
Arrange a row of small bit holes, three larger holes and pockets for a wrench and loose parts, then add BITS lettering and turn the 3D preview to inspect the layout.
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Choose a compact tray for the tools you use during a carve or a larger board for your whole set. These makers share the designs behind their finished organizers.
X-Carve Pro tool trayby Nick BoesNick’s birch-plywood tray puts the machine wrenches beside upright bits and a separate catch-all pocket. His caliper recess fits his own caliper, so compare yours before copying that part. The design also stores bits for his separate router table.
Pine tool and clamp boardby Josh RankinsJosh turns a piece of 2 × 10 pine into a wide board for bits, clamps and measuring tools. The shared project has five workpieces; use the pocket layout that fits the items you want beside the machine.
Sideboard bit and tool holderby sabiThis MDF organizer keeps bit cases, collets and the probe beside an X-Carve 750. The four mounting holes match that machine’s sideboard. Move them for another model. The labels in the finished photo were engraved separately with a laser.
Clamp and wrench organizerby Gustavo RomanGustavo gives clamp screws and clamps their own rows, with a recess for the router wrench. His birch-plywood layout suits the older clamp shapes shown in the photo; measure newer clamps before making those pockets.
Hard-maple bit boardby Matthew RunionMatthew’s hard-maple board keeps a small set of bits upright and easy to pick out. Two workpieces offer versions with and without the X-Carve logo. A shallow groove leaves room for a small tool beside the bits.
Small controller-top tool trayby Giovanna Diaz FabianiGiovanna keeps only the tools she uses during a carve on this soft-maple tray. Separate wrench and caliper pockets make a compact alternative to storing every clamp and bit together. The wrench profiles can be reused in your own layout.
Sideboard clamp and bit trayby Gavin BrucklacherGavin resized the pockets of another maker’s storage board to fit his X-Carve sideboard. His finished tray groups bits, clamps and measuring tools in one long piece. The instructions show the bare board, lacquer finish and populated tray.
Tool board with a clipboardby DrewDrew adds a salvaged clipboard clip to a soft-maple bit board so measurements stay beside the tools. The shared file supplies the pocket and outline design; the clip, screws, paper pad and stored tools are separate parts.
Two-tier bit and clamp rackby Julien HoffmeyerJulien’s raised two-tier rack puts bits and clamps at different heights. The six shared workpieces contain the top, lower tray and supporting parts. Assemble the carved pieces into the stepped rack shown in the gallery.
Driver-bit insert for a parts binby Allan SchwartzAllan fits a small bit insert inside a standard plastic parts bin. The shared layout supplies the insert, not the bin. Its outside size can be trimmed to fit the box you already use.
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Nick Boes explains that the half-inch bits in his tray belong to his separate router table. A holder can organize tools for several machines without making those tools interchangeable. Size each storage hole for the bit you own, and keep the router’s own collet limits separate from your storage layout.
From X-Carve Pro Tool holder by Nick Boes.
Ask a questionAllan Schwartz settled on 0.29-inch holes after testing common driver bits. He also trimmed the insert to fit his plastic bin. Treat the hole fit and the outside fit as two separate choices: try a single hole with your bits, then size the board for your own bin.
From Driver Bit Holder by Allan Schwartz.
Ask a questionCopy a shared design and arrange the pockets around the tools you use.
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