Throwing tools

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Throwing tools

Lose your throwing tools?

1. Get a small rectangular plastic organizer (sold in drug stores, Target, Wal-Mart, etc.) These are often used for organizing drawers. Keep this on your throwing surface and return all tools there. If you use a square throwing container, you can often hook these directly on the edge of your container. Just be sure to get a kind that has a lip. For example, the utensil holders that hook to dish drainers.

2. Put a table right beside your wheel, and place your tools there between uses. Something that can work great in place of a table are a couple stacking storage bins. These plastic bins have flat surfaces on top, and doors that open in front, and are often used for storing dog food or other dry goods. You can store other items inside while you use the top for your throwing tools. (Find these at Target, Wal-Mart, etc.)

3. Clip some clothespins to the rim of your water bucket (the spring type). You can rest long tools across them.

4. Make a “table” that is level with your wheel head, by sawing a piece of countertop (Formica covered particleboard.) Curve it around your splash pan, and make holes for your throwing buckets. Use 2x4's to raise it to the proper height.

5. Another option, especially if you have a wheel that doesn't have its own platform, is to take an old end table or coffee table and cut a U into it so it slides around your wheel. Saw the legs to the appropriate length. This will give you a nice big surface for your tools.

   

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