Get The Fuck OutTool Hacks & Improvised ToolsKerf-slot tool rack

How do you make a screwdriver rack out of an offcut in five minutes?

Every drawer of loose screwdrivers is the same drawer. You know the one you want is in there. You will find it fourth.

⚡ Rule of thumb

Cut a row of evenly spaced saw kerfs across the top of a wood block and drop each tool shaft into a slot so it hangs by its handle.

Starting point

Kerf width just over the thinnest shaft you want held

Measured

Slot width vs shaft diameter · slot spacing vs handle diameter

Confidence

Creator technique

▶ Source video — Genius Way to Organize Your Tools — ToolerHackswatch on YouTube ↗

Applies to

Process: Shop storage / organisation
Materials: Any scrap block — offcut 2x, hardwood, thick ply
Setup: Miter saw for clean repeat kerfs, screws to mount
Tools it holds: Screwdrivers, chisels, files, anything with a shaft and a handle

Why it matters

Fixed positions are the entire point. Once each driver lives in the same slot every time, you stop reading the handles and start grabbing by position.

It costs an offcut and about eight saw cuts. That's a low enough bar that you'll actually build it, which is more than can be said for the beautiful French-cleat wall you've been planning for two years.

What good looks like

Each tool drops in without being wiggled and lifts out one-handed
Handles clear each other — no fighting to get the middle one out
The block is fastened to something, not sliding around a drawer

How to apply it

Space and cut parallel kerfs across the block, each just wider than the shaft that'll sit in it.
Set the spacing off your fattest handle so nothing jams against its neighbour.
Mount the block to the wall, the bench side, or the back of a cabinet door.
Drop the shafts in so the handles rest on top.

Exceptions & tradeoffs

Size the kerf to your thinnest shaft or the small drivers fall straight through. If you want one rack for everything, cut a couple of wider slots at one end.

Heavy tools need a deeper slot, or a second block below to stop them tipping out.

Common mistakes

Cutting all the slots to fit the driver in your hand right nowSort the tools by shaft first, then cut slots to match
Spacing slots off the shafts instead of the handlesThe handles are what collide — space for those

ToolerHacksSource & visual reference

Cutting spaced saw kerfs in a block so tools hang by their handles, then mounting it — Genius Way to Organize Your Tools ↗ at 0:00–0:24.

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