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1. 
   saschafer | Jun 22, 2009 01:32am | #1

   Lee Valley sells a number of tool rolls. One of them might be suitable for your bits.

   -Steve

    

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   gdblake | Jun 22, 2009 02:51am | #2

   Dave:

   Why not go to a fabric store, buy some canvas, and sew one. There really isn't much to a tool roll.

   gdblake

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   7Joel | Jun 22, 2009 05:06am | #3

   Tools for Working Wood has a chisel roll that might serve you. If you call Joel there he could tell the size of the pockets and whether it would work for your bits.

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   derekcohen | Jun 22, 2009 07:40am | #4

   Hi Dave

   Most of my auger bits are in leather roles. Reading posts over the years I was initially wary of doing so since some leather promotes rust. However I trusted Lee Valley to sell the right stuff and so went with the leather roles on their website. If in any doubt, get the canvas versions.

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   I am fortunate to have a wooden box for some augers....

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   ... but I have a lot of these thingies and most live safely in a leather roll from LV in a drawer ...

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   Regards from Perth

   Derek

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   Shoemaker1 | Jun 22, 2009 06:21pm | #5

   Avoid leather as all are not equal. The tanning agents may corrode metals.
   If you have a local tent/awning/tarp repair place and they could make one up.
   Give me the dimensions and I could do it.Nice tools in them pics

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   gb93433 | Jun 23, 2009 07:14pm | #6

   I have made a number of tool rolls from canvas awning material.

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   Frank Vucolo | Jun 24, 2009 06:25am | #7

   I boght a couple of tool rolls from Traditional Woodworker and am very satisfied

   http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=roll&osCsid=ba28023eac459721a67cc0abb637de98

   Frank

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   whitedogstr8leg | Jun 25, 2009 07:25pm | #8

    For the canvas type of rolls, there is a cheap alterative, NAIL APRONS. The kind most Lumber Yards almost give away.  They're the ones that you can tie around your waist to hold nails and such on the job.  A wee bit of sewing to create "pockets" for the tools or bits you want to store and you're done.  The stings work to tie the roll up when you are not using the "NEW" tool roll.  Simple?

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   bones | Jun 25, 2009 09:57pm | #9

   http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?cat=516

    

   I have this roll.  I don't know if this would be wide enough for your purpose but it is a very nice roll

   The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' - Renaldus Magnus
   

8. 
   cowtown | Jun 26, 2009 07:20am | #10

   One poster suggested all leathers are not equal, and he's right. I once tossed a hank of leather workboot laces on the tables saw, and now I got an etched pattern of where they were.

   Another poster suggested leather tool rolls, but obsured the manufacturer....

   Kunys....at website

   http://www.kunysleather.com/products/tool_holder1.html

   They work great for chisels, although the flap is a tad insufficient

   They make work-a-day belts which I generally wear until such times as they are too obscured with paint and stuff to be a"professional" looking.

   they got a long history of quality products. Never been disappointed.

   OTOH, I don't think they now make a roll suitable for auger bits, particularly if you get into the 22, 24  or larger sizes.

   The harlequin sets of bitstock tools I have bought  "rolled" have without exception been in oiled heavy cloth, bout the same as blue-jean material. and my wife has made me some in light weight canvas...

   And once she's set up for doing that, she may as well sew up one to keep files in too.

   The same observations also hold true for blade rolls for the 45,46,50,55 stanley planes. Moderately heavy cloth, seemingly purposely oiled to keep the rustication down to a minimum.

   In this day and age of husbandic liberation, ain't nothin keepin you from doin' a tad of sewing, even if you have to pick up a beater sewing machine at a garage sale for 5 or 10 bucks....

   Just to keep the peace in the family.

   Eric in Calgary

    

    

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   SawdustSteve | Jun 26, 2009 07:07pm | #11

   Im sitting here with an original Russell Jennigs canvas auger bit roll in front of me. The basic body size is 11 x 18". the pockets take up 14 1/2 inches in the length with the extramaterial wrapping around the roll. Pockets are about 7" deep. An extra 'top' flap 4 1/2 x 16 keeps the bits from falling out. When rolled up, the whole thing is secured with a webbed cloth strap and buckle. Each pocket has two rows of stitches between them, making a 1/4" space between the pockets. Pockets range in width from 3/8 to 3/4 inch wide. Any decent upholstery or canvas shop should be able to make it, thee only question is what they would charge for it.
   SawdustSteve Long Island, NY (E of NYC)

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   whitedogstr8leg | Jun 27, 2009 10:40am | #12

    Ah, but for those of us who can't be lucky enough to own a good leather roll ( or have the $$$ to buy one) , the old "nail aprons" could have a new "lease on life".   A few rows of stitchery here and there, one could have a canvas tool roll to match the tools they have.   Unlike leather rolls, these are cheap enough that one could even write on them, as in what size goes where.   The "apron strings" would be able to tie the roll up when you are done with the tools.    Hey, just a dollar or two per apron, some lumber yards actually GIVE them away when you buy some wood from them.   And, IF your chisels have "blade guards" on them, these rolls would hold them also.   Just a thought.

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    RalphBarker | Jun 28, 2009 05:24pm | #13

    Personally, I find it interesting that chisel rolls are depicted with the baldes in the sewn chambers, while bit rolls usually depict the chuck end in the pouch and the cutting edges covered only with the fold-over flap. That approach allows the cutting edges of adjacent bits to rub against each other. Not good, in my view.

    I like the wooden cases with a trough for each bit.

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   whitedogstr8leg | Jul 01, 2009 09:01am | #14

    I've also seen those nail aprons sewn up to hold wrenches.  I'm not sure, but I think that hand files would work, also.