I have accumulated attachments for several handy items on the wall just behind the right side of my workbench. This allows for quick grabs and returns of very frequently used helpers.
Here they are, left to right, top to bottom:
1. The shop-made tool oiler. I wrote about making this in a 3/29/2009 post:
https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2009/03/09/shopmade-tool-oiler/
The Camellia oil gets used on lots of tools every day. It sits in a little box rack screwed to the wall.
2. A light weight wooden mallet.
3. A heavier mallet hammer.
4. A group of usually sharpened pencils: good old #2, and red and white. These stand in a leather chisel guard glued to the wall.
5. Two pieces of wood, each with three grooves. The neck of my Japanese chisels sits in a groove so the tool will not role.
6. The pair of bench dogs that I wrote about in a 8/10/25 post.
https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2025/08/10/make-these-bench-dogs/
7. The handy little brush with bristles cut short. This gets countless uses, such as clearing the cutting edge opening of a hand plane.
8. The dead-on accurate 12’ tape measure. This also sits in a little box rack like the oiler.
9. A constantly used, durable Lie-Nielsen dusting brush.
10. Wood shrinkage/expansion monitor. I wrote about this in a 5/30/2020 post.
https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2020/05/30/watch-the-wood-move/
This modest set up helps efficiency in the shop, and improves the comfort of time in the shop.
And that is still good time!
