Tool boards
Tool shadow boards
A shadow board designed and labelled to your exact tool set, so a missing item is obvious at a glance and every tool has a fixed home.
What it is
About tool boards
A tool shadow board holds a defined set of tools against a precise 1:1 silhouette. We trace each shadow from the real tool so the fit is exact, draw the layout from your tool list or a photograph, agree the arrangement, and manufacture the board with the hooks and holders required to hold each item securely.
Your team shouldn't need detective skills to find a screwdriver.
Who it suits
- Assembly cells and line-side workstations
- Maintenance and tool-room teams
- Sites with foreign object debris or tool control requirements
- Any area where shared tools go missing
Configuration
Options and materials
Every board is specified from these options. If you need something not listed, ask.
Configuration options
- Mounting
- Wall-fixed, magnetic wall fixing, mobile trolley or bench-mounted. Magnetic fixings are supplied; direct-to-wall and other wall fixings are not supplied
- Retention
- Wide range of hooks, holders, spring clips or magnetic strips
- Labelling
- Tool name, asset number, kanban or check frequency
- Security
- Open, or lockable stainless enclosure with polycarbonate door or padlock hasp for high-value and calibrated tooling
- Precision tooling
- Custom built brackets to suit micrometers, gauges and machine change parts
- Identification
- Colour-coded by zone, shift or tool owner
Materials
- Board
- Rigid aluminium composite (ACM) panel, wipe-clean surface
- Graphics
- Direct print with a UV-cured coating and no laminate, providing durable protection for harsh environments
- Frames and fixings
- 304 grade stainless steel with welded closed ends
Applications
Typical applications
01
5S Sort and Set in Order: one fixed home for every active tool
02
Multi-shift and multilingual teams — the silhouette reads without words
03
Line-side tooling for repetitive assembly tasks
04
Changeover kits for SMED programmes
05
Calibrated tool control with sign-out
06
Emergency and spill-response kits
Examples
Tool boards we have made
High-level conveyor tooling, Jaguar Land Rover 
Allen key station, Beta 
Presshouse tool board beside pump controls 
Branded tool board, Tata Steel 
Electronics tool board, Dyson 
Free-standing tool station, Amazon Robotics 
Padlocked tool control cabinet 
Precision assembly tool station, Blatchford 
Mobile tool station, Maple 
Stainless screwdriver clips
Questions
Frequently asked
- Can you work from a photograph of our tools?
- Yes. A photograph with a scale reference is enough to produce a first proof. We confirm dimensions before manufacture.
- Do you supply the tools?
- We can supply boards with or without tools. Most customers fit their existing tool set.
Need tool boards? Send us a photo of the area.
Also see: Cleaning stations and Visual management boards
Plan this board yourself.
Pick your tools, choose colours and fixing, and see an indicative board-only price as you go. Save it and we'll review it before sending your official quote.
See the quality before you commit.
A scaled-down shadow board with direct print, a UV-cured coating and hooks. No laminate. Dispatched within 2 working days.
Enquire
Tell us what's driving you mad. We'll start there.
Tell us what you need and where it will go. We reply within 2 working hours (Mon–Fri, 7am–4pm).
- — Photos of the area help us quote faster
- — No obligation, no sales calls unless you ask
- — Design proof before anything is made