Grating over the sink wastes food and is how people nick a knuckle. Sit the grater on a wide bowl. Stop when the stub is too short to hold. A peeler does the last thin bits.
Dry the grater after
Wet cheese in the holes hardens by morning. Rinse, shake, dry on a linen. Put it back in the same drawer every time.
Keep the table calm
One grater. One bowl. More kitchen pieces live in the shop catalog.